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Main text(s) Main text(s) English The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Chapter 18)     

Additional Text(s) WTO Notifications Coversheet (3 text(s)) WTO Notifications Coversheet (3 text(s)) English The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Chapter 18) French Loi de 2014 sur la propriété intellectuelle (chapitre 18) Spanish Ley de Propiedad Intelectual de 2014 (Capítulo 18)

Legislation Is superseded by (1 text(s)) Is superseded by (1 text(s))

• The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Chapter 18, updated on March 27, 2021)  (GB511)

Treaties Relates to (7 records) Relates to (7 records)

• Berne Convention (September 9, 1886)
• Hague Agreement (November 6, 1925)
• Rome Convention (October 26, 1961)
• European Patent Convention (October 5, 1973)
• Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (April 15, 1994)
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (December 20, 1996)
• Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, of February 19, 2013 (February 19, 2013)

WTO Document Reference

IP/N/1/GBR/187

IP/N/1/GBR/C/76

IP/N/1/GBR/D/47

IP/N/1/GBR/E/29

IP/N/1/GBR/P/36