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Laws (10 texts)	Implementing Rules/Regulations (10 texts)	Geographical Indications (2 texts)
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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, 5 July 1995 (2005) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) The Law of the Republic of Armenia on Trademarks (2010) Law on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (2008) Law on Copyright and Related Rights of June 15, 2006 (2006) Law on Trade Names of November 23, 1999 (1999) Law on the Legal Protection of Topographies of Integrated Circuits of February 3, 1998 (1998) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia (as last amended in 2010) (2010) Law of the Republic of Armenia on Protection of Economic Competition (as last amended by Law HO-398-N of February 22, 2007) (2007) Criminal Code (extract) (2003) Customs Code of the Republic of Armenia of January 1, 2001 (as amended on July 1, 2003) (2003)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Rules on Filing Applications and Examination of Trademarks Rules on Filling in, Filing and Examining the Applications on Registration of Trademark Licenses, their Changes and Requests on Invalidation Rules on Maintenance of Trademark Registry and Provision of Extraction Rules on Requests for Prolonging the Term of Registration of a Trademark and their Consideration Rules on the transformation of a collective mark or the application on it of a mark of a person or application on marks and Vice Versa Rules on Decision of Level of Secrecy of, Use of, Provision of Information on and Publication of Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial designs Containing State and Official Secrets (2010) Rules on Filling in, Filing and Examination of Applications on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (2009) Rules on Submission of Oppositions and Requests to the Board of Appeals of the Intellectual Property Agency under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia and their Consideration (2009) The Statute of the Board of Appeals of the Intellectual Property Agency under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia (2009) Decree of the Government of the Republic of Armenia on Approval of the Rule on Use of Names and Nominations Requiring Permission for Use in Trade Names and on Names, Portraits and Facsimiles Requiring Permission for Use in Trademarks (2000)

Geographical Indications	Laws / Regulations (Date of current version) Rules on Filling in, Filing and Examination of Applications on Geographical Indications, Appellations of Origin and Guarantied Traditional Products (2011) The Law of the Republic of Armenia on Geographical Indications (2010)

IP Legal Literature	Policy Paper on Implementation of Reliable and Effective Protection of Intellectual Property (2010) List of Information Published in the Official Bulletin of the Intellectual Property Agency under the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia (2009)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (July 13, 2007) Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (July 13, 2007) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (December 6, 2005) Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (March 6, 2005) Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (March 6, 2005) Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (March 6, 2005) WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 6, 2005) WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (March 6, 2005) Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (January 31, 2003) Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (January 31, 2003) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (October 19, 2000) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (October 19, 2000) Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Program-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (December 13, 1993) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (April 22, 1993) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 25, 1991) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (December 25, 1991) Patent Cooperation Treaty (December 25, 1991) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Kiev Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters ... London Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes ... Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (February 12, 2012) Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials (February 23, 2011) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 22, 2010) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (August 23, 2010) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (January 1, 2010) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 18, 2007) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (May 27, 2007) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (August 18, 2006) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (August 18, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (June 9, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 27, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (July 29, 2004) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (February 5, 2003) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (February 5, 2003) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (January 8, 2003) Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (October 30, 2001) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (August 16, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 21, 1994) International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (March 8, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (December 29, 1993) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (December 13, 1993) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (December 7, 1993) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (December 7, 1993) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (December 7, 1993) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (December 7, 1993) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (December 7, 1993) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (September 23, 1991) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 23, 1991) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (September 23, 1991) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 23, 1991) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement on the Producing of a Regional Informational Patent Publication on CD-ROM (May 22, 2001) Agreement on Mutual Preservation of Inter-State Secrets in the Area of Legal Protection of Inventions (January 31, 2000) Agreement on Measures for the Prevention and Repression of the Use of False Trademarks and Geographical Indications (June 4, 1999) Agreement on Cooperation in the Repression of Offenses in the Field of Intellectual Property (January 19, 1999) Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPO) (February 27, 1996) Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (February 12, 1996) Agreement concerning the Measures of Protection of Industrial Property and Establishing the Interstate Council for the Industrial Property (March 12, 1993) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Free Trade Agreement between Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic ... IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Finland and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on the Promotion and Protection of Investments (April 20, 2007) Agreement on Educational and Cultural Cooperation between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the Republic of Armenia (August 16, 2003) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Austria and the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (February 1, 2003) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and the Government of the Republic of Armenia on Trade and Economic Cooperation (January 29, 2003) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Free Trade (December 25, 2001) Treaty between the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (August 4, 2000) Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council (January 1, 2000) Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education and Science between the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and the Government of the Republic of Armenia (August 10, 1999) Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (March 29, 1999) Agreement on Free Trade between the Government of the Republic of Georgia and the Government of the Republic of Armenia (November 11, 1998) Agreement between the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (May 8, 1997) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Turkmenistan on Free Trade (July 7, 1996) Treaty between United States of America and the Republic of Armenia concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment (March 29, 1996) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Moldova on Free Trade (December 21, 1995) Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Argentina Republic for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (December 20, 1994) Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Russian Federation on Free Trade (March 25, 1993) Agreement on Trade Relations between the United States of America and the Republic of Armenia (April 7, 1992)

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