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Nicaragua
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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
Decree A.N. No. 4539 Approving the Accession of Nicaragua to the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure and its Regulations (IP/N/1/NIC/P/3 - 28/01/2013)
Decree No. 18-2001 Approving the Accession of Nicaragua to the International Convention for the Protection of New Plant Varieties, 1978 Act (IP/N/1/NIC/P/4 - 28/01/2013)
Decree No. 60-2001 on the Accession of Nicaragua to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (IP/N/1/NIC/P/5 - 28/01/2013)
Law on Amendments and Additions to Law No. 354 on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs, Law No. 579. (IP/N/1/NIC/I/2/Add.1 - 03/07/2008)
Law on Amendment and Addition to Law No. 354 on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs, Law No. 634. (IP/N/1/NIC/I/2/Add.2 - 02/07/2008)
Decree No. 16-2006 Amending Decree No. 88-2001 containing the Regulations to the Law on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs. (IP/N/1/NIC/I/6/Add.1 - 02/07/2008)
Decree No. 88-2001 Regulating Law No. 354 on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs. (IP/N/1/NIC/I/6 - 01/07/2008)
Decree No. 37-2000 – Regulations to the Law on the Protection of New Plant Varieties. (IP/N/1/NIC/P/2 - 19/04/2002)
Law No. 318 on the Protection of New Plant Varieties. (IP/N/1/NIC/P/1 - 12/04/2002)
Decree No. 59-2002 on the Ratification by Nicaragua of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) (IP/N/1/NIC/C/11 - 28/01/2013)
Decree No. 66-2001 on the Accession of Nicaragua to the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), known together as the WIPO Internet Treaties (IP/N/1/NIC/C/11 - 28/01/2013)
Decree No. 25-2012 on Amendments and Additions to Decree No. 83-2001 Regulating the Law on Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs (IP/N/1/NIC/I/7/Add.1, IP/N/1/NIC/T/2 - 28/01/2013)
Decree No. 18-2012 on the Promotion and Protection of the Intellectual Property Rights of the Nicaraguan People (IP/N/1/NIC/C/10, IP/N/1/NIC/I/8 - 18/01/2013)
Decree No. 5680, approving Nicaragua's accession to the 1994 Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) and the Regulations thereunder (IP/N/1/NIC/T/1 - 09/09/2009)
Law on Amendments and Additions to Law No. 312 on Copyright and Related Rights, Law No. 577. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/1/Add.1 - 03/07/2008)
Law on Amendments and Additions to Law No. 322 on the Protection of Programme-Carrying Satellite Signals, Law No. 578. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/2/Add.1 - 03/07/2008)
Decree No. 24-2006 containing Amendments to Decree No. 22-2000 – Regulations to the Law on Copyright and Related Rights. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/6/Add.1 - 02/07/2008)
Law on Amendments and Additions to Law No. 380 on Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs, Law No. 580, aprobada el 21 de marzo del 2006 (IP/N/1/NIC/I/3/Add.1 - 02/07/2008)
Decree No. 83-2001 Regulating Law No. 380 on Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs. (IP/N/1/NIC/I/7 - 01/07/2008)
Decree No. 38-2001 Regulating Law No. 324 on the Protection of Layout Designs for Integrated Circuits. (IP/N/1/NIC/L/2 - 01/07/2008)
Law No. 324 on the Protection of Layout Designs for Integrated Circuits. (IP/N/1/NIC/L/1 - 30/04/2002)
Decree No. 22-2000 – Regulations to the Law on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/6 - 19/04/2002)
Decree No. 44-2000 – Regulations to Law No. 322 on Protection of Programme-Carrying Satellite Signals. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/7 - 19/04/2002)
Law No. 354 on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs. (IP/N/1/NIC/I/2 - 19/04/2002)
Law No. 380 on Trademarks and Other Distinctive Signs. (IP/N/1/NIC/I/3 - 19/04/2002)
Decree A.N. No. 1013 Approving the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization and its Annexes (IP/N/1/NIC/C/8, IP/N/1/NIC/I/4 - 18/04/2002)
Decree No. 47-95 Ratifying the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO). (IP/N/1/NIC/C/8, IP/N/1/NIC/I/4 - 18/04/2002)
Decree No. 68-98 Ratifying the Agreement on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights signed on 7 January 1998 between the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua and that of the United States of America. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/9, IP/N/1/NIC/I/5 - 18/04/2002)
National Assembly Decree A.N. No. 2430 approving the Geneva Convention for the Protection of the Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/5 - 12/04/2002)
National Assembly Decree No. 1244 – Paris Convention (Stockholm Act of 1967), approving the accession of Nicaragua to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (IP/N/1/NIC/I/1 - 12/04/2002)
Law No. 312 on Copyright and Related Rights. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/1 - 11/04/2002)
Law No. 322 on the Protection of Programme-Carrying Satellite Signals. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/2 - 11/04/2002)
Decree No. 2376 on Accession to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/3 - 11/04/2002)
Decree No. 2428 Approving the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations. (IP/N/1/NIC/C/4 - 11/04/2002)
4. Title of law or regulation
Decree No. 60-2001 on the Accession of Nicaragua to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
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.)
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