Well-selected and authoritative, Hart Core Statutes provide the key materials needed by students in a format that is clear, compact and very easy to use. They are ideal for use in exams.

Margaret Dowie-Whybrow has been a Senior Lecturer in the UK for many years and is also involved in online educational resources provision.

COPYRIGHT, DESIGNS AND RELATED RIGHTS
UK
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Registered Designs Act 1949
Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations 1995
Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996
The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997
Community Design Regulations 2005
Community Design Regulations 2005 (as modified)
Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006
Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006
Copyright and Rights in Performances (Licensing of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014
Designs (International Registration of Industrial Designs) Order 2018
EU
Council Directive 93/83 (the cable and satellite directive)
Council Directive 96/9 (legal protection of databases)
Council Directive 98/71 (legal protection of designs)
Directive 2001/29 (copyright and related rights in the information society)
Council Directive 2004/48 (enforcement of intellectual property rights)
Council Directive 2006/115 (rental right and lending right and certain rights related to copyright)
Council Directive 2006/116 (term of protection of copyright and certain related rights)
Directive 2009/24 (legal protection of computer programs)
Directive 2012/28 (certain permitted uses of orphan works)
Directive 2014/26 (collective management of copyright and related rights)
Regulation (EC) 6/2002 (Community designs)
Regulation (EC) 6/2002 (Community designs) (as modified)
INTERNATIONAL
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886)
Rome Convention (1961)
WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996)
Agreed Statements Concerning The WIPO Copyright Treaty
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (1996)
Agreed Statements Concerning The WIPO Performances And Phonograms Treaty
PATENTS
UK
Patents Act 1977
European
European Patent Convention (1973)
Protocol on the Interpretation of Article 69 of the European Patent Convention
EU
Directive 98/44 (legal protection of biotechnological inventions)
Regulation 469/2009 (supplementary protection certificates)
TRADE MARKS, GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES AND UNFAIR COMPETITION
UK
Trade Marks Act 1994
Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights (Customs) Regulations 2004
Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
EU
Directive 2006/114/EC (misleading and comparative advertising)
Directive (EU) 2015/2436 (trade marks)
Directive (EU) 2016/943 (trade secrets)
The Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018
Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 (intellectual property rights)
INTERNATIONAL
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891)
Protocol to the Madrid Agreement (1989)
Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendation concerning Provisions on the Protection of Well-Known Marks (1999)
Paris Union and WIPO Joint Recommendation concerning Provisions on the Protection of Marks, and other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet (2001)
International Classification of Goods and Services under the Nice Agreement, 2021 Version
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON THE INTERNET
UK
Dispute Resolution Service Policy (2016)
Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002
INTERNATIONAL
Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (2013)
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (1999)
MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEGISLATION, AGREEMENTS AND TREATIES
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883)
Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (2017)
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom 2019
Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the European Union and the United Kingdom
European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020
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