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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (2010) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law on the Protection of Trademarks and other Signs (as amended December 22, 2010) (2010) The Plant Variety Protection Law (as amended up to December 12, 2010) (2010) Law on the Protection of Designs (as amended July 30, 2009) (2009) Law on the Protection of Microelectronic Semiconductor Products (Semiconductor Protection Law, as amended by the Law of July 31, 2009) (2009) Law on Employees' Inventions (as amended July 31, 2009) (2009) Patent Law (as amended by the Law of July 31, 2009) (2009) Utility Model Law (as amended July 31, 2009) (2009) Law on the European Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention of November 27, 1963, the Patent Cooperation Treaty of June 19, 1970, and the European Patent Convention of October 5, 1973 (Law on International Patent Treaties, as last amended by Law of July 7, 2008) (2008) Law on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended December 17, 2008) (2008) Law on the Administration of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (Copyright Administration Law, as amended by Law of October 26, 2007) (2007) Law to Strengthen the Contractual Position of Authors and Performing Artists (2002) Second Law to Amend the Patent Law and other Laws (1998) Fourth Law Amending the Copyright Act (1998) Law of 1996 Amending the Trade Mark Law (1996) Law on the Extension of Industrial Property Rights (Extension Law) (1994) Law Concerning the Fees of the Patent Office and the Patent Court (1994) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Act Against Unfair Competition (version published on March 3, 2010) (2010) Act on Nature Protection and Landscape Conservation (Federal Nature Conservation Act – BNatSchG) (2009) Act Implementing the UNESCO Convention of November 14, 1970 on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property and Implementing Council Directive 93/7/EEC of March 15, 1993 on the Return of Cultural Objects Unlawfully Removed from the Territory of a Member State (2007) Act to Prevent the Exodus of German Cultural Property (2007) Law on the Conservation and Use of Federal Archival Records (Federal Archives Act) (2005) Law on Further Reform of Stock Corporation Law and Accounting Law and on Transparency and Disclosure (Transparency and Disclosure Law) (2002) Law on Publishing Rights (as amended March 22, 2002) (2002) Act on Comparative Advertising and to Amend Provisions of Competition Law (2000) Law on Distance Contracts and other Matters of the Law relating to Consumers as well as on the Conversion of Provisions to Euro (2000) Law to Amend the Law to Reform the Professional Law of Attorneys-at-Law and Patent Attorneys (1999) Third Law to Amend the Judicial Officers Law and Other Laws (1998) Law to Reform the Law relating to Merchants and Firms and to Amend other Provisions of Commercial and Company Law (Commercial Law Reform Law) (1998) Law to Reform Arbitration Proceedings (Arbitration Proceedings Reform Law) (Excerpt) (1997) Law to Reform Arbitration Proceedings (Arbitration Proceedings Reform Law) (Excerpt) (1997) Federal Act Establishing the General Conditions for Information and Communication Services (Information and Communication Services Act) (1997) Law on Minor Offences (as amended October 28, 1994) (1994) Law on Court Costs (as amended October 28, 1994) (1994)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Enforcement Regulation of the Utility Model Law (Utility Model Ordinance of May 11, 2004, as amended by Article 2 of the Ordinance of May 26, 2011) (2011) Regulation on the Procedure in Patent Matters before the German Patent and Trademark Office (Patent Ordinance of September 1, 2003, as amended by Article 1 of the Ordinance of May 26, 2011) (2011) Regulation on the Execution of the Trademark Law (Trademark Regulations) (as amended by Regulation of December 6, 2010) (2010) Notice in respect of The Patent Centres Authorised to Receive Applications for Patents, Utility Models, Trade Marks And Designs (published on April 9, 2009 by the the Federal Ministry of Justice in the Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 815) (2009) Regulation on the Implementation of the Industrial Design Law (2009) Regulation Amending the Trademark Regulation and other Regulations (2008) Regulation on the Register of Valuable Cultural Property under the Act on the Return of Cultural Objects (2008) Fifth Order Amending the Order Concerning Patent Applications (2002) Law to Revise the Rules on Costs in the Field of Intellectual Property (2001) Notice of Patent Information Centers Authorized to Accept Patent and Utility Model Applications (published on of February 22, 2001 by the Federal Ministry of Justice in the Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 341) (2001) Notice of Patent Information Centers Authorized to Accept Patent and Utility Model Applications (published on September 27, 2000 by the Federal Ministry of Justice in the Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 1416) (2001) Notice of Patent Information Centers Authorized to Accept Patent and Utility Model Applications (published on November 5, 1999 by the Federal Ministry of Justice in the Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 2193) (1999) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of April 14, 1999, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 767) (1999) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and Other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of May 21, 1999, Federal Law Gazette Part I, p. 1095) (1999) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and Other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of April 14, 1999, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 767) (1999) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trademarks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of November 27, 1998, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 3538) (1999) Notice of Patent Information Centers Authorized to Accept Patent and Utility Model Applications (published on April 6, 1999 by the Federal Ministry of Justice in the Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 648) (1999) Third Order Amending the Trademark Regulations (1998) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trademarks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of July 10, 1998, Federal Law Gazette Part I, p. 1870) (1998) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of May 20, 1998, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 1216) (1998) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and Other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of 23 September 1997, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 2462) (1998) Regulation Concerning the Payment of Fees to the German Patent Office and the Federal Patent Court (as amended October 31, 1998) (1998) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and Other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of March 10, 1997, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 551) (1997) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of August 27, 1996, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 1358) (1997) Order Concerning Patent Applications (1997) Notice Concerning Section 8 of the Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (published in accordance with the announcement of 13 May 1996, Federal Law Gazette, Part I, p. 747) (1996) Order on the Administrative Costs of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (1995) Regulation Concerning the Implementation of the Trademark Law (1994) Regulation Concerning the Mediation Body for Copyright Disputes (1994) Regulation Concerning Patent Applications (1994) Order Concerning Industrial Designs and Type Faces Applications (1993) Regulation Concerning the Registration of the Name of the Author (1991) Regulation on Applications for the Registration of Topographies of Microelectronic Semiconductor Products (Regulations on Semiconductor Protection Applications) (1987)

