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Law No. 50 of March 7, 2008, on the Protection of Inventions (as amended up to Law No. 98 of April 27, 2023), Republic of Moldova

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Year of Version 2023 Dates Amended up to: June 11, 2023 Entry into force: July 4, 2008 Published: July 4, 2008 Adopted: March 7, 2008 Type of Text Main IP Laws   Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Utility Models Subject Matter (secondary) Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets), Plant Variety Protection, Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Genetic Resources, IP Regulatory Body

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Russian Закон № 50-XVI от 07.03.2008 г. «Об охране изобретений» (с изменениями, внесенными Законом № 98 от 27.04.2023 г.) PDF Romanian Lege nr. 50-XVI din 07.03.2008 privind protecţia invenţiilor (astfel cum a fost modificată până la Legea nr. 98 din 27.04. 2023) PDF
Legislation Implements (4 text(s)) Implements (4 text(s))
Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (EU053)
Directive No. 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions (EU036)
Regulation (EC) No. 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (Official Journal of the EU L 198, 08/08/1996, p. 30) (EU091)
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1768/92 of 18 June 1992 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (EU013)
 Supersedes (3 text(s)) Supersedes (3 text(s))
Law No. 50 of March 7, 2008, on the Protection of Inventions (as amended up to Law No. 254 of December 1, 2017)(MD158)
Law No. 50-XVI of March 7, 2008, on the Protection of Inventions (as amended up to Law No. 101 of May 26, 2016)(MD117)
Law No. 50-XVI of March 7, 2008, on the Protection of Inventions(MD072)
 Is amended by (5 text(s)) Is amended by (5 text(s))
Law No. 98 of April 27, 2023, on Amendments of Some Normative Acts (Improving the Mechanism for Granting Compulsory Licenses) (MD164)
Law No. 254 of December 1, 2017, Amending and Supplementing Certain Legislative Acts (MD156)
Law No. 101 of May 26, 2016, on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts (MD123)
Law No. 160 of July 30, 2015, Amending and Supplementing Law No. 50-XVI of March 7, 2008, on the Protection of Inventions (MD114)
Law No. 173 of July 25, 2014, on Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts (MD130)
Is implemented by (5 text(s)) Is implemented by (5 text(s))
Decision No. 541 of July 18, 2011, on the Approval of the Regulations on the Activity of the Authorized Intellectual Property Attorneys (as amended up to Decision No. 714 of July 18, 2018) (MD153)
Government Decision No. 406 of June 6, 2017, Amending and Supplementing the Regulations on the Procedure of Filing and Examination of a Patent Application and of Issuance of a Patent (MD161)
Government Decision No. 612 of August 12, 2011, on the Approval of the Regulations on Registration of Contracts of Assignment, License, Pledge & Franchising on Industrial Property Rights (MD079)
Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Moldova No. 257 of April 2, 2009, on Approval of the Regulation for the Board of Appeals of the State Agency for Intellectual Property (as amended up to Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Moldova No. 709 of August 6, 2010, on Amendments to Certain Government Resolutions) (MD100)
Government Decision No. 528 of September 1, 2009, on Approval of the Regulation on the Procedure for Filing and Examination of Patent and of Grant of a Patent (MD073)
Treaties
Historical Versions Repeals (1 text(s)) Repeals (1 text(s))
Law No. 461-XIII of May 18, 1995, on Patents for Inventions (MD006)

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