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Legislation Implements (4 text(s)) Implements (4 text(s))

• Regulation (EC) No. 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (Codified version) (EU088)
• Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (EU053)
• Directive No. 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions (EU036)
• Regulation (EC) No. 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (Official Journal of the EU L 198, 08/08/1996, p. 30) (EU091)

Supersedes (4 text(s)) Supersedes (4 text(s))

• Patent Law (LV148)
• Patent Law (as amended up to January 1, 2016) (LV064)
• Patent Law (as amended up to January 1, 2012) (LV053)
• Patent Law (LV025)

Is implemented by (5 text(s)) Is implemented by (5 text(s))

• Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 137 of February 22, 2022, on Amendments to the Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 224 of April 1, 2008, on Patents and Patent Applications (LV177)
• Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 224 of April 1, 2008, on Patents and Patent Applications (as amended up to February 25, 2022)  (LV176)
• Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 723 of December 15, 2015, on the Schedule of Fees of the Patent Office (as amended on May 9, 2020)  (LV178)
• Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 720 of December 15, 2015, on the Patent Office Rules (LV067)
• Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 732 of December 15, 2015, on the Price List of Paid Services of the Industrial Property Board of Appeal (as amended on May 19, 2023)  (LV156)

Treaties Relates to (6 records) Relates to (6 records)

• Paris Convention (March 20, 1883)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (June 19, 1970)
• European Patent Convention (October 5, 1973)
• Budapest Treaty (April 28, 1977)
• Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (April 15, 1994)
• Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, of February 19, 2013 (February 19, 2013)

Historical Versions Repeals (1 text(s)) Repeals (1 text(s))

• Patent Law of March 30, 1995 (LV005)