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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of Luxembourg (2009) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) May 16, 2006. - Law Approving the Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property (Trademarks and Designs), signed at The Hague, February 25, 2005. Mem. 2006, 1738 (2006) Law of 18 April 2004 amending:1. the Law of 18 April 2001 on Copyright, Neighbouring Rights and the Databases and 2. the Amended Law of 20 July 1992 which amends the Patents for Invention System (2004) Law of 18 April 2001 on Copyright, Neighbouring Rights and Databases (2001) Law of 24 May 1998 amending the Patent Law of 20 July 1992 amending the patent regime (1998) Law of July 20, 1992 Amending the System for Patents for Invention, as amended by the Law of May 24, 1998 (1998) Law of December 29, 1988, on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (1998) Law amending and supplementing the law on copyright of 29 March 1972 concerning copyright and rights related to copyright applicable to satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission (1972) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Act of 18 July 2003 amending the Act of September 2, 1993 creating the conditions for application, 1. the amended Law of 17 June 1970 concerning restrictive business practices, 2. Regulation No. 17 of the Council of the European Community of 6 February 1962, in implementation of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty of Rome 3. Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2003) Act of April 16, 2003 concerning the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts (2003) April 18, 2001. - Act on the Designation of Community trade mark courts. Mem. 2001, 1172 (2001) Law of 14 August 2000 on electronic commerce amending the Civil Code, the new code of civil procedure, commercial code, penal code and transposing Directive 1999/93 on a Community framework for electronic signatures, the Directive on certain legal aspects of the information society, certain provisions of Directive 97/7/EC on distance selling of goods and services other than financial services (2000) Law of 27 November 1986 regulating certain trade practices and penalizing unfair competition, as amended by the Law of 14 May 1992 (1992) Law of 27 May 1977, (a) Approving the Convention on the Grant of European Patents Signed at Munich on October 5, 1973; (b) Amending the National Legislation on Patents (1977)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Administrative Regulations under the Uniform Benelux Designs Law Administrative Regulations under the Uniform Benelux Law on Marks Executive Rules under the Uniform Benelux Designs Laws Executive Rules under the Uniform Benelux Law on Marks Grand-Ducal Regulations of 17 November 1997 on administrative procedure related to patents, enacted under the Law of 20 July 1992 (1997) Grand-Ducal Regulations of 17 November 1997 on fees related to patents, enacted under the Law of 20 July 1992 (1997) Grand-Ducal Regulations of May 25, 1978, Enacted under the Law of May 27, 1977, (a) Approving the Patent Cooperation Treaty Done at Washington on June 19, 1970, (b) Amending the national legislation on patents (1978) Grand-Ducal Regulations of 9 May 1978, enacted under the Law of 27 May 1977, (a) approving the European Patent Convention; (b) amending the national legislation on patents (1978)

Treaty Approvals	Laws / Decrees (Date of current version) Law of 27 May 1977, (a) Approving the Patent Cooperation Treaty Done at Washington on June 19, 1970, (b) Amending the National Legislation on Patents (1977)

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 Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs ... Patent Law Treaty ... Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks ... Trademark Law Treaty (August 11, 2012) Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (July 29, 2010) WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 14, 2010) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (March 14, 2010) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (April 1, 1998) Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (August 9, 1985) Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (April 1, 1979) Patent Cooperation Treaty (April 30, 1978) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (April 9, 1977) Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (March 8, 1976) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (February 25, 1976) Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (March 24, 1975) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (March 19, 1975) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (September 1, 1924) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (June 30, 1922) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (June 20, 1888) 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 ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem ... United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 26, 2011) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 26, 2011) 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 Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 18, 2007) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 30, 2006) Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (January 23, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 30, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (September 28, 2005) London Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (August 4, 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 (September 11, 2003) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 4, 2000) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (February 1, 1998) 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) Convention on Biological Diversity (August 7, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (August 7, 1994) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (February 28, 1990) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (February 28, 1990) International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (September 12, 1987) European Convention on State Immunity (March 12, 1987) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (December 28, 1983) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (November 18, 1983) Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials (December 22, 1982) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (December 29, 1961) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (December 29, 1961) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (September 25, 1960) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (January 31, 1958) 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 (October 15, 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 (October 15, 1955) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (October 15, 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 (July 15, 1955) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (January 1, 1954) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (January 1, 1954) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (January 1, 1954) Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (June 17, 1930) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement relating to Community Patents of 15 December 1989 ... Protocol of 22 July 2010 amending the Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property ... Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property (Trademarks and Designs) of February 25, 2005 (September 1, 2006) 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) Benelux Designs Convention (of October 25, 1966) (January 1, 1974) Benelux Convention concerning Trademarks (July 1, 1969) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Treaty Revising the Treaty Establishing the Benelux Economic Union signed on 3 February 1958 ... Agreement on the European Economic Area (January 1, 1994) Treaty establishing the Benelux Economic Union (November 1, 1960)

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