European Union (EU)

Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights

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:

English

Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights(Version with Automatic Translation Tool)

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(Version with Automatic Translation Tool)

French

Directive 2004/48/EC du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 29 avril 2004 relative au respect des droits de propriété intellectuelle(Version with Automatic Translation Tool)

Croatian

Direktiva 2004/48/EZ Europskog Parlamenta I Vijeća od 29. travnja 2004. o provedbi prava intelektualnog vlasništva(Version with Automatic Translation Tool)

Related Legislation:

Relates to

(1 text)

• Code of Economic Law (updated on June 19, 2019)(BE187)

Is implemented by

(56 texts)

• Act No. 121/2000 Coll. of April 7, 2000, on Copyright and Related Rights and on Amendments to Certain Acts (Copyright Act) (as amended up to Act No. 50/2019 Coll.)(CZ078)
• Act No. 146/2000 Coll. on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (as amended by Act No. 84/2007 Coll.)(SK042)
• Act No. 184/2008 Coll. on Amendments to Act on the Protection of Plant Variety Rights(CZ064)
• Act No. 221/2006 Coll. of April 25, 2006, on the Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights and the Protection of Trade Secrets (as amended by Act No. 286/2018 Coll.)(CZ095)
• Act No. 506/2009 Coll. on Trade Marks (as amended up to Act No. 291/2018 Coll.)(SK142)
• Act No. 741 of June 25, 2014, on Amendments to Copyright Act(DK235)
• Act No. LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright (consolidated text of June 18, 2020)(HU132)
• Act No. XI of 1997 on the Protection of Trademarks and Geographical Indications (consolidated text of January 1, 2019)(HU126)
• 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 Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights (Act No. 321 of April 5, 2016)(DK237)
• Act on the Protection of Undisclosed Information with Market Value (OG No. 30/2018)(HR123)
• Civil Procedure Law (as amended up to April 1, 2019)(LV092)
• Code of Economic Law (updated on June 19, 2019)(BE187)
• Copyright and Related Rights Act and Acts on Amendments to the Copyright and Related Rights Act (OG Nos. 167/2003, 79/2007, 80/2011, 141/2013, 127/2014, 62/2017 and 96/2018)(HR139)
• Copyright Law (as amended up to December 13, 2018)(LV077)
• 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)
• Emergency Ordinance No. 100/2005 on the Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights(RO075)
• European Communities (Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights) Regulations, 2006 S.I. No. 360 of 2006(IE105)
• Federal Law on Copyright in Literary and Artistic Works and Related Rights (Copyright Law 1936, as amended up to Federal Law published in the Federal Law Gazette I No. 105/2018 (BGBI.I No. 105/2018))(AT162)
• Industrial Property Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia No. 51/06 - consolidated text No. 100/13 and 23/20)(SI080)
• Law No. 139 of July 2, 2010, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (as amended by Law No. 212 of July 29, 2016)(MD119)
• Law No. 19/2006 of June 5, 2006, on the Extension of the Means of Protection of Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights and Laying Down Procedural Rules for the Facilitation of the Application of Various Community Regulations(ES107)
• Law No. 214 of October 24, 2008, on Supplements to Government Emergency Ordinance No. 100/2005 on the Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights(RO077)
• Law No. 280/2005 of October 5, 2005, approving Government Emergency Ordinance No. 100/2005 on the Enforcement of the Industrial Property Rights(RO076)
• Law No. 38-XVI of February 29, 2008, on the Protection of Trademarks (as amended up to Law No. 101 of May 26, 2016)(MD101)
• 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 No. 4679/2020 on the Protection of Trademarks and the Incorporation of the Directive (EU) 2015/2436 to Approximate the Laws of the Member States relating to Trademarks and the Directive 2004/48/EC on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Other Provisions(GR326)
• Law No. IX-1181 of November 7, 2002, on Designs (as amended up to Law No. XIII-2857 of April 21, 2020)(LT107)
• Law No. IX–618 of November 22, 2001, on the Protection of Plant Varieties (as amended up to Law No. XI-1994 of April 26, 2012)(LT080)
• Law No. VIII-1981 of October 10, 2000, on Trademarks (as amended up to Law No. XIII-2857 of April 21, 2020)(LT105)
• 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)
• Law No. X-862 of October 19, 2006, on Amendments to Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 18, 19, 24, 26, 29, 37, and Supplements to Section Ten and one Annex to the Law on Plant Variety Protection(LT101)
• Law of April 19, 2014, on the Insertion of Book XI 'Intellectual Property' to the Code of Economic Law, and Specific Provisions to the Book XI in Books I, XV and XVII of the Code (updated on October 30, 2015)(BE177)
• Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights (SG No. 56/1993, as amended up to December 13, 2019)(BG086)
• Law on Designs (as amended up to January 1, 2016)(LV069)
• Law on Industrial Designs (SG No. 81/1999, as amended up to October 27, 2020) (BG109)
• Law on Marks and Geographical Indications (SG No. 81/1999, repealed on December 13, 2019)(BG083)
• Law on Patents and Utility Models Registration (SG No. 27/1993, as amended up to October 27, 2020) (BG107)
• Law on Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products (as amended up to January 1, 2016)(LV070)
• Law on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products of June 16, 1998, No. VIII-791 (as amended on 8 June 2006 – by Law No. X-652)(LT050)
• Law on Trademarks and Indications of Geographical Origin (as amended up to March 1, 2007)(LV047)
• Patent Act (OG No. 16/2020) (HR150)
• Patent Law (as amended up to January 1, 2016)(LV064)
• Patent Law No. I-372 of January 18, 1994 (as amended up to Law No. XIII-2857 of April 21, 2020)(LT106)
• Patents (Amendment) Act 2006(CY036)
• Plant Varieties Protection Law (as amended up to January 1, 2012)(LV050)
• Protection of Industrial Designs (Amendment) Act 2006(CY039)
• The Consolidate Act on Copyright (Consolidate Act No. 1144 of October 23, 2014)(DK091)
• The Consolidate Act on Plant Variety Protection (Consolidate Act No. 10 of January 4, 2017)(DK118)
• The Consolidate Act on the Protection of the Topographies of Semiconductor Products (Consolidate Act No. 92 of January 29, 2019)(DK209)
• The Consolidate Designs Act (Consolidate Act No. 89 of January 29, 2019)(DK210)
• The Consolidate Patents Act (Consolidate Act No. 90 of January 29, 2019)(DK212)
• The Consolidate Utility Models Act (Consolidate Act No. 91 of January 29, 2019)(DK211)
• Trade Marks (Amendment) Law of 2006(CY029)
• Trademarks Act (OG No. 14/2019)(HR137)

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