BUTTERWORTHS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW HANDBOOK

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BUTTERWORTHS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

HANDBOOK

Tw elfth edition

Consultant Editor

JEREM Y PHILLIPS, BA (Cantab), PhD Intellectual Property Consultant, Olswang LLP, Solicitors

Social Media Coordinator, MARQUES Blogmeister, IPKat weblog (www.ipkat.com)

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Preface page v

p a r t 1 P A T E N T SPaten ts A ct 1977 ...................................................................................................................................... [1.1]C orpo ra tion Tax A ct 2010 , ss 3 5 7 A -3 5 7 G E , 1118, 1119, 1121, 1127,

1138, 1139, 1174, 1 1 8 3 -1 1 8 5 ...................................................................................................[1 .152]C ivil P rocedure R ules 1998, SI 1998/3132, rr 4 5 .3 0 -4 5 .3 2 ............................................[1 .208]C o n trac ting O ut (F unctions in R ela tion to A pp lica tions fo r Patents)

O rd er 2002 , SI 2002 /3052 .........................................................................................................[1.211]Patents A ct 2004 (C om m encem en t N o 1 and C onsequen tia l and T ransitional

P rov isions) O rd e r 2004 , SI 2004 /2177 , arts 1, 6 - 8 ...................................................... [1 .218]R egu la to ry R efo rm (P aten ts) O rder 2004, SI 2004/2357 , arts 1, 2 0 -2 3 .................... [1.222]P aten ts A ct 2004 (C om m encem en t N o 2 and C onsequen tia l, etc and

T ransitiona l P rov isions) O rder 2004 , SI 2004 /3205 , arts 1, 2, 9 ............................. |1 .227]P a ten ts A ct 2004 (C om m encem en t N o 3 and T ransitional P rov isions)

O rder 2005 , SI 2005/2471 .........................................................................................................[1 .230]P aten ts (C onven tion C oun tries) O rder 2007, SI 2007 /276 .............................................[1.234]Paten ts R ules 2007 , SI 2007/3291 .............................................................................................[1.2371Paten ts C oun ty C ourt (F inancia l L im its) O rder 2011, SI 2011/1402 .......................... [1.373]C onven tion on the G ran t o f E uropean Paten ts (M unich , 5 O ctober 1973,

as rev ised by the A ct rev ising A rtic le 63 E PC o f 17 D ecem b er 1991 and the A ct rev is in g the E PC o f 29 N ovem ber 2000) ( ‘E uropean PatentC o n v en tio n ’) ......................................................................................................................................[1.376]

P ro tocol on ju r isd ic tio n and the recogn ition o f decis ions in respect o f theright to the g ran t o f a E uropean Paten t ( ‘P ro toco l on R ecogn ition ’) ..................... [1.544]

P ro tocol on p riv ileges and im m unities o f the E uropean P a ten t O rgan isa tion( ‘P ro toco l on P riv ileges and Im m un ities’) ........................................................................ [ 1.546]

P ro tocol on the cen tra lisa tion o f the E uropean P aten t System and on itsin troduction ( ‘P ro toco l on C en tra lisa tio n ’) ........................................................................ [1.547]

Protocol on the in te rp re ta tion o f A rtic le 69 o f the C o n v e n tio n ..................................... [1.555]P ro toco l on the S ta ff C o m plem en t o f the E uropean P aten t O ffice at the

H ague ( ‘P ro tocol on S ta ff C o m p lem en t’) ........................................... [1 .557]D ecision o f the A dm in istra tive C ouncil on the transitional p rov isions under

A rtic le 7 o f the A ct rev is in g the E uropean Patent C onven tion o f29 N ovem ber 2000 ............... [1 .558]

P aten t C o -opera tion T reaty (June 19 1970, as a m e n d e d ) ................................................ [1 .560]R egu la tions u n d er the P aten t C o-opera tion T reaty (June 19 1970,

as a m e n d e d ) .................................................................................................................................... |1 .6 2 9 |P aten t Law T reaty (June 1 2 0 0 0 ) .............................................................................................. [ 1.747 jR egu la tions u nder the P aten t Law T reaty (June 1 2000) ..................................................[1 .774]A greem en t on a U nified P aten t C ourt (19 F ebruary 2 0 1 3 ) ........................... [1 .795]R egulation o f the E uropean P arliam ent and o f the C ouncil 816/2006/E C

on com pu lso ry licensing o f patents re la ting to the m anufactu re o f pharm aceu tica l p roduc ts for expo rt to coun tries w ith publichealth p ro b lem s................................................................................................................................ [1 .890)

Patents Act 1977: P aten tab le subject m atter (2 N ovem ber 2 0 0 6 ) ................................[ 1.910]Paten ts A ct 1977: P aten tab le sub ject m atter (7 February 2 0 0 8 ) ...................................[1.911 jR egulation o f the E uropean Parliam en t and o f the C ouncil 469 /2009 /E C

concern ing the supp lem en tary p ro tection certificate fo r m ed ic inal p roducts .... [1 .912] R egu la tion o f the E u ropean Parliam ent and o f the C ouncil 1257 /2012/EU

im p lem en tin g enhanced coopera tion in the area of the creation o fun itary paten t p ro tec tion (U nitary Patent R eg u la tio n )................................................... [1 .937]

C ouncil R egulation 1260/2012/E U im plem en ting enhanced coopera tion in the a rea o f (he creation o f unitary patent p ro tec tion w ith regard to the app licab le transla tion a rran g em en ts ..............................................................................................................[1 .955 i

C ontents

O ffice fo r H arm onization in the In ternal M arket: C om m onC om m unica tion on the C om m on P rac tice o f R e la tive G rounds o f R c lu sa- L ike lihood o f C on fusion (Im p ac t o f non -d istin c tiv e /w eak co m p o n en ts) ^ 0 ](C P5), O cto b er 2 0 1 4 .....................................................................................................................

PART 6 PLANT VARIETIES PROTECTION [6 X]P lan t V arieties and S eeds A ct 1964 .............................................................................................. ..P lan t V arieties A ct 1997 ......................................................................................................................

P lan t V arieties and Seeds T rib u n a l R ules 1974, SI 1974/1136 ........................................P lan t V ariety R ights O ffice (E x tension o f F unc tions) R eg u la tio n s 1995,

SI 1995/2655 .......................................................................... ; ............ .................Paten ts and P lan t V ariety R ig h ts (C o m p u lso ry L icensing) R eg u la tio n s 2 0 0 2 , | j 3 j

SI 2002 /247 ............................................................................................................... (Ü 4 2 1C ouncil R egu la tion 2 1 00 /94 /E C on C o m m u n ity p lan t varie ty r i g h t s .......................C om m ission R egu la tion 1768/95 /E C o f 2 4 Ju ly 1995 im p lem en tin g ru le s

on the ag ricu ltu ra l ex em p tio n p ro v id ed fo r in A rtic le 14 (3 ) o f C o u n c il 16 2611R egu la tion (E C ) N o 2 1 0 0 /9 4 o n C o m m u n ity p lan t varie ty r i g h t s ..........................

