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Useful supplementary material (last updated August 2008)

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Part A: Copyright, Design and Related Rights

A1: United Kingdom

Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989:
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1989/Uksi_19891100_en_1.htm

A2: United States

Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984:
www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap9.html - 9-1

A3: European Union

Council Directive 87/54/EEC of 16 December 1986 on the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31987L0054:EN:HTML

A4: International

Universal Copyright Convention 1952 (1971 revision):
portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=15241&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits 1989:
www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/washington/trtdocs_wo011.html

Part B: Trade marks and Related Rights

B1: United Kingdom

Dispute Resolution Service Policy 2001:
www.nominet.org.uk/disputes/drs/?contentId=5239

Trade Mark Rules 2000 (unofficial consolidated version of the Rules as amended subsequently):
www.ipo.gov.uk/tmrules2000.pdf

Manual of Trade Mark Practice:
www.ipo.gov.uk/tm/t-decisionmaking/t-law/t-law-manual.htm

B2: United States

Trademark Law Rules of Practice:
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/tmlaw2.pdf

B3: European Union

Council Regulation (EC) No 1992/2003 of 27 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:296:0001:0005:EN:PDF

Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2006/l_093/l_09320060331en00120025.pdf

Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 of 28 April 2004 laying down public policy rules concerning the implementation and functions of the .eu Top Level Domain and the principles governing registration:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CONSLEG:2004R0874:20071027:EN:PDF

EC Regulation No. 733/2002 of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 April 2002 on the implementation of the .eu Top Level Domain Text:
www.eurid.eu/files/733_2002_EN_0.pdf

.eu Dispute Resolution ADR.eu Procedure Description:
www.adreu.eurid.eu/html/en/presentation.pdf

.eu ADR Rules:
www.adreu.eurid.eu/html/en/adr/adr_rules/eu adr rules.pdf

Supplemental ADR Rules:
www.adreu.eurid.eu/html/en/adr/adr_rules/eu Supplemental Rules.pdf

B4: International

Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendation concerning Trademark Licenses 2000:
www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/development_iplaw/pub835.htm

Part C: Patent, Plant Varieties and Related Rights

C1: United Kingdom
Patents Rules 2007:
www.ipo.gov.uk/patentrules2007.pdf

Manual of Patent Practice:
www.ipo.gov.uk/p-law-manual-practice

C2: United States
Consolidated Patent Rules:
www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/consolidated_rules.pdf

C3: European Union

European Parliament and Council Regulation 816/2006 of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2006/l_157/l_15720060609en00010007.pdf

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/consleg/1992/R/01992R1768-20070126-en.pdf

Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/consleg/2001/L/02001L0083-20070126-en.pdf

C4: International
Guidelines for examination in the European Patent Office:
www.european-patent-office.org/legal/gui_lines/index.htm

Part D: Multi-Regime Measures

D1: United Kingdom

The Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Customs) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/1473):
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2004/20041473.htm

UK Civil Procedure Rules Part 63 and Practice Direction 63: Patents and other intellectual property claims:
www.justice.gov.uk/civil/procrules_fin/contents/parts/part63.htm

Gowers Review of Intellectual Property:
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/gowers_review_intellectual_property/gowersreview_index.cfm

D3: European Union

Council Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003 concerning customs action against goods suspected of infringing certain intellectual property rights and measures to be taken against goods found to have infringed such rights:
eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:196:0007:0014:EN:PDF

D4: International

Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (Doha Declaration) of 14 November 2001:
www.wto.org/English/thewto_e/minist_e/min01_e/mindecl_trips_e.htm