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Useful supplementary material
Part A: Copyright, Design and Related Rights
A1: United Kingdom
Copyright (Industrial Process and Excluded Articles) (No. 2) Order 1989:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1070/contents/made
Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989:
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891100_en_1.htm
Intellectual Property Act 2014:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/18/contents/enacted
A2: United States
Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984:
www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap9.html - 9-1
A3: European Union
Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31987L0054:EN:HTML
Directive 2011/77/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 amending Directive 2006/116/EC on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:265:0001:0005:EN:PDF
Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32014L0026&from=EN
Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1128&from=EN
Regulation (EU) 2017/1563 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 on the cross-border exchange between the Union and third countries of accessible format copies of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyright and related rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print-disabled:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32017R1563&from=EN
A4: International
Universal Copyright Convention 1952 (1971 revision):
portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15241&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorised Duplication of their Phonograms 1971
http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/text.jsp?file_id=288582
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works 1979 – Appendix
http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/text.jsp?file_id=283698#P410_75777
Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits 1989 [not yet in force]:
www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/washington/trtdocs_wo011.html
Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances 2012 [not yet in force]:
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/text.jsp?file_id=295837
Part B: Trade Marks and Related Rights
B1: United Kingdom
Dispute Resolution Service Policy (Applies on or after 1st October 2016):
https://nominet-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Final-proposed-DRS-Policy.pdf
Trade Mark Rules 2008 (unofficial consolidated version of the Rules as amended subsequently):
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-marks-rules
Manual of Trade Mark Practice:
B2: United States
Trademark Law Rules of Practice:
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/tmlaw2.pdf
B3: European Union
Council Regulation (EC) No 1992/2003 of 27 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:296:0001:0005:EN:PDF
Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 of 28 April 2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0874:20071027:EN:PDF
EC Regulation No. 733/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 April 2002 on the implementation of the .eu Top Level Domain Text:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32002R0733&from=EN
.eu Alternative Dispute Resolution Rules and Supplementary Rules:
http://eu.adr.eu/adr/adr_rules/index.php
B4: International
Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendation concerning Provisions on the Protection of Well-Known Marks 1999:
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/marks/833/pub833.pdf
Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendation concerning Trademark Licenses 2000:
http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/marks/835/pub835.pdf
Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendation concerning Provisions on theProtection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet 2001:
https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_845.pdf
Nice Classification (11th ed, 2018):
http://www.wipo.int/classifications/nice/en/
Part C: Patent, Plant Varieties and Related Rights
C1: United Kingdom
Patents Rules 2007:
www.ipo.gov.uk/patentrules2007.pdf
Manual of Patent Practice:
www.ipo.gov.uk/p-manual-practice.htm
The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016 [not yet in force]:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/388/pdfs/uksi_20160388_en.pdf
The Unified Patent Court (Immunities and Privileges) Order 2018 [not yet in force]:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/184/pdfs/uksi_20180184_en.pdf
The Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/597/pdfs/uksi_20180597_en.pdf
C2: United States
Consolidated Patent Rules:
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_rules.pdf
Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016:
https://www.congress.gov/114/plaws/publ153/PLAW-114publ153.pdf
C3: European Union
European Parliament and Council Regulation 816/2006 of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32006R0816&from=EN
Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (Codified version):
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32009R0469&from=EN
Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32001L0083&from=en
Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32006R0816&from=EN
Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the areas of the creation of unitary patent protection:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32012R1257&from=EN
Council Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012 of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32012R1260&from=EN
Council Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (2013/C 175/01) [not yet in force]:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:42013A0620(01)&from=EN
C4: International
Guidelines for examination in the European Patent Office:
https://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/guidelines.html
Part D: Multi-Regime Measures
D1: United Kingdom
The Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Customs) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/1473):
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20041473.htm
UK Civil Procedure Rules Part 63 and Practice Direction 63: Patents and other intellectual property claims:
https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part63
Digital Economy Act 2010:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/24/contents
D3: European Union
Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2033:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32013R0608&from=EN
D4: International
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement of 3 December 2010 [not yet in force]:
http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2010/december/tradoc_147079.pdf
Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity 2010: