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Law No. 20/2003 of July 7, 2003 on the Legal Protection of Industrial Designs

Year of current version:	2003
Date of entry into force of original text:	July 9, 2003
Date of Text (Enacted):	July 7, 2003
Type of Text:	Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Industrial Designs
Available Texts:
Spanish	Ley Nº 20/2003, de 7 de julio de 2003, de Protección Jurídica del Diseño Industrial (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
Related Legislation:	Amends Law No. 17/2001 of December 7, 2001 on Trademarks (ES086) Law No. 11/1986 of March 20, 1986 on Patents (as last amended by Law 50/1998 on Tax, Administrative and Social Policy Measures) (ES069) Law No. 11/1986 of March 20, 1986 on Patents (ES008) Relates to Regulation implementing Law No. 20/2003 of July 7, 2003 on Legal Protection of Industrial Designs (approved by Royal Decree No. 1937/2004 of September 27, 2004) (ES118) Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 6, 1998, on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions (EU036) Is amended by Law No. 19/2006 of June 5, 2006 extending the Means of Protection of Intellectual and Industrial Property rights and Laying down Procedural Rules to Facilitate the Application of Various Community Regulations (ES107)
Historical Versions:	Repeals Industrial Property Code (Royal Decree-Law of July 26, 1929, as last amended by Law No. 12/1975 on the Protection of Plant Varieties and by Law No. 17/1975 of May 2, 1975, Creating the Autonomous Body, the “Registry of Industrial Property”) (ES005)
WIPO Lex No.:	ES093

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