C om m ission R egulation 874 /2009 /E C o f 17 S ep tem b er 20 0 9 estab lish in g im p lem en ting ru le s fo r the app lica tio n o f C ouncil R eg u la tio n (E C )N o 2 1 0 0 /9 4 as regard s p ro ceed in g s b e fo re the C o m m unity P lan t ^ 8 0 ]V ariety O ffice............................................................................................ .......................................

In ternational C onven tion fo r th e p ro tec tio n o f new v a rie tie s o f p lan ts 3 7 7 ]( ‘U PO V C o n v en tio n ’) ...................................................................................................................

PART 7 MISCELLANEOUS (7H um an R igh ts A ct 1998 .....................................................................................................................,7 2 9 ]L ondon O lym pic G am es an d P ara lym p ic G am es A ct 20 0 6 ................................................ ..In te llec tual P roperty A ct 2014 , ss 2 1 , 23 , 2 4 ................................................................................ 571C ivil P ro ced u re R u les 1998, SI 1998/3132 , P a rt 63 .......................... ............ ......................1 'G oods In frin g in g In te llec tual P roperty R igh ts (C ustom s) R eg u la tio n s 2004 ,

SI 2004 /1473 ............................................................................................................................ 7 9 2In te llec tua l P roperty (E nfo rcem en t, e tc ) R eg u la tio n s 2006 , SI 2 0 0 6 /1 0 2 8 .................L egal S erv ices A ct 2007 (L icensing A u tho rity ) (N o 2 ) O rd e r 2014 ,

SI 2 0 1 4 /3 0 7 7 .................................................................................... .............................................1 1C om pany , L im ited L iab ility P artnersh ip an d B usiness N am es (S ensitive

W ords and Ffxpressions) R eg u la tio n s 2014 , S I 2 0 1 4 /3 1 4 0 .......................................... 1C om pany, L im ited L iab ility P a rtn e rsh ip an d B usiness (N am es and T rad ing

D isc lo su res) R egu la tions 2015 , S I 2 0 1 5 /1 7 .................................................. ......................C ouncil R egu la tion 3286 /94 /E C lay ing d ow n C o m m un ity p ro ced u res in the

field o f th e com m on com m erc ia l po licy in o rd e r to en su re the exerc iseo f the C o m m u n ity ’s rig h ts u n d er in te rna tiona l trad e ru les, in p articu la rthose e s tab lished u nder the ausp ices o f the W orld T ra d e O rg an iza tio n ^( ‘T rad e B arriers R eg u la tio n ’) ......................................................................................................1

D irec tive o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C o u n c il 2001 / 84/E C on there sa le rig h t lo r th e benefit o f the au th o r o f an o rig inal w o rk o f a rt _ . 1( ‘R esa le R igh ts D irec tiv e ’) .........................................................................................................

D irec tive o f the E uropean P a rliam en t and o f the C o u n c il 2004 /48 /E C o n th e ) 7 4 |en fo rcem en t o f in te llec tu a l p ro p e rty rig h ts ( ‘IP E n fo rcem en t D irec tiv e ) ............

D irec tive o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ounc il 2005 /29 /E C co n ce rn in g unfair b u s in ess-to -co n su m er com m erc ia l p rac tices in th e ^ 1961in ternal m arket ( ‘U n fa ir C om m erc ia l P rac tices D irec tiv e ’).........................................

PART 8 EU MATERIALS

D irec tiv e o f th e E u ropean P a rliam en t and o f the C o u n c il 96 /9 /E C on the [8 .11legal p io tec tio n ol da tabases ( ‘D atabase D irec tiv e ’) , ......

D irective o f the E u ropean P a rliam en t and o f th e C ouncil 9 8 /4 4 /E C on the [8.181legal p ro tec tion ol b io tech n o lo g ica l in ven tions ( ‘B io tech D ire c tiv e ’) .......................

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D irective o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 98 /71 /E C on thelegal p ro tec tion o f d e s ig n s ............................................................ [8 .36]

D irec tive o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 98 /84 /E C on the legal p ro tec tion o f serv ices based on, o r consisting of, conditional access( ‘C ond itional A ccess D irec tiv e ’) ................... ........................................................................ [8 .59]

D irec tive o f the E u ropean P a rliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2001 /29 /E C on the h arm onisa tion o f certa in aspects o f copyrigh t and related righ ts inthe in fo rm ation socie ty ( ‘InfoS oc D irec tiv e ’) ..................................................................... [8.68]

C ouncil D irective 2003 /49 /E C on a com m on system o f taxation applicab le to in terest and royalty paym ents m ade betw een associa ted com paniesol d ifferen t M em b er S lates ( ‘In terest and R oyalties D irec tiv e’) ................................ [8.82]

C ouncil R egulation 1383/2003/E C concern ing custom s action against goods su spected ol in fring ing certa in in te llectual p roperty righ ts and the m easures to be taken aga in s t goods found to have in fringed such rights( ‘EU C ustom s R eg u la tio n ’) .........................................................................................................[8.94]

C om m ission R egu la tion 772 /2004 /E C on the app lication o f A rtic le 81(3) o f the T reaty to ca tego ries o f techno logy tran sfe r ag reem en ts ( ‘T echno logyT ran sfe r B lock E x em p tio n ’) ..................................................................................................... [8.119]

D irective ol the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2 0 0 6 /1 14/EC concern ing m islead ing and com para tive advertising ( ‘M islead ing andC om para tive A dvertising D irec tiv e ’) ..................................................................................... [8.130]

C ouncil R egulation 834 /2007 /E C on o rgan ic p roduction and labelling o fo rgan ic p roducts and repealing R egu la tion (E E C ) N o 2 0 9 2 /9 1 ...................................[8.144]

C ouncil D ecision 2007 /845 /JH A concern ing coopera tion betw een A sset R ecovery O ffices o f the M em ber S tates in the field o f trac ing andiden tification ol p roceeds from , o r o ther property related to, c rim e .......................... [8 .187 |

C om m ission R egu la tion 889 /2008 /E C laying dow n deta iled rules for the im plem en ta tion o f C ouncil R egulation (E C ) N o 834/2007 on organic production and labelling o f o rgan ic p roduc ts w ith regard to organ icp roduction , labelling and c o n tro l............................................................................................. [8.196]

C om m ission R egu la tion 607 /2009 /E C lay ing dow n certa in deta iled rules for the im p lem en ta tion o f C ouncil R egu la tion (E C ) N o 479/2008 as regards p ro tec ted designa tions o f o rig in and geograph ica l ind ications, trad itional term s, labelling and p resen tation o f certa in w ine sec to rp ro d u c ts ............................................................................................................................................... [8.360]

C ouncil o f the E uropean U nion R eso lu tion o f 1 M arch 2010 on theen fo rcem en t o f in tellectual p roperty righ ts in the in ternal m ark e t............................ [8 .447]

R egu la tion o f the E u ropean Parliam en t and o f the C ouncil 1007 /2011/EU on tex tile fibre nam es and re la ted labelling and m ark ing o f the fibre com position o f tex tile p roducts and repealing C ouncil D irective 73 /44 /E E C and D irec tives 96 /73 /E C and 2008/121/E C o f theE uropean P arliam en t and o f the C o u n c il..............................................................................[8 .448]

R egulation o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 1151/2012/EUon quality schem es for ag ricu ltu ral p roducts and foodstu ffs........................................[8 .506]

