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Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version)- Plant Propagation and Plant Variety Rights Act (2012)
- Principles of Legal Regulation of Industrial Property Act, 2003 (2012)
- Trade Marks Act of May 22, 2002 (Act No. RT I 2002, 49, 308, as last amended by Act No. RT I, 28.12.2011 of December 7, 2011) (2012)
- Patent Agents Act, 2001 (2012)
- Geographical Indications Protection Act, 1999 (2012)
- Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Act (2012)
- Industrial Design Protection Act, 1997 (2012)
- Utility Model Act, 1994 (2012)
- Copyright Act, 1992 (2012)
- Patent Act (Act No. RT I 1994, 25, 406, as last amended by Act No. RT I, 28.12.2011 of December 7, 2011) (2011)
- Implementation of Convention on Grant of European Patents Act (2002)
IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version)- National Broadcasting Act, 2007 (2012)
- Customs Act, 2004 (2012)
- Taxation Act (2012)
- Alcohol Act, 2001 (2012)
- Competition Act, 2001 (2012)
- General Code of Economic Activities Act, 2011 (2011)
- Public Libraries Act (2011)
- Product Compliance Act, 2010 (2011)
- Advertising Act (2011)
- Red Cross Designation and Emblem Act (2011)
- Estonian Flag Act (2011)
- Medicinal Products Act (2011)
- Consumer Protection Act, 2004 (2011)
- Heritage Conservation Act, 2002 (2011)
- Cultural Endowment of Estonia Act, 1996 (2007)
- Databases Act, 1997 (2004)
- National Minorities Cultural Autonomy Act, 1993 (2002)
- Medicinal Products Act, 1995 (1999)
- Code of Administrative Offences, 1992 (1999)
IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version)- Penal Code (2012)
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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 - WIPO Copyright Treaty (March 14, 2010)
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (March 14, 2010)
- Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (August 14, 2009)
- Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (June 30, 2006)
- Patent Law Treaty (April 28, 2005)
- Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (December 23, 2003)
- Trademark Law Treaty (January 7, 2003)
- Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (May 28, 2000)
- Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (April 28, 2000)
- Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (November 18, 1998)
- Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (February 27, 1997)
- Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (October 31, 1996)
- Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (September 14, 1996)
- Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (May 27, 1996)
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (October 26, 1994)
- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (August 24, 1994)
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (August 24, 1994)
- Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (February 5, 1994)
IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)- United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property ...
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (June 29, 2012)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (June 29, 2012)
- 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 (October 8, 2009)
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (February 5, 2009)
- Protocol (III) additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (August 28, 2008)
- Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 18, 2007)
- Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 27, 2006)
- WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (October 25, 2005)
- International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005)
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (September 25, 2005)
- London Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (August 4, 2005)
- Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (April 17, 2005)
- Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (April 17, 2005)
- Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005)
- International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 29, 2004)
- Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (June 21, 2004)
- Protocol to the Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific or Cultural Materials (February 1, 2002)
- Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (October 31, 2001)
- Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (August 1, 2001)
- International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (September 24, 2000)
- Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (November 13, 1999)
- World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (November 13, 1999)
- Helsinki Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (October 6, 1996)
- International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (June 4, 1996)
- Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (January 27, 1996)
- Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (January 27, 1996)
- Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (July 4, 1995)
- Convention on Biological Diversity (October 25, 1994)
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (October 25, 1994)
- United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (October 1, 1994)
- Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (July 18, 1993)
- Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (July 18, 1993)
- Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (July 18, 1993)
- Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (July 18, 1993)
- Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (July 18, 1993)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 21, 1992)
- Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (September 4, 1925)
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