Laws and Regulations under TRIPS Art. 63.2 - View details of the document

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Main information

IP/N/1/LIE/I/3

1. Notifying Member

Liechtenstein

2. Subject matter

3. Notification status

4. Title of law or regulation

Unfair Competition Act of 22 October 1992

5. Nature of notification

6. Brief description

Definition of unfair competition, protection of rights, sanctions. Art. 4: Incitation to violation of contract, Art. 5 lit. b: Unlawful exploitation of a third person's work; Art. 6: Violation of secrecy; Art. 16: Protection of secrecy in civil proceedings. (N.B.: The definition of secrecy has been developed by case law and corresponds to Art. 39.1 TRIPS Agreement). Art. 3: Definition of unfair competition; Art. 5 lit. c: Unlawful exploitation of a third person's work by technical means and without own effort. Art. 3 lit. d: Unfair competition by creation of confusion about origin of goods, services etc.

7. Date of entry into force

8. Other date

9. Other information (if applicable)

According to the basic notification from Liechtenstein, distributed as document IP/N/1/LIE/1, Liechtenstein has notified this law as being relevant in relation to all categories of intellectual property covered by the TRIPS Agreement. Notification of this Act as a main dedicated intellectual property law relates to the protection of layout-designs of integrated circuits and undisclosed information.

10. Contact information of agency or authority responsible

11. Link to Legal text

12. Notes

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