D irec tive o f the E uropean Parliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2012/28 /E U oncerta in perm itted uses o f o rphan w orks ( ‘O rphan W orks D irective.)...................... 18 .5 6 7 1

R egu la tion o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 6 0 8 /2 0 13/EU concern ing custom s en fo rcem en t o f in te llectual p roperty rights( ‘N ew EU C ustom s R eg u la tio n ’) ............................................................................................. [8 .580]

C om m ission Im plem en ting R egulation 13 5 2 /2 0 13/EU estab lish ing the form s p rov ided fo r in R egu la tion (E U ) No 608/2013 o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil concern ing custom s en fo rcem en t o fin tellectual p roperty r ig h ts ...........................................................................................................[8 .621]

D irective o f the E uropean Parliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2014 /40 /E U on the approx im ation o f the law s, regu la tions and adm in istra tive p rov isions o f the M em ber S tates concern ing the m anufactu re , p resen ta tion and sale o f tobacco and related p roducts and repealing D irective 2 0 0 1 /37 /E C ..[8 .628]

R egulation o f the E uropean Parliam en t and o f the C ouncil 251 /2014 /E U on the defin ition , descrip tion , p resen ta tion , labelling and the p ro tec tion o f geograph ica l ind ica tions o f arom atised w ine p roducts and repealing C ouncil R egulation (E E C ) N o 1601/91 .......................................................................................................................... [8 .664]

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C om m ission Im plem enting R egu la tion 668 /2014 /E U lay ing dow n ru les to r the app lica tion o f R egu la tion (E U ) N o 1151/2012 o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil on quality schem es for ag ricu ltu ra lproducts and foodstu ffs ...................................... [8 .704]

M em orandum o f U nderstand ing o f 4 M ay 2 0 1 1 on T ake-D ow n N o t i c e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . [8 .731]

P A R I 9 IN T E R N A T IO N A LPans C onven tion fo r the P ro tec tion o f Industria l P roperty (20 M arch 1 8 8 3 ) .............. [9.1]

e ague g reem en t C o n cern ing the In ternational D eposit o f Industria lD esigns (N ovem ber 6 , 1925) (T he H ague A ct o f N o v em b er 28, 1960) ..................[9.47]

n ternational C onven tion to r the P ro tec tion o f P erfo rm ers, P roducers o f Phonogi am s and B roadcasting O rgan isa tions (R om e, 26 O c to b er 1961)( R om e C onven tion ) ............................. [9 .77 ]

C om plem entary A ct of S tockho lm (July 14, 1967, as am ended onSep tem ber 28, 1979)........................... [9.111]

L ocarno A greem en t E stab lish ing an In ternational C lassifica tion forIndustria l D esigns (O ctober 8 , 1 9 6 8 ) .................................................................................... [9 .121]

U niversal C opy righ t C onven tion (as rev ised at Paris on 24 Ju ly 1971) .................... [9 .137],p e C ° r f nr T ,°r P ro tec tion o f L iterary and A rtistic W orks

(P an s A ct, 24 Ju ly 1971) ' [9 .166]C onven tion foi the I ro tection o f P roducers o f P honog ram s A gain st

U nau thorised D up lica tion o f the ir P honogram s (G eneva, O cto b er 29, 1971)( Phonogram s C o n v en tio n ’) ....................... [9 .219]

C T r n ti0 ! t R)CKl 'e g to the D istribu tion o f P rog ram m e-C arry ing S ignalsA orppm m it h t S ate llite (B russe ls , M ay 21, 1974) ( ‘B russe ls C o n v en tio n ’) [9 .232]

n . ?e W n 1 e U nited N ations and the W orld In te llec tual P roperty O igam za tion (D ecem b er 17, 1974) [9 .244]

W n n f " ! ° n (T rade ' rue la ted a sPects o f In te llec tua l P roperty R igh ts ( ‘T R IP S ’) .. . . [9 .264] W n T i T f ” lhe W orld In tellectual P roperty O rgan iza tion and theW orld T rade O rgan iza tion (D ecem b er 2 2 , 1 9 9 5 ) ...... [9 .3 3 9 ]

D e c e r n ™ I » ? “ » * - » * C o n fe ren ce on

( ' LR eO strU i()n nlA H|a8 ae '^ö ''e em cn t C oncern ing the In ternational C onference ustn a l D esigns (A dop ted by the D ip lom aticC onference on 2 Ju ly , 1999) . 19 4021

R egulations under the G e n e v i i .....................A ' ■.......................... 'the In ternet;™ i o • va A cl ° t the H ague A g reem en t C oncern ing

A greed S tatem enK b y l l i i T i S . A f e c ' “ “ T " j ” ? c " ' 2> l t M t iand lhe R e g n la l irA U n d e X A« 8 8 » 4741

C onvention on B iolog ical D iversity (R io . Ju n e 1992)...........................................................M 7 5 1

Rcs*'^puiic> ,,cann> , 520l ‘

C onven tion fo r the Safp»in,-n; A ."............................................................................................ ’(U N E S C O ) (Paris 17 r» i In tangib le C u ltu ra l H eritagei u in G.su u ) (Pat i s, 17 O cto b er 2003) T9 522 ]

C onven tion on the P ro tection i o ...................... •'....... '• A A ................ 1E xpressions (U N E S C O ! to P rom otion o f the D iversity o f C ultural

S ingapore T reatv on ti r ’ 20 0 c t( )b e r 2 0 0 5 ) ..........................................................[9 .562]R egu la tions under the S i n g ^ ° f ^ e m t i r k s 127 M arch 2006) .....................................[9 .570]

(1 N ovem ber 2011) y 011 the Law o t T radem arks t .N agoya P ro tocol on A ccess VA A '■......................................................... 1............................

E qu itab le sharing o f B enefit« a"®1“ R esources an d . the F a ir andC onven tion on B io log ical D iv USlnf F o m tllcir U tilisa tion to the r o <;i2l

B eijing T reaty on a J S S Ä T ' ° * * " r W ,0 ) ~ C .......................................... ‘D inlom -itic C onfprpn Pe i fo rm ances (A dop ted by thed ip lo m a tic C o n fe ren ce on June 24, 20 1 3 ) ............ [9 .6 4 9 ]

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M arrakesh T reaty to fac ilita te access to pub lished w orks fo r personsw ho are b lind , v isually im paired or o therw ise prin t d isab led (A dop ted bythe D ip lom atic C o n feren ce on June 27, 20 1 3 )................................................................ [9 .679]

D raft G eneva A c t o f the L isbon A greem en t on A ppella tions o f O rig in andG eograph ica l Ind ica tions (G eneva, M ay 11-21 2 0 1 5 )................................................ [9 .701]

D ra ft R egu la tions U n d er the G eneva A ct o f the L isbon A greem en t onA ppella tions o f O rig in and G eog raph ica l Ind ica tions ................................................... [9 .735]

Index p 2201

A L P H A B E T IC A L L IS T O F C O N T E N T SA D R R ules (T he .eu A lternative D ispute R esolution R u les 2005) ............................ [5 .906]A greed S ta tem en ts by the D ip lom atic C onference R egard ing the G eneva A ct

and the R egu la tions U nder the G eneva A c t .....................................................................[9 .474]A greem en t be tw een the U nited N ations and the W orld In tellectual P roperty

