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Law No. 7979 of January 6, 2000, on Amendments to the Law No. 6683 on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights and its Amendments, to the Law No. 6867 of Patents, Industrial Designs and Utility Models and its Amendments, and to the Code of Civil Procedure and its Amendments (Law No. 7130), Costa Rica

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Year of Version 2000 Dates Entry into force: January 31, 2000 Published: January 31, 2000 Promulgated: January 6, 2000 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Spanish Ley N° 7979 de 6 de enero de 2000 que Reforma de la Ley N° 6683 de Derechos de Autor y Derechos Conexos y sus Reformas, Ley N° 6867 de Patentes de Invención, Dibujos y Modelos Industriales y Modelos de Utilidad, y sus Reformas y del Código Procesal Civil y sus Reformas (Ley N° 7130) PDF HTML
Related Legislation Amends (3 text(s)) Amends (3 text(s))
Law No. 6683 of October 14, 1982, on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended up to Law No. 9957 of April 14, 2021) (CR124)
Law No. 6867 of April 25, 1983, on Patents, Industrial Designs and Utility Models (as amended up to Law No. 8686 of November 21, 2008) (CR029)
Code of Civil Procedure (Law No. 7130 of August 16, 1989, as updated on August 31, 2001) (CR006)

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