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Ireland
Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 31 of 2006)
An Act to give effect to certain provisions of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights annexed to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994; to give further effect to the European Patent Convention signed at Munich on 5 October 1973; to give effect to the Patent Law Treaty adopted at Geneva on 1 June 2000; to make further provision in respect of matters relating to intellectual property and for those purposes to amend and extend the Patents Act 1992, the Trade Marks Act 1996, the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 and the Industrial Designs Act 2001 and to provide for related matters.
This Act was enacted on 11/12/2006. However, the provisions of the Act were commenced by the following Orders: the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement ) Order 2007 S.I. No. 761 of 2007; the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Certain Provisions) (Commencement) Order 2009 (S.I. No. 196 of 2009); and the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Section 41) (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 432/2010).
See also: IP/N/1/IRL/T/1 (The Trade Marks Act 1996) IP/N/1/IRL/C/3 (The Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000) IP/N/1/IRL/D/2 (The Industrial Designs Act 2001)
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