O rgan iza tion (D ecem b er 17, 1974)....................................................................................... [9.244]A greem en t B etw een the W orld In te llec tual P roperty O rgan iza tion and the

W orld T rad e O rgan iza tion (D ecem ber 22, 1995)........................................................... 19.339]A greem en t on a U n ilied P aten t C ou rt (19 F ebruary 2 0 1 3 ) ............................................[1.795]A greem en t on T rade-re la ted aspec ts o f In tellectual P roperty R igh ts ( ‘T R IP S ’) .... [9.264]A rtis t’s R esale R igh t R egu la tions 2006, SI 2006 /346 ......................................................[2.562]B eijing T reaty on A ud iov isual perfo rm ances (A dop ted by the

D ip lom atic C o n feren ce on June 24, 2 0 1 3 ) .. ......................................................................[9.649]B erne C o nven tion fo r the P ro tec tion o f L iterary and A rtistic W orks

(Paris A ct, 24 Ju ly 1971) .........................................................................................................[9.166]B iotech D irec tive (D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil

98 /44 /E C on the legal p ro tec tion o f b io techno log ica l in v en tio n s).........................................]B roadcasting A ct 1990, ss 176, 201, 203, 204 ....................................................................... o nB roadcasting A ct 1996, ss 137, 149, 150 ..............................................................................[2.420]B russels C onven tion (C onven tion R ela ting to the D istribu tion o f P rogram m e-

C arry ing S ignals T ransm itted by S ate llite (B russels, M ay 21, 1974))......................^C ivil P rocedure R u les 1998, SI 1998/3132, it 4 5 .3 0 ^ 1 5 .3 2 .......................................... [1 ^C ivil P rocedu re R ules 1998, SI 1998/3132, Part 63 ....................................... I7 -5 7 'C om m ission Im plem en ting R egulation 1 3 52 /2013/EU estab lish ing the form s

p rov ided fo r in R egu la tion (E U ) N o 608/2013 o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil concern ing custom s en fo rcem en t o f in tellectualproperty r ig h ts .................................................................................................................................. [8 .621]

C om m ission Im p lem en ting R egulation 6 6 8 /2 0 14/EU laying dow n rules fo r the app lica tion o f R egulation (E U ) N o 1151/2012 o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil on quality schem es fo r agriculturalp roduc ts and foodstu ffs ............................................................................................... [8 .704J

C om m ission R egu la tion 1768/95/EC o f 24 July 1995 im plem en ting rules on the ag ricu ltu ra l exem ption prov ided fo r in A rticle 14 (3) ot C ouncilR egu la tion (E C ) N o 2100 /94 on C om m unity p lan t varie ty r i g h t s .............................[6 .261]

C om m ission R egulation 216/96/E C lay ing dow n the ru les o t procedure o f the B oards o f A ppeal o f the O ffice fo r H arm onization in theInternal M arke t (T rade M arks and D e s ig n s ) ....................................................................[5 .562]

C om m iss ion R egulation 2245 /2002 /E C im plem en ting C ouncilR egu la tion 6 /2002 /E C on C om m unity D e s ig n s .................................... ........................ [3 .285]

C om m ission R egulation 2868 /95 /E C im plem en ting C ouncil R egulation(E C ) N o 4 0 /9 4 on the C om m unity trade m a r k ...............................................................[5 .413]

C om m ission R egu la tion 2869 /95 /E C on the Fees Payab le to the O fficefor H arm onization in the Internal M arket (T rade M arks and D e s ig n s ) ................. 15.547]

C om m ission R egu la tion 607 /2009 /E C laying dow n certa in deta iled rules fo r the im p lem en ta tion o f C ouncil R egulation (E C ) N o 479 /2008 as regards p ro tec ted designations o f o rig in and geographical ind ications, trad itional term s, labelling and p resen ta tion o f certa in w ine sec to rp ro d u c ts ................................................................................................................................... ......... [8 .360]

C om m ission R egulation 772/2004 /E C on the app lica tion of A rtic le 81(3) of the T reaty to ca tego ries o f techno logy tran sfe r ag reem en ts (T e c h n o lo g y T ran sfe r B lock E x em p tio n ’) ........................ .............................................................................. [8 .119]

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C om m ission R egulation 874 /2009 /E C o f 17 S ep tem ber 2009 estab lish in g im p lem en ting ru les fo r the app lica tion o f C ouncil R egu la tion (E C )N o 2100 /94 as regards p roceed ings b efo re the C om m un ity P lan tV ariety O ffice .................................................................................................................................... [6 .280]

C om m ission R egulation 889 /2008 /E C lay ing dow n de ta iled ru les fo r the im plem en ta tion o f C ouncil R egu la tion (E C ) N o 834/2007 on o rgan ic p roduc tion and labelling o f o rgan ic p roduc ts w ith regard to o rgan icp roduction , labelling and c o n tro l.............................................................................................. [8 .196]

C om m on R egu la tions under the M adrid A g reem en t C on ce rn in g the In ternational R eg istra tion o f M arks and the P ro toco l R e la ting tothat A greem ent (January 1, 2 0 1 3 ) ...........................................................................................[5.8261

C om m unications A ct 2003 , ss 1 2 4 A -1 2 4 R ...............................................................................[2 .423]C om m unity D esign R egu la tions 2005, SI 2005 /2339 ........................................................... |3 .99 ]C om m unity D esigns (D esignation o f C om m un ity D esign C ourts)

R egu la tions 2005, SI 2005 /696 .................................................................................................. [3.97]C om m unity T rade M ark R egu la tions 2006 , SI 2006 /1027 ............................................ [5.129]C om pany , L im ited L iab ility P artnersh ip and B usiness N am es (S ensitive

W ords and E xpressions) R egu la tions 2014 , SI 2 0 1 4 /3 1 4 0 ..............................................[7.101]C om pany, L im ited L iab ility P artnersh ip and B usiness (N am es and T rad ing

D isc losu res) R egu lations 2015 , SI 2 0 1 5 /1 7 ..........................................................................17.111]C om plem entary A ct o f S tockho lm (July 14, 1967, as am ended on

S ep tem ber 28, 1979).......................................................................................................................[9.111]C ond itional A ccess D irec tive (D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the

C ouncil 98 /84 /E C on the legal p ro tec tion o f serv ices b ased on , o rconsisting of, cond itional access) ................................................................ [8 .59]

C on trac ting O ut (F unctions in R ela tion to A pp lica tions fo r P aten ts)O rder 2002, SI 2002 /3052 ........................................................................................................ [1.211]

C onven tion for the P ro tec tion o f P roducers o f P honog ram s A gainstU n au tho rised D up lica tion o f their P honog ram s (G eneva, O cto b er 29 , 1971)( ‘P honogram s C o n v en tio n ’ ).................................... ................................................................. [9 .219]

C onven tion fo r the S afeguard ing o f the In tang ib le C u ltu ra l H eritage(U N E S C O ) (Paris, 17 O ctober 2003) ................................................................................... [9 .522]

C onven tion on B iological D iversity (R io , June 1992) .......................................................[9 .475]C onven tion on the G ran t o f E u ropean P aten ts ( ‘E uropean P a ten t C o n v en tio n ’)

