This web page features the
National Laws
concerning intellectual property of various nations around the world
which adhere to intellectual property rights protection.

AUSTRALIA

• Australian Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968, as Amended
• Australian Copyright Council's
• ALRC 74 - Designs 1995
• Arts Law Centre Newsletter
• Australian Intellectual Property Law Locus
• Australasian Performing Right Association [APRA]
• Decisions - Australian Industrial Property Organisation 1981-Foundation Law
• PracticeCollection - Intellectual Property and Copyright
• Search AustLII for Intellectual Property Legislation

AUSTRIA

• Intellectual Property [1079 January 1991]

BELARUS

• The Patent Law of Belarus English Version

BRAZIL

• Brazilian Patent Office

CANADA

• Bill C-32 - An Act to Amend the Copyright Act English Version
• Bill C-32 - An Act to Amend the Copyright Act French Version
• Canadian Patent Act and Rules English & French Versions
• CRTC and the Internet
• Electronic Commerce Secretarial - Department of Justice English Version
• Electronic Commerce Secretariat - Department of Justice French Version
• Inventions Relating to the Human Body Now Patentable in Canada? [1332 July-September,1994]
• Patents: University of British Columbia
• Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations [1138 June 1991]
• "Report on Copyright and the Information Highway" [Canada Information Highway Advisory Council]
• Rules Respecting the Canadian Patent Act  English & French Versions
• Secretariat de l'autoroute de l'information  French Version
• Trademark Licensor's Liability Revisited [1283 October-December 1993]

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
• Implementing Regulation of the Patent Law of China English Version
• Intellectual Property Law of China
• Patent Law of The People's Republic of China English Version

COLOMBIA
• Transfer of Technology [1037 November 1989]

CROATIA
• Croatian Intellectual Property Law
• Croatian Intellectual Property Registration Fee Law

CYPRUS
• Intellectual Property [1080 February 1991]
• New Service Marks Law [1078 November 1990]

DENMARK
• Danish Patent Act Danish Version
• Danish Patent Act English Version
• Danish "Lov om arbejdstagers opfindelser" Danish Version
• Intellectual Property [1081 January 1991]

ECUADOR
• Copyrights Protection [1305 April-June, 1994]
• Industrial Property [1412 July,1996]

ESTONIA
• Estonian Patent Act English Version

FRANCE
• Intellectual Property Rights [1136 June 1991]
• France Decret 96-857 [Intellectual Property of State Functionaries]
• France Intellectual Property Code [in French]

GERMANY
• German "Patentgesetz" German Version
• German Patent Application Regulations German Version
• German "Gebrauchsmustergesetz" German Version
• German "Geschmacksmustergesetz" German Version
• German Act Concerning Employee Inventions German Version
• German Legal Resources on Intellectual Property Laws German Version
• German Software Protection Law [in German]
• Intellectual Property [1083 February 1991]
• Internet Domain Names and German Trademark Law [1480 Spring 1998]
• Reunification: Extension of Intellectual Property Rights [1202 April-June 1992]
• The Community Trademark [1413 July,1996]

GREECE
• Intellectual Property [1084 January 1991]

HONG KONG
• Hong Kong Intellectual Property Laws

HUNGARY
• Hungarian Patent Law English Version
• Hungarian Patent Law English Version
• Hungarian Patent Application Regulations English Version
• Hungarian Law on Industrial Design English Version
• Hungarian Law on Official Fees Before the Hungarian Patent Office English Version
• Hungarian Law on Patent Attorneys English Version
• Hungarian Llaw on Utility Models English Version

IRELAND
• Intellectual Property [1085 February 1991]

ITALY
• Software Protection [1119 April 1991]
• Intellectual Property [1086 February 1991]

JAMAICA
• Transfer of Technology [1024 June 1989]
• Developments in Intellectual Property Law [1414 July,1996]

JAPAN
• Japanese Patent Law   Japaneses Version
• Japanese Patent System Japaneses/English Version
• Patent Rules
• Recent Legislative Changes in Japanese IP System
• Reseach Development Corporation of Japan
• Recent Legislative Changes in Japanese IP System
• Securities, Technology Licensing, Corporate Disclosure Laws [1010 March 1989]

LITHUANIA
• Lithuanian Patent Act English Version

MEXICO
• InterAm Database Mexico Intellectual Property

NETHERLANDS
• Intellectual Property [1087 February 1991]

NEW ZEALAND
• New Zealand Patent Act English Version

NORWAY
• Intellectual Property [1088 February 1991]
• Norwegian Patent Law Norwegian Version

PHILIPPINES
• Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines - An Overview English Version
• Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines - Full Text English Version
• History of Intellectual Property Rights in the Philippines English Version
• Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines - Latest Issuances English Version
• IPAP-Prescribed Minimum Fees for Patents, Utility Models & Designs Cases English Version
• IPAP-Prescribed Minimum Fees for Trademarks, Tradenames and Service Marks Cases English Version
• IPAP-Prescribed Minimum Fees for Copyright Cases English Version

PORTUGAL
• Intellectual Property [1089 February 1991]

RUSSIA
• Russian Rules and Regulations Russian Version

SINGAPORE
• Patents
• Patent Protection In Singapore [1009 February 1995]
• Singapore Registry of Trade Marks and Patents Materials
• Trade Marks

SOUTH AFRICA
• Za.Zoo Law Intellectual Law

SPAIN
• Intellectual Property [1090 January 1991]

SWEDEN
• Intellectual Property [1091 February 1991]
• Swedish Patent Law Swedish Version

SWITZERLAND
• Intellectual Property (1092 January 1991)

THAILAND
• Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting: New Strategies [1303 January-March 1994]
• Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure under Thai Law [1289 October-December 1993]
• Intellectual Property [1284 October-December 1993]

TURKEY
• Turkish Patent Law English Version

UNITED KINGDOM
• Centre for Commercial Law Recent Developments - UK Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property [1137 June 1991]
• U.K. Patents Ruled of 1997 [Supplementary Protection Certificates] English Version
• U.K. Patent Fees English Version

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• U.S. Patent Law English Version
• U.S. Patent Law English Version
• U.S. Patent Law English Version
• U.S. Patent Examination Guidelines English Version
• U.S. Patent Examination Guidelines English Version

VENEZUELA
• Legislative Developments in Intellectual Property Issues [1387 April-June 1995]
• Biological Diversity and Economic Development [1346 October-December 1994]
• Due Protection to Intellectual Property Rights [1306 April-June 1994]

VIETNAM
• Trademark Protection in Vietnam [1335 July-September 1994]

YUGOSLAVIA
• New Patent Legislation [1073 July 1990]