Materials on Commercial Law - Volume III

PART VIII INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW 7
8.1 Conventions 9
8.1.1 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883 9
8.1.2 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of September 9, 1886, completed at PARIS on May 4, 1896 29
8.1.3 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 55
8.1.4 Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973 as revised by the Act revising Article 63 EPC of 17 December 1991 and the Act revising the EPC of 29 November 2000 (EPC) 79
8.1.5 Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 EPC of 5 October 1973 as revised by the Act revising the EPC of 29 November 2000 117
8.2 Regulations 143
8.2.1 Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark 143
8.2.2 Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs 229
8.2.3 Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (consolidated text per 8 June 2022) 263
8.2.4 Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of
unitary patent protection 287
8.3 Directives 297
8.3.1 Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society 297
8.3.2 Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC 313
8.3.3 Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the legal protection of computer programs 351
8.3.4 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 357
8.3.5 Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on certain rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property 363
8.3.6 Directive 2006/116/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights 369
8.3.7 Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases 375
8.3.8 Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks 387
8.3.9 Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs 411
8.3.10 Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure 419
8.3.11 Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce) 437
8.3.12 Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights 457