(M unich , 5 O ctober 1973, as rev ised by the A ct rev ising A rtic le 63 E PC o f17 D ecem b er 1991 and the A ct rev ising the E PC o f 29 N o v em b er 2000) ........[1 .376]

C onven tion on the P ro tec tion and P rom otion o f the D iversity o f C ulturalE xp ress ions (U N E S C O ) (P aris, 20 O c to b e r 2005 ) ......................................................... [9 .562]

C onven tion R ela ting to th e D istribu tion o f P ro g ram m e-C arry in g S ignalsT ransm itted by S atellite (B russels, M ay 21, 1974) ( ‘B russels C o n v en tio n ’ )......... [9 .232]

C opyrigh t and D uration o f R ights in P erfo rm ances R egu la tions 2013,SI 2013 /1782 ....................................................................................................................................[2 .673]

C opyrigh t and P erfo rm ances (A pp lica tion to O ther C oun tries) O rder 2013SI 2013 /536 ...................................................................................................................................... [2 .632]

C opyrigh t and R elated R ights R egu lations 1996, SI 1996/2967,regs 1 -4 , 16— 17B , 19, 2 5 -3 6 ....................................................................................................|2 .5 0 3 ]

C opyrigh t and R elated R ights R egu la tions 2003 , SI 2 0 03 /2498 , regs 1, 3 0 -4 0 . . .[2 .5 5 0 )C opyrigh t and R ights in D atabases R egu la tions 1997, SI 1997/3032,

regs 1-4 , 1 2 - 3 0 ...............................................................................................................................[2 .5 2 4 )C opyrigh t and R ights in P erfo rm ances (N o tice o f S eizu re) O rd er 1989

SI 1989/1006 .............................................................................................................. ’.....................12 .447)C o pyrigh t (C ertification o f L icensing S chem e for E ducational R ecord ing

of B roadcasts) (E ducational R eco rd ing A gency L im ited) O rd er 2007SI 2007 /266 ...................................................................................................................................... |2 .5 8 0 )

C o p y rig h t (C ustom s) R egu la tions 1989, SI 1989/1178 .......................................................[2 .4 5 0 )C opyrigh t, D esigns and Paten ts A ct 1988 |2 .7 )C o p y rig h t (Industria l P rocess and E xcluded A rtic les) (N o 2) O rd er 1989

SI 1989/1070 ................................................................................................................. ; ................... 1 3 .8 4 )C o p y rig h t (L ib rarians and A rch iv ists) (C opy ing o f C o p y rig h t M ateria l)

R eg u la tio n s 1989, SI 1989/1212 ............................................................................................. [2.461 )C opyrigh t (M aterial O pen to Public Inspection) (M ark ing o f C op ies

o f P lans and D raw ings) O rd e r 1990, SI 1990/1427 ........................................................[2 .4 7 2 )

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C o p y rig h t T ribunal R ules 2010 , SI 2010/791 ...................................................................... 12.586]C orpo ra tion Tax A ct 2010, ss 3 5 7 A -3 5 7 G E , 1118, 1119, 1121, 1127,

1138, 1139, 1174, 1 1 8 3 -1 1 8 5 ................................................................................................... 11.152]C o u n c il D ecision 2003 /793 /E C approv ing the accession o f the E uropean

C o m m u n ity to the P ro toco l re la ting to the M adrid A greem en t concern ing the in ternational reg istra tion o f m arks, adop ted at M adrid on 27 June 1989 ... 15.580]

C o u n c il D ecision 2 0 07 /845 /JH A concern ing coopera tion betw een A sset R ecovery O ffices o f the M em b er S tates in the field o f tracing andiden tifica tion o f p roceeds from , o r o th er property re la ted to, c rim e ........................ [8 .187]

C o u n c il D irec tive 2003 /49 /E C on a com m on system o f taxation app licab le to in terest and royalty paym en ts m ade betw een associa ted com panieso f d ifferen t M em b er S tates ( ‘In terest and R oyalties D irec tiv e’) .................................. 18.82]

C o u n c il D irec tive 93 /83 /E E C on the coord ination o f certa in rules co n ce rn in g co p y rig h t and righ ts re la ted to copyrigh t app licab le tosa te llite b ro ad cas tin g and cab le re tran sm ission ................................................................[2.693]

C o u n c il of the E u ropean U nion R eso lu tion o f 1 M arch 2010 on theen fo rcem en t o f in te llec tual p roperty rights in the in ternal m ark e t............................ [8.447]

C o u n c il R egu la tion 1383/2003/E C concern ing custom s action against goods su spected o f in fring ing certa in in tellectual p roperty righ ts and the m easures to be taken aga in s t goods found to have in fringed such rights( ‘EU C ustom s R eg u la tio n ’) ......................................................................................................... [8.94]

C o u n c il R egu la tion 2 0 7 /2009 /E C on the C om m unity trade m a r k ................................[5.604]C o u n c il R egu la tion 2100 /94 /E C on C om m unity p lan t varie ty r i g h t s ..........................[6 .142 |C o u n c il R egulation 3286 /94 /E C lay ing dow n C om m unity p rocedures in the

field o f the com m on com m erc ia l po licy in o rder to ensu re the exercise ol the C o m m u n ity ’s righ ts under in ternational trade ru les, in particu lar those e s tab lished u nder the ausp ices o f the W o rld T rade O rgan iza tion( ‘T rad e B arrie rs R eg u la tio n ’) .................................................................................................... [7.144]

C ounc il R egu la tion 4 0 /94 /E E C on the C om m unity trade m a r k .................................... [5.246]C o u n c il R egu la tion 6 /2002 /E C on C om m unity D e s ig n s ...................................................[3.167]C o u n c il R egulation 834 /2007 /E C on organic p roduction and labelling o f

o rgan ic p roduc ts and repea ling R egulation (E E C ) N o 2 0 9 2 /9 1 ................................. [8.144]C o u n c il R egu la tion 1 2 6 0 /2012/EU im plem enting en h an ced coopera tion in the

area o f the crea tion o f unitary paten t p ro tec tion w ith regard to the applicab letransla tion a rran g em en ts ....................................... 11.955]

D a tab ase D irec tive (D irec tive o f the E uropean Parliam en t and o f theC ouncil 96 /9 /E C on the legal p ro tec tion o f d a tab ases)......................................................[8.1]

D ecision o f the A d m in istra tive C ouncil on the transitional p rov isions under A rtic le 7 o f the A ct rev ising the E uropean P aten t C onven tion of29 N o v em b er 2000 ....................................................................................................................... [1 .558]

D esign R ight (P roceed ings befo re C om ptro ller) R ules 1989, SI 1989/1130 ............[4.12]D esign R ight (S em iconducto r T opographies) R egulations 1989, SI 1989/1100 ......... |4 .1 |D esig n s (C onven tion C oun tries) O rder 2007, SI 2007/277 ........................................... [3 .164]D ig ita l E conom y A ct 2010, ss 47 , 48 ..................................................................................... |2 .4 4 1 ]D irec tiv e o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2001 /29 /E C on the

h arm onisa tion o f certa in aspects o f copyrigh t and re la ted rights inthe in fo rm ation society ( ‘In foS oc D irec tiv e’) .................................................................... [8.68]

