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IP/N/1/CYP/T/1
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1. Notifying Member
Notifying Member
Cyprus
On behalf of group
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Afghanistan
Albania
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Bahrain, Kingdom of
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
Eswatini
European Union
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
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Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
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Hong Kong, China
Hungary
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India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
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Japan
Jordan
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Kuwait, the State of
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao, China
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
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Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
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Netherlands
New Zealand
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Niger
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2. Subject matter
Copyright and related rights
Enforcement
Industrial property (general)
Geographical indications
Industrial designs
Layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits
Patents (including plant variety protection)
Trademarks
Undisclosed information
Other
3. Notification status
First notification
Amendment or revision to notified legal text(s)
Replacement or consolidation of legal text(s)
Previous notification(s) referred to if known
Uncertain
Trade Marks Rules of 1951, Suppl. III, p. 647 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules of 1971, Suppl. III(1), p. 907 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules of 1984, Suppl. III(1), p. 1189 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules of 1990, Suppl. III(1), p. 1031 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules of 1992, Suppl. III, pp. 335-342 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Trade Marks Law, Cap. 268, as amended by Trade Marks (Amendment) Law Nº 63/62; Trade Marks (Amendment) Law Nº 69/71 (for Certification Trade Marks); and Trade Marks (Amendment) Law Nº 206/90 (to include Service Marks) (IP/N/1/CYP/T/1 - 22/06/2000)
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in 1965 and 1983, Law 63/65 and 66/83 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Trademark Law Treaty (in 1996), Law 12(III)/96 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Trade Marks Law, Cap. 268, as amended (IP/N/1/CYP/T/1 - 31/01/1997)
Geographical Indications and Appellations of Origin Draft Bill (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Patents Law (Amendment) Draft Bill (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Plant Variety Protection Draft Bill (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Patents Law (Amendment), Nº 21(1)99 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Contract Law, Cap. 149 (IP/N/1/CYP/U/1 - 22/06/2000)
Contract Amendment Law 22(1) of 1995 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Copyright (Competent Authority) Regulation, Nº 249/77 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Vine Industry (Regulation and Control) Law 65 to 1989 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Vine Industry (Regulation and Control Law) (Appellations of Origin of Wines and Spirits) Regulations of 1999 Nº 151/99 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Law on the Protection of Competition (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Exclusive Purchasing Agreements (Block Exemptions) Order (20/96) of 1995 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Block Exemptions (Franchise Agreements) Order 120/98) (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Block Exemption (Technology Transfer Agreements) Order (121/98) (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Courts of Justice Law (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Civil Procedure Rules, Chapter 12 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Advocates Law (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Courts of Justice Fees Regulations (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Advocates Law Regulations (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Copyright Law (Nº 59/76), 12 August 1977 and 1 June 1978, as amended by Copyright (Amendment) Law Nº 63/77, October 1977, and Copyright (Amendment) Law Nº 18(1)/93, 1 January 1994 (IP/N/1/CYP/C/1 - 22/06/2000)
Customs Law 86/67 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Draft Bill on the Control Against the Free Circulation of Counterfeit and Pirated Products (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Criminal Code, Cap. 154 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Criminal Procedure, Cap. 155 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
The Berne Convention for the International Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in 1979, Law 86/79 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (1I 1985), Law 9/85 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Universal Copyright Convention in 1990, Law 151/90 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in 1984, Law 36/84 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
The Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorised Duplication of Their Phonograms in 1992, Law 21(III)/92 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
European Convention relating to Questions on Copyright Law on Neighbouring Rights in the Framework of Transfrontier Broadcasting by Satellite in 1995, Law 29(III)/95 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (1995), Law 16(III)/95 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
European Patent Convention, Law 26(III)/97 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Patent Co-operation Treaty, Law 27(III)/97 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers Producers of Phonograms and Radio Television Organisations in 1999, Law 14(III)/99 (IP/N/1/CYP/1/Rev.1 - 22/06/2000)
Patents Law of 1998, Nº 16(1)/98 (IP/N/1/CYP/P/2 - 20/06/2000)
Trade Descriptions Law Nº 5/87, as last amended in 1992 (IP/N/1/CYP/G/1 - 20/06/2000)
Patent Regulations of 1998 (IP/N/1/CYP/P/3 - 19/06/2000)
Trade Descriptions Law, No. 5/87 (IP/N/1/CYP/G/1 - 30/06/1997)
Criminal Law, Cap. 154 (IP/N/1/CYP/1 - 30/01/1997)
Copyright Law (No. 59/76), as amended (IP/N/1/CYP/C/1 - 28/01/1997)
Patents Law, Cap. 266 (IP/N/1/CYP/P/1 - 28/01/1997)
4. Title of law or regulation
Trade Marks Law, Cap. 268, as amended by Trade Marks (Amendment) Law Nº 63/62; Trade Marks (Amendment) Law Nº 69/71 (for Certification Trade Marks); and Trade Marks (Amendment) Law Nº 206/90 (to include Service Marks)
5. Nature of notification
Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation (Main laws and regulations must be notified in a WTO language (English, French or Spanish). Where an authentic national text of a law or regulation is not available in a WTO language, the authentic text of that law or regulation in a national language shall be notified, in addition to the translation into a WTO language.)
Other law or regulation (Other laws and regulations can be notified in a Member's national language)
6. Brief description
Provides for the registration of trademarks for goods and services and certification trademarks. Article 11 of the Trade Marks Law - Geographical indications cannot be registered as trademarks. Civil judicial procedures and remedies: Trade Marks Law, Cap. 268, 63/62, 69/71, 206/90
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