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IP legislation not yet in force as at June 2008

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Part A: Copyright, Design and Related Rights

A3: European Union
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs COM (2004/582), of 14 September 2004, as adopted by the Commission on 18 January 2005:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52004PC0582:EN:HTML

Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs, of 17 November 2005:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2005:286:0008:01:EN:HTML

Amended European Commission proposal for a Directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (COM (2006) 168 final), 26 April 2006:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2006/com2006_0168en01.pdf

Part C: Patent, Plant Varieties and Related Rights

C3: European Union
Proposal for a Council Decision conferring jurisdiction on the European Court of Justice in disputes relating to the Community patent (23 December 2003):
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2003:0827:FIN:EN:PDF

Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Community Patent Court and concerning appeals before the Court of First Instance (23 December 2003):
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2003:0828:FIN:EN:PDF

EU Member States were unable to reach final agreement on Community Patents in 2004, in particular on the issue of translations of the Community Patent.  In March 2007 the European Commission released a Communication on the problems with the current patent system in Europe and setting out proposals regarding a potential compromise between the draft European Patent Litigation Agreement and proposed European Community patent:
ec.europa.eu/internal_market/smn/smn45/docs/patents_en.pdf). In January 2008 the EU Presidency published a working document on European patent jurisdiction (register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st05/st05245.en08.pdf) and in February 2008 a further working document containing proposals regarding translations and the sharing of revenue (register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/08/st06/st06985.en08.pdf). Further information regarding the European Patent Litigation Agreement can be found at www.epo.org/patents/law/legislative-initiatives/epla.html.