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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) The Interim Constitution of Nepal 2063 (2007) (2007) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) The Patent, Design and Trade Mark Act, 2022 (1965) (2006) Copyright Act, 2059 (2002) (2002) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Competition Promotion and Market Protection Act, 2063 (2007) (2007) Foreign Investment And Technology Transfer Act, 2049 (1992) (2001)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Copyright Rules, 2061 (2004) (2004)

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 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (January 11, 2006) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (June 22, 2001) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (February 4, 1997) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 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 ... Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (September 15, 2010) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (June 6, 2010) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (June 6, 2010) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (January 17, 2010) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (June 4, 2007) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 5, 2007) International Plant Protection Convention (May 8, 2006) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (December 15, 2005) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (April 23, 2004) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (April 23, 2004) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (December 2, 1998) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (July 31, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (February 21, 1994) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (August 14, 1991) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (September 20, 1978) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (September 23, 1976) Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States (June 9, 1967) Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (November 20, 1966) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (August 7, 1964) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (August 7, 1964) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (August 7, 1964) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (January 1, 2006) Framework Agreement on the BIMST-EC Free Trade Area and its Protocol and the Declaration establishing the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (February 8, 2004) Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (December 8, 1985) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Revised Treaty of Trade between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal (October 27, 2009)

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