Geographical Indications	Laws / Regulations (Date of current version) Wine Control Regulation (as amended July 19, 2011) (2011) Wine Law (2011)

IP Legal Literature	Constitutional Law and Copyright Law (2011)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Patent Law Treaty ... Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks ... WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 14, 2010) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (March 14, 2010) Trademark Law Treaty (October 16, 2004) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (March 20, 1996) Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (October 25, 1990) Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (January 20, 1981) Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Program-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (August 25, 1979) Patent Cooperation Treaty (January 24, 1978) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (October 7, 1975) Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (May 18, 1974) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (September 19, 1970) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (October 21, 1966) Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (January 29, 1962) Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (June 1, 1928) Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods (June 12, 1925) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 1, 1922) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (May 1, 1903) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (December 5, 1887) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States ... Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (July 10, 2013) Agreement for the establishment of the Global Crop Diversity Trust (December 11, 2012) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (February 25, 2010) Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (December 17, 2009) Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (October 8, 2009) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (March 26, 2009) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (March 26, 2009) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (February 29, 2008) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (June 12, 2007) Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (April 15, 2007) London Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (April 15, 2007) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (March 16, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 29, 2004) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (February 18, 2004) Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (October 6, 1996) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (March 21, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 21, 1994) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (August 14, 1991) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (August 14, 1991) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (January 1, 1991) European Convention on State Immunity (August 16, 1990) Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials (February 17, 1990) International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (September 12, 1987) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (January 24, 1977) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (November 23, 1976) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 3, 1976) Protocol 1 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of Stateless persons and refugees (July 10, 1974) Protocol 2 annexed for Universal Copyright Convention as revised at Paris on 24 July 1971 concerning the application of that Convention to works of certain international organizations (July 10, 1974) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (July 10, 1974) International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (August 10, 1968) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (November 11, 1967) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (November 11, 1967) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (November 9, 1957) Protocol 1 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention to works of stateless persons and refugees (September 16, 1955) Protocol 2 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the application of that Convention the works of certain international organizations (September 16, 1955) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (September 16, 1955) Protocol 3 annexed to the Universal Copyright Convention as signed at Geneva on 6 September 1952 concerning the effective date of instruments of ratification or acceptance of or accession to that Convention (June 3, 1955) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (March 3, 1955) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (March 3, 1955) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (March 3, 1955) Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (July 7, 1924) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement relating to Community Patents of 15 December 1989 ... Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention (August 1, 1980) Convention on the Grant of European Patents (EPO) (October 7, 1977) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement on the European Economic Area (January 1, 1994) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Lebanon on Industrial Property ... Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (October 12, 2007) Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Angola concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (March 1, 2007) Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (May 30, 2002) Agreement between the Government of Barbados and the Federal Republic of Germany for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (May 11, 2002) Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and Antigua and Barbuda concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (February 28, 2001) Treaty between the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (August 4, 2000) Treaty between the Republic of Chile and the Federal Republic of Germany for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (May 8, 1999) Treaty between the Republic of Paraguay and the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Capital Investments (November 8, 1998) Treaty between the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (March 24, 1998) Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Albania concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (August 18, 1995) Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Argentine Republic on the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (November 8, 1993) Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Bolivia concerning the Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments (November 9, 1990) Agreement between the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the State of Israel on Cooperation in the Area of Intellectual Property (February 26, 1990) Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Navigation (April 12, 1894)

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