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Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights, European Union (EU)

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Year of Version 2004 Dates Adopted: April 29, 2004 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Enforcement of IP and Related Laws

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Croatian Direktiva 2004/48/EZ Europskog Parlamenta I Vijeća od 29. travnja 2004. o provedbi prava intelektualnog vlasništva PDF HTML English Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights PDF HTML French Directive 2004/48/EC du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 29 avril 2004 relative au respect des droits de propriété intellectuelle PDF HTML Spanish Directiva 2004/48/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo de 29 de abril de 2004 relativa al respeto de los derechos de propiedad intelectual PDF HTML
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Law No. 38-XVI of February 29, 2008, on the Protection of Trademarks (as amended up to Law No. 52 of March 16, 2023) (MD168)
Law No. 39-XVI of February 29, 2008, on the Protection of Plant Varieties (as amended up to Law No. 52 of March 16, 2023) (MD169)
Law No. 50 of March 7, 2008, on the Protection of Inventions (as amended up to Law No. 98 of April 27, 2023) (MD163)
Law No. 66 of March 27, 2008, on the Protection of Geographical Indications, Appellations of Origin and Traditional Specialties Guaranteed (as amended up to Law No. 52 of March 16, 2023) (MD165)
Law on Trademarks (as amended on March 7, 2023)  (LV155)
Act on Amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 130/22 of October 11, 2022) (SI087)
Code of Economic Law (updated on April 21, 2022)  (BE214)
Copyright and Related Rights Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/95 of April 14, 1995, as amended up to October 26, 2022) (SI085)
Law No. 230 of July 28, 2022, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (MD162)
Law No. 35/2016 of March 31, 2016, on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended by Law No. 37/2022 of April 14, 2022)  (AL110)
Law No. IX-1181 of November 7, 2002, on Designs (as amended up to Law No. XIII-2731 of December 19, 2019, in force from January 1, 2022) (LT111)
Law No. VIII-1981 of October 10, 2000, on Trademarks (as amended up to Law No. XIII-2736 of December 19, 2019, in force from January 1, 2022) (LT116)
Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to December 23, 2022)  (BG128)
Patent Law No. I-372 of January 18, 1994 (as amended up to Law No. XIII-2734 of December 19, 2019, in force in its entirety on January 1, 2022) (LT119)
Civil Procedure Law (as amended up to March 1, 2021)  (LV126)
Federal Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights  (AT171)
Law No. IX–618 of November 22, 2001, on the Protection of Plant Varieties (as amended up to Law No. XIV-253 of April 15, 2021) (LT123)
Patent Law (as amended up to July 12, 2021) (LV148)
Act No. LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright (consolidated text of June 18, 2020) (HU132)
Act of February 13, 2020, on Amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure and Some Other Acts (PL107)
Act on Amendments to the Industrial Property Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 23/20) (SI081)
Act on Amendments to the Industrial Property Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 23/20 of March 14, 2020) (SI091)
Law No. 4679/2020 (GR326)
Law on Designs (as amended up to July 1, 2020)  (LV141)
Law on Industrial Designs (SG No. 81/1999, as amended up to October 27, 2020)  (BG109)
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The Consolidate Act on Copyright (Consolidate Act No. 1144 of October 23, 2014) (DK091)
Plant Varieties Protection Law (as amended up to January 1, 2012) (LV050)
Law No. 3966/24.05.2011) on Institutional Framework of Model Pilot Schools, Establishment of an Institute of Educational Policy, Organization of the Institute of Computer Technology and Publications 'DIOFANTOS' and other Provisions (GR305)
Law of May 22, 2009, on the Transposition of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 29, 2004, on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, on the Designation of the Community Design Courts, and the Amendment of the Amended Law of April 18, 2001, on Copyright and Related Rights and Databases; and the Amended Law of July 20, 1992, on the Changes in the System for Patents for Invention (LU068)
Act No. 184/2008 Coll. on Amendments to Act on the Protection of Plant Variety Rights (CZ064)
Decree No. 2008-624 of June 27, 2008, on the Implementation of Law No. 2007-1544 of October 29, 2007, on the Fight Against Counterfeiting and Amending the Intellectual Property Code (FR147)
Law No. 214 of October 24, 2008, on Supplements to Government Emergency Ordinance No. 100/2005 on the Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights (RO077)
Act No. 146/2000 Coll. on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (as amended by Act No. 84/2007 Coll.) (SK042)
Law No. X-1119 of May 10, 2007, on Amendments and Supplements to Article 38^1, Article 59^2 and the Annex of the Patent Law (LT099)
Act on Amendments to the Act on the Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 60/2006 of June 9, 2006) (SI093)
Act on the Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 21/95 of April 14, 1995 - Unofficial Consolidated Text No. 4) (SI092)
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