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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of Brunei Darussalam (2008) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Chapter 98 - Trademarks (Revised edition 2000) (2000) Chapter 92 - Business Names (1984) Chapter 94 - Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) (1968) Chapter 96 - Merchandise Marks (1953) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Companies Act (Amendment) Order, 2010 (2010) Penal Code (Chap. 22) (2001) Chapter 180 - Broadcasting (2000) Specific Relief Act (Chap. 109) (1939) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Patents Order, 2011 (2011) Arbitration Order, 2009 (2009) Customs Order, 2006 (2006) Tobacco Order, 2005 (2005) Emergency (Copyright) Order, 1999 (1999) Emergency (Industrial Designs) Order, 1999 (1999) Emergency (Layout Designs) Order, 1999 (1999)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Trademark (Importation of Infringing Goods) Regulations 2000 (2000) Trademark Rules (Revised Edition 2000) (2000) Industrial Designs Rules, 2000 (2000)

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 Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (July 24, 2012) Patent Cooperation Treaty (July 24, 2012) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (February 17, 2012) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (August 30, 2006) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (April 21, 1994) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ... Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (November 12, 2011) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (November 12, 2011) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (November 18, 2009) Convention on Biological Diversity (July 27, 2008) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (November 5, 2007) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 27, 2005) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (December 5, 1996) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (April 14, 1992) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (April 14, 1992) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (April 14, 1992) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (April 14, 1992) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (April 14, 1992) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) ASEAN Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation ... Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (May 17, 2010) Agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (January 1, 2010) Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (July 12, 2006) Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (January 28, 1992) Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investment in ASEAN (August 2, 1988) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Partnership among Japan and Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (January 1, 2009) Agreement between Japan and Brunei Darussalam for an Economic Partnership (July 31, 2008)

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