D irec tiv e o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2001 /84 /E C on the resa le r igh t fo r the benefit o f the au tho r o f an orig inal w ork of art( ‘R esale R ights D irec tiv e ’) ......................................................................................................... |7 .1 6 0 ]

D irec tive o f the E uropean Parliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2004 /48 /E C on theen fo rcem en t o f in tellectual p roperty righ ts ( 'IP E n fo rcem en t D irec tiv e’) ............. |7 .1 7 4 |

D irec tiv e o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2005/29 /E C co ncern ing unfa ir b u siness-to -consum er com m ercia l p rac ticesin the in ternal m arket ( ‘U n fa ir C om m ercia l P rac tices D irec tiv e ’ )............................ 17.196]

D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2 0 0 6 /1 14/EC concern ing m islead ing and com parative advertising ( ‘M islead ing andC o m p ara tiv e A dvertising D irec tiv e ’) ...................................................................................... [8 .130]

D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2 0 0 6 /1 15/EC on rental righ t and lend ing righ t and on certa in righ ts re la ted toco py righ t in the field o f in te llectual property ....................................................................[2 .708]

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D irective o f the E uropean P a rliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2 0 0 6 /1 16/ECon the term o f p ro tec tion o f co p y rig h t and certa in re la ted righ ts ............................ [2 .726]

D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2 0 08 /95 /E C to approx im ate the law s o f the M em ber S ta tes re la ting to trade m arks( ‘T rade M arks D irec tiv e ’) .......................................................................................................... [5.5831

D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2 0 09 /24 /E Con the legal protection o f com pu ter p rog ram s ( ‘S o ftw are D irec tiv e ’) ................... [2 .743]

D irec tive o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2012 /28 /E U oncerta in p erm itted uses o f o rphan w orks ( ‘O rphan W orks....D irec tiv e ’) ....................[8.5671

D irective o f th e E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 96 /9 /E C on thelegal p ro tec tion o f da tabases ( ‘D atabase D irec tiv e ’) .............................................................[8.1]

D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 98 /44 /E C on thelegal p ro tec tion o f b io techno log ica l inven tions ( ‘B io tech D irec tiv e ’) ...................... [8.18]

D irective o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 9 8 /71 /E C on thelegal p ro tection o f designs .......................................................................................................... [8.36]

D irective o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 98 /84 /E C on the legal p ro tec tion o f serv ices based on , o r con sis tin g of, cond itiona l access( ‘C ond itional A ccess D irec tiv e’) ................................... ........................................................... [8 .59]

D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil (2014 /26 /E U )on co llec tive m anagem en t o f co py righ t and re la ted righ ts and m ulti-te rrito ria llicensing o f righ ts in m usical w orks fo r on line use in th e in ternal m a rk e t [2 .757]

D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f th e C ouncil 2014 /40 /E U on the approx im ation o f the law s, regu la tions and adm in istra tive p rov isions o f the M em ber S tates concern ing th e m anu fac tu re , p resen ta tion and sa le o f tobacco and re la ted p roducts and repea ling D irec tive 20 0 1 /3 7 /E C ..[8 .628]

D raft G eneva A ct o f the L isbon A greem ent on A ppella tions o f O rig in andG eograph ica l Ind ica tions (G eneva, M ay 11-21 2 0 1 5 ).................................................. [9 .701]

D raft R egu la tions U n d er the G eneva A ct o f the L isbon A greem en t onA ppella tions o f O rig in and G eog raph ica l In d ica tio n s ....................................................[9 .735]

D uration o f C opyrigh t and R igh ts in P erfo rm ances R egu la tions 1995,SI 1995/3297, regs 1 -4 , 12 -36 ............................................................................................... [2 .474]

E n terp rise and R egu la to ry R eform A ct 2013 , ss 7 4 -7 8 , Sch 2 2 ...................................[2 .443]E U C ustom s R egu la tion (C ouncil R egu la tion 1383/2003/E C co ncern ing

custom s action against goods su spected o f in fring ing certa in in tellectual p roperty righ ts and the m easures to be taken against goods found to havein fringed such righ ts) .................................................................................................................... [8 .94]

E uropean P aten t C onven tion (C onven tion on the G ran t o f E u ropean P atents (M unich , 5 O ctober 1973, as rev ised by the A ct rev is ing A rtic le 63 E PC o f17 D ecem ber 1991 and the A ct rev ising the E PC o f 29 N ovem ber 2 0 0 0 )............[1 .376]

G eneva A ct o f the H ague A greem en t C o n cern ing the In ternational R eg istra tion o f Industria l D esigns (A dop ted by the D ip lom aticC onference on 2 July , 1999) .....................................................................................................[9 .402]

G oods In fring ing In te llec tua l P roperty R igh ts (C ustom s) R egu la tions 2004,SI 2004 /1473 ......................................................................................... [7.851

H ague A greem en t C o n cern ing the In ternational D eposit o f Industria lD esigns (N ovem ber 6, 1925) (T he H ague A ct o f N o v em b er 28, 1 9 6 0 ) ..................... [9 .4 7 ]

H um an R ights A ct 1998 ........................................................................................................................|7 .1 ]In foS oc D irec tive (D irec tive o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f th e C ouncil

2001 /2 9 /E C on the harm on isa tion o f certa in aspects o f co py righ t and re la tedrigh ts in the in fo rm ation so c ie ty )................................................................................................T 8 .68]

IP E n fo rcem en t D irec tive (D irec tive o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f theC ouncil 2004 /48 /E C on the en fo rcem en t o f in te llec tual p roperty r ig h ts).................[7 .174 ]

In te llec tual P roperty A ct 2014 , ss 21, 23, 2 4 .................................................. ......................... [7 .54 |In te llec tual P roperty (E n fo rcem en t, e tc) R egu la tions 2006 , SI 2006 /1028 ....................[ 7 .9 2 ]In terest and R oyalties D irec tive (C ouncil D irec tive 2 0 03 /49 /E C on a com m on

system o f taxation , ' cab le to in terest and royalty p aym en ts m adebetw een associa ted com pan ies o f d iffe ren t M em ber S ta te s ) [8.82, ]

In te rna tiona l C onven tion fo r the p ro tec tion o f new varie ties o fp lan ts ( ‘U PO V C o n v en tio n ’) 16 .377 ]

In ternational C onven tion fo r the P ro tec tion o f P erfo rm ers , P roducers o f P h o n o g ram s and B ro ad castin g O rgan isa tions (R om e, 26 O c to b er 1961)( ‘R o m e C o n v en tio n ’) [9 .7 7 j

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L egal D eposit L ib ra ries (N on-P rin t W orks) R egu la tions 2013, SI 2013 /777 ...........[2 .641]L eg a l S erv ices A ct 2007 (L icensing A uthority ) (N o 2) O rder 2014,

SI 2 0 1 4 /3 0 7 7 ....................................................................................................................................... [7.98]L o ca rn o A greem en t E stab lish ing an In ternational C lassifica tion for

Industria l D esigns (O ctober 8, 1 9 6 8 ) ....................................................................................[9 .121]L o n d o n O lym pic G am es and Para lym pic G am es A ct 2006 ...............................................[7.29]M ad rid A greem en t C o n cern ing the In ternational R eg istra tion o f M arks

(14 A pril 1891) ...................................................................................................... [5 .773]M ad rid P ro tocol (P ro toco l R ela ting to the M adrid A greem ent

