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Law No. 16/2008 of April 1, 2008, Portugal

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Year of Version 2008 Dates Entry into force: April 5, 2008 Published: April 1, 2008 Promulgated: March 12, 2008 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Notes The notification by Portugal to the WTO under article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'Law No. 16/2008 of April 1, 2008 transposes into national law Directive 2004/48/EC of April 29, 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.'

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Portuguese Lei n° 16/2008 de 1 de Abril PDF HTML
Legislation Amends (4 text(s)) Amends (4 text(s))
Code of Copyright and Related Rights (approved by Decree-Law No. 63/85 of March 14, 1985, and amended up to Decree-Law No. 9/2021 of January 29, 2021) (PT180)
Decree-Law No. 332/97 of November 27, 1997 (as amended up to Law No. 92/2019 of 4 September, 2019) (PT187)
Industrial Property Code (as amended up to Law No. 46/2011 of June 24, 2011) (PT169)
Industrial Property Code (approved by Decree-Law No. 36-2003 of March 5, 2003) (PT044)
 Is repealed by (1 text(s)) Is repealed by (1 text(s))
Industrial Property Code (approved by Decree-Law No. 110/2018 of December 10, 2018, and amended by Decree-Law No. 9/2021 of January 29, 2021) (PT194)

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