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Archive: 29 Mar 2014
Unfair Competition Prevention Act (Act No. 47 of 1993, as amended up to Act No. 62 of 2011)
Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to provide for matters such as measures for the prevention of unfair competition and compensation for damages caused by unfair competition, in order to ensure fair competition among business operators and accurate implementation of international agreements related thereto, and thereby contribute to […]
Designs Act (Act No. 125 of April 13, 1959, as amended up to the revisions of Act No. 63 of 2011)
(Purpose) Article 1 The purpose of this Act is, through promoting the protection and the utilization of designs, to encourage creation of designs, and thereby to contribute to the development of industry. (Definition, etc.) Article 2 (1) “Design” in this Act shall mean the shape, patterns or colors, or any combination thereof, of an article […]
Patent Act (Act No. 121 of April 13, 1959, as amended up to Act No. 63 of 2011)
Chapter I General Provisions (Purpose) Article 1 The purpose of this Act is, through promoting the protection and the utilization of inventions, to encourage inventions, and thereby to contribute to the development of industry. (Definitions) Article 2 (1) “Invention” in this Act means the highly advanced creation of technical ideas utilizing the laws of nature. […]
Trademark Act (Act No. 127 of April 13, 1959, as amended up to the revisions of Act No. 63 of 2011)
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS (Purpose) Article 1 The purpose of this Act is, through the protection of trademarks, to ensure the maintenance of business confidence of persons who use trademarks and thereby to contribute to the development of the industry and to protect the interests of consumers. (Definitions, etc.) Article 2 (1) “Trademark” in this […]
Law on Exceptional Provisions for the Registration of Program Works (Act No. 65 of May 23, 1986, as last amended by Law No. 53 of June 19, 2009)
Chapter I General Provisions (Purpose) Article 1. The purpose of this Law is to provide for the exceptional provisions to the Copyright Law (Law No. 48, of 1970) with respect to the registration of program works. Chapter II Exceptional Provisions for Registration Procedures, etc. Article 2. Deleted. (Application for program registration) Article 3. A person […]
Patent Attorney Act (Act No. 49 of April 26, 2000, as last amended by Act No. 91 of June 20, 2007)
Chapter I General Provisions (Purpose) Article 1 The purpose of this Act is to provide for a system of patent attorneys and make their business proper, thereby contributing to such matters as the proper protection and the promotion of utilization of industrial property rights, and consequently contributing to the development of economy and industry. (Definitions) […]
Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act (Act No. 83 of May 29, 1998, as last amended by Act No. 49 of May 18, 2007)
Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to promote the breeding of plant varieties and the rational distribution of propagating material by providing for a system relating to the registration of plant varieties for the protection of new plant varieties and regulations relating to the indication of designated seeds, […]
Law on the Circuit Layout of a Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (Act No. 43 of May 31, 1985, as last amended by Act No. 50 of June 2, 2006)
Chapter I General Provisions (Purpose) Article 1 The purpose of this Act is to establish a system for ensuring the proper exploitation of the layout-design of semiconductor integrated circuits and thereby to promote the development of semiconductor integrated circuits to contribute to the sound development of the national economy. (Definitions) Article 2 (1) The term […]
Intellectual Property Basic Act (Act No. 122 of December 4, 2002, as last amended by Act No.119 of July 16, 2003)
Chapter I General Provisions (Purpose) Article 1 The purpose of this Act is, for the objective of realizing a dynamic economy and society that is based on the creation of added values through the creation of new intellectual property and effective exploitation of such intellectual property in light of a growing necessity for intensifying the […]
Law concerning the Exceptional Provisions to the Copyright Act, required as a consequence of the Enforcement of the Universal Copyright Convention (Act No. 86 of April 28, 1956, as last amended by Act No. 56 of May 8, 2000)
(Purpose) Article 1. The purpose of this Law is to provide, in consequence of the enforcement of the Universal Copyright Convention, for the exceptional provisions to the Copyright Law (Law No. 48, of 1970). (Definition) Article 2. (1) In this Law, “the Universal Convention” means the Universal Copyright Convention. (2) In this Law, “publication” means […]
Copyright Amendment Act 1998
Chapter I General Provisions Section 1 General Rules (Definitions) Article 2,- (1) In this Law, the following terms shall have the meaning hereby assigned to them respectively: (viibis) “public transmission* means the transmission of radio communication or wire— telecommunication intended for direct reception by the public, excluding the transmission (other than that of program works) […]
Law concerning Exceptional Provisions for Copyrights owned by the Allied powers and the Allied Nationals (Act No. 302 of August 8, 1952, as last amended by Act No. 48 of May 6, 1970)
(Purpose) Article 1. – The purpose of this Law is to provide, in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 (c) of the Treaty of Peace with Japan, for the exceptional application of the Copyright Law (Law No.48, of 1970) concerning the copyrights owned by the Allied Powers and the Allied nationals. (Definition) Article 2. […]
Resolution No. 2385 of 1924 on Commercial and Industrial Property Rights (2005)
Chapter One General Provisions Article (48) Any inventor of a drawing or a design, or those who have rights thereto, shall alone have the right of usufruct thereto, and to sell, or offer it for sale, and to authorize its sale, provided that such drawing or design is, previously filed. Article (49) The Drawings and […]
Law No. 240/2000 of 2000 on Patents
The House of Representatives adopted, and the President of the Republic sanctions the law stating as follows: Single Article: The draft law produced by Decree No. 2856 dated 26th April, 2000 pertaining to patents as amended by Administration, Justice & National Economy and Commerce, Industry & Petroleum Committees has already been approved. This law will […]
Loi n° 75 de 19999 sur la protection de la propriété littéraire et artistique
Chapitre premier Definitions 1er. Aux fins de l’application des dispositions de la presente loi, sauf indication contraire expresse, les termes et expressions mentionnes ci-apres ont le sens qui leur est donne dans le present chapitre. y compris a l’egard des droits connexes : “interpretation ou execution d’une oeuvre” s’entend de la presentation d’une oeuvre par […]