C o n cern ing the In ternational R eg istra tion o f M arks (adop ted at M adridon 27 June 1989)) .............................................................................................[5 .800]

M arrak esh T reaty to fac ilita te access to pub lish ed w orks fo r persons w ho are b lind , v isually im paired o r o therw ise p rin t d isab led (A doptedby the D ip lom atic C on ference on June 27, 2 0 1 3 )............................................................[9 .679]

M em o ran d u m o f U n d erstand ing o f 4 M ay 2011 on T ake-D ow n N o tices ...................[8 .731]M islead in g and C om para tive A dvertising D irec tive (D irec tive o f the E uropean

P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 2 0 0 6 /1 14/EC concern ing m islead ing andco m p ara tiv e ad v e rtis in g ).............................................................................................................. [8.130]

N ag o y a P ro tocol on A ccess to G enetic R esources and the F air and E qu itab le sharing o f B enefits A ris ing from their U tilisa tion to theC onven tion on B io log ical D iversity (29 O ctober 2 0 1 0 )................................................[9 .612]

N ew EU C ustom s R egu la tion (R egulation o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 6 0 8 /2 0 13/EU concern ing custom s en fo rcem en to f in te llec tual p roperty rig h ts) ...................................................................................................[8.580]

O ffice fo r H arm on ization in the In ternal M arket: C om m onC om m unica tion on the C om m on P ractice on the G eneral Ind ications o f theN ice C lass H ead ings (C P I) , F ebruary 2 0 1 4 ....................................................................... [5.910]

O ffice fo r H arm onization in the In ternal M arket: C om m on C om m unicationon the Im plem en ta tion o f i P T ran sla to r’ (C P2), F ebruary 2 0 1 4 .............................. [5.913]

O ffice fo r H arm onization in the In ternal M arket: C om m onC om m unica tion on the C om m on P ractice o f the S cope o f Protection o f B lackand W hite (“ B & W ” ) M arks (C P4), A pril 2 0 1 4 ................................................................ [5.914]

O ffice fo r H arm onization in the In ternal M arket: C om m onC om m unica tion on the C om m on P ractice o f R elative G rounds o f R efusal - L ike lihood o f C onfusion (Im pact o f non -d istinc tive /w eak com ponents)(C P5), O cto b er 2 0 1 4 .............................. [5 .920]

O rp h an W orks D irec tive (D irective o f the E uropean P arliam en t ando f the C ouncil 2012 /28 /E U on certa in perm itted uses o f o rphan w o rk s) |8 .567 ]

P aris C onven tion fo r the P ro tec tion o f Industria l P roperty (20 M arch 1 8 8 3 ) ...............[9.1]P arliam en tary C opyrigh t (N ational A ssem bly fo r W ales) O rder 2007,

SI 2007/1 I 16 ................................................................................................................................... [2 .584]P a ten t C o-opera tion T reaty (June 19 1970, as a m e n d e d ) ................................................. [1 .560]P a ten t Law T reaty (June 1 2 0 0 0 ) ...............................................................................................[1.7471P a ten ts A ct 1977 ...................................................................................................................................... [1-1]P a ten ts A ct 1977: Paten tab le sub jec t m atte r (2 N ovem ber 2 0 0 6 ) .................................[1 .910]P a ten ts A ct 1977: Paten tab le subject m atte r (7 February 2 0 0 8 ) .................................... 11.911]P a ten ts A ct 2004 (C om m encem ent No 1 and C onsequen tia l and T ransitional

P rov isions) O rder 2004, SI 2004 /2177 , arts 1, 6 -8 ......................................................... [1 .218]P a ten ts A ct 2004 (C om m encem ent N o 2 and C onsequen tia l, e tc and

T ransitional P rov isions) O rd e r 2004, SI 2004 /3205 , arts 1, 2, 9 ............................... |1 .227 ]P a ten ts A ct 2004 (C om m encem en t N o 3 and tran s itio n a l P rovisions)

O rd er 2005, SI 2005/2471 ....................... [1 .230]P a ten ts and Plant Variety R ights (C om pulso ry L icensing) R egu lations 2002,

SI 2002 /247 ................................................. ........ ...........................................................................P a ten ts (C onven tion C oun tries) O rder 2007 SI 2007 /276 ............................................... [1 .234]P a ten ts C oun ty C ourt (F inancia l L im its) O rder 2011, SI 2011/1402 ........................ 11.373]P a ten ts R ules 2007, SI 2007/3291 ....... [1.2371P honogram s C onven tion (C onven tion to r the P ro tec tion o f P roducers o f

P honog ram s A gainst U nau thorised D uplication ol th e ir P honog ram s(G eneva, O ctober 29, 1971)) ...............................19.219]

P lan t V arieties Act 1997 ..................................................................................................................... [6 .23]P lan t V arieties and Seeds A ct 1964 ................................................................................................. [6.1]

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P lan t V arieties and Seeds T ribunal R ules 1974, SI 1974/1136 ........................................ [6.79]P lan t V ariety R ights O ffice (E x tension o f Functions) R eg u la tio n s 1995,

SI 1995/2655 .......................................................................................................... [6.113]P ro tocol on ju risd ic tio n and the recogn ition o f decis ions in re sp ec t o f the

rig h t to the g ran t o f a E uropean P aten t ( ‘P ro toco l on R eco g n itio n ’) ....................[1.544]P ro tocol on priv ileges and im m unities o f th e E u ropean P a ten t O rgan isa tion

( ‘P ro tocol on P riv ileges and Im m u n ities’) .......................................................................... [1.546]Protocol on the cen tra lisa tion o f the E u ropean P aten t S ystem and on its

in troduc tion ( ‘P ro tocol on C en tra lisa tio n ’) ........................... .......................................... [1.547]P ro toco l on the in terp re ta tion o f A rtic le 69 o f the C o nven tion .................................... [1 .555]Pro tocol on the S taff C om plem en t o f the E u ropean P a ten t O ffice a t the

H ague ( ‘P ro toco l on S taff C o m p lem en t’) ............................................................................[1 .557]P rotocol R elating to the M adrid A greem en t C o n cern ing the In ternational

R eg istra tion o f M arks (adop ted at M adrid on 27 Ju n e 1989)( ‘M adrid P ro to co l’) ....................................... [5 .800]

Public L end ing R ight A ct 1979 ......................................................................................................... [2.1]Public L end ing R ight Schem e 1982 (C om m encem en t) O rder 1982,

SI 1982/719 .......................................................................................................................................[2 .444]R eg istered D esigns A ct 1949 ............................................................................................................ [3.1]R eg istered D esigns R egu la tions 2001 , SI 2001 /3949 , regs 1, 1 0 - 1 4 ...... [3 .87]R eg istered D esigns R egu la tions 2003 , SI 2 0 0 3 /550 ........................................ [3 .93]R eg istered D esigns R ules 2006 , SI 2006 /1975 ..................................................................... [3.1131R egu la tion o f the E u ropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 1007 /2 0 1 1/EU

on tex tile fibre nam es and re la ted labelling and m ark ing o f the fibre com p o sitio n o f tex tile p roduc ts and repealing C ouncil D irec tive 73 /44 /E E C and D irec tives 96 /73 /E C and 2008 /121 /E C o f the E u ropean P arliam en tand o f the C o u n c il............................................... .........................................................................[8.4481

R egu la tion o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 1151/2012/EUon quality schem es for ag ricu ltu ra l p roducts and foo d stu ffs ........................................[8 .5 0 6 )

R egu la tion o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C o u n c il 1 2 5 7 /2 0 12/EU im p lem en ting enhanced coopera tion in the a rea o f the crea tion o fun itary paten t p ro tec tion (U nitary P a ten t R eg u la tio n ).....................................................[1 .9 3 7 ]

R egu la tion o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 469 /2009 /E Cconcern ing the supp lem entary p ro tection certificate fo r m ed ic inal p roduc ts .... 11 .912 )

R egu la tion o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 6 0 8 /2 0 13/EU co ncern ing custom s en fo rcem en t o f in tellectual p roperty righ ts( ‘N ew EU C ustom s R egu la tion ’)..............................................................................................[8 .5 8 0 ]

R egu la tion o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 816 /2006 /E C on com pu lso ry licensing o f pa ten ts rela ting to the m anu fac tu re o fpharm aceu tica l p roducts for export to coun tries w ith public health p ro b lem s... [1 .8 9 0 )

R egulation o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the C ouncil 251 /2014 /E U on the defin ition , descrip tion , p resen ta tion , labelling and the p ro tec tion o f geograph ica l ind ications o f arom atised w ine p roduc ts and repea ling C ouncilR egulation (E E C ) N o 1601/91 ........................................................................."........................[8 .6 6 4 ]

R egu la tions under the G eneva A ct o f the H ague A g reem en t C oncern ingthe In ternational R eg istra tion o f Industrial D esigns (I January 2012) ................. [ 9 .4 3 6 ]

R egu la tions u nder the P aten t C o -opera tion T reaty (June 19 1970,as a m e n d e d ) ...................................................................................................................................... [1 .62‘> |

R egu la tions u nder the P aten t Law T reaty (June 1 2000) .................................................... [ 1 .7 7 4 ]R egu la tions u nder the S ingapo re T reaty on the L aw o f T radem arks

(1 N o v em b er 2 0 1 1 )........................................................................................................................[9 .6 0 2 )R egu la tions u nder the T radem ark L aw T reaty (adop ted at G eneva on

O cto b er 27, 1994) .......................................................................................................................... |5 .8 9 S ]R egu la to ry R eform (P aten ts) O rder 2004, SI 2004 /2357 , arts 1, 2 0 -2 3 ................. [ 1 .2 2 2 ]R egulatory R eform (R eg is te red D esigns) O rd er 2006 , SI 2006 /1974 ,

a rts 1 ,1 8 , 19 ....................................................................................................................................[ 3 .1 1 0 ]R esale R ights D irective (D irec tive ol the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the

C ouncil 2001/84 /E C on the resa le righ t lo r the benefit o f the au th o r o f anorig inal w ork o f a r t) [7 .1 6 0 ]

R om e C o nven tion (In te rna tiona l C o nven tion fo r the P ro tec tion o f P erform ers,P roducers o f P honogram s and B roadcasting O rgan isa tions(R om e, 26 O cto b er 1961)) [9 .7 > ]

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R u le s fo r U n ifo rm D om ain N am e D isp u te R eso lu tion Policy (IC A N N )(a m e n d e d O cto b er 30, 2009) .................................................................................................... 19.521]

S in g a p o re T reaty on the Law o f T radem arks (27 M arch 2006) .................................... [9 .570]S o f tw a re D irec tive (D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam en t and o f the

C o u n c il 2009 /24 /E C on the legal p ro tec tion o f com pu ter p ro g ram s)....................... [2 .743]S u p p le m e n ta l A D R R ules o f the A rb itra tion C ourt a ttached to the E conom ic

C h a m b e r o f the C zech R epub lic and A gricu ltu ra l C ham ber o f theC z e c h R epub lic 2005 ................................................................................................................... [5 .909]

T e c h n o lo g y T ransfe r B lock E xem ption (C om m ission R egulation 772 /2004/E C o n the app lica tion o f A rtic le 81(3) o f the T reaty to ca tegories o fte c h n o lo g y tran sfe r ag reem en ts )............................................................................................... [8.119]

T h e .eu A lternative D ispu te R eso lu tion R ules 2005 ( ‘A DR R u les’) .......................... [5 .906]T o b a c c o A dvertising and P rom otion (B randsharing ) R egu lations 2004,

S I 2004 /1824 ....................................................................................................................................15.1221T r a d e B arriers R egu la tion (C ouncil R egu la tion 3286/94 /E C lay ing dow n

C o m m u n ity p rocedu res in the field o f the com m on com m ercial po licy in o rder to ensu re the ex erc ise o f the C o m m u n ity ’s righ ts under in te rn a tio n a l trade rules, in p articu la r those estab lished u nder the auspiceso f the W orld T rade O rg an iza tio n ) ........................................................................................... [7.144]

T r a d e M arks (C ustom s) R eg u la tio n s 1994, SI 1994/2625 ................................................[5.115]T r a d e M arks A ct 1994 ..........................................................................................................................15.1]T r a d e M arks D irec tive (D irec tive 2008 /95 /E C to approx im ate the law s o f the

M e m b e r S tates re la ting to trad e m arks) .............................................................................. [5.583]T r a d e M arks (In ternational R eg istra tion ) O rder 2008, SI 2008 /2206 ......................... [5.231]T r a d e M arks (R ela tive G rounds) O rd er 2007 , SI 2007 /1976 ..........................................[5.141]T ra d e M arks R ules 2008 , SI 2008 /1797 .................................................................................. [5.146]T ra d e m a rk Law T reaty (adop ted at G en ev a on O ctober 27, 1994) ..............................15.8731T R I P S (A greem en t on T rade-re la ted aspects o f In tellectual P roperty R ig h ts) [9.264]U n f a i r C om m ercia l P rac tices D irec tive (D irec tive o f the E uropean P arliam ent

a n d o f the C ouncil 2005 /29 /E C co ncern ing unfa ir b usiness-to -consum erco m m erc ia l p rac tices in the in ternal m ark e t)......................................................................|7 .196]

U n ifo rm D om ain N am e D ispu te R eso lu tion Policy (IC A N N )(O c to b e r 24, 1999) ........................................................................................................................ [9.520]

U n ita ry P aten t R egu la tion (R egu la tion o f the E uropean P arliam en t an d o f the C ouncil 1257/2012/E U im plem en ting enhancedco o p era tio n in the area o f the crea tion o f unitary paten t p ro tec tio n ).......................[1.937]

U n iv e rsa l C opy righ t C onven tion (as rev ised at Paris on 24 July 1971) ....................[9 .137]U P O V C onven tion (In ternational C onven tion fo r the p ro tec tion o f new

v arie tie s o f p lan ts) ...........................................................................................................................[6.377]W IP O C opyrigh t T reaty (A dop ted by the D ip lom atic C on ference on

D ecem b er 20 , 1996) ..................................................................................................................... [9 .344]W IP O P erfo rm ances and P honog ram s T reaty (A dopted by the D iplom atic

C o n fe ren ce on D ecem ber 20, 1 9 9 6 ) ......................................................................................19.369]

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