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Iran (Islamic Republic of) (11 texts)

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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1979) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Patent, Industrial Design and Trademark Registration Act (2007) Act of Plant Varieties Registration, Control and Certification of Seeds and Seedlings (2003) Copyright Law (1970) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law Concerning International Commercial Arbitration Law on Encouragement and Protection of Foreign Investment (2002) Press Law (2000) National Heritage Protection Act (1930) Civil Code of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1928)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Amended Regulations for the Implementation of the Trademarks and Patents Registration Act Criteria on Registration of Companies, and Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights

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 Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms ... Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs ... Patent Cooperation Treaty ... Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification ... Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (March 9, 2006) Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods (June 18, 2004) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 25, 2003) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (December 25, 2003) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (March 14, 2002) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (December 16, 1959) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts ... Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts ... United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property ... United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts ... International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (August 18, 2010) International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 2005 (November 30, 2009) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (November 22, 2009) Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (September 16, 2009) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (July 27, 2006) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (June 23, 2006) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 7, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 4, 2006) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (November 20, 2005) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (August 24, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (February 18, 2004) Convention on Biological Diversity (November 4, 1996) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (October 16, 1996) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (January 3, 1976) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (December 17, 1975) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (April 27, 1975) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (April 7, 1966) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 22, 1959) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 22, 1959) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (August 20, 1957) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (August 20, 1957) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (August 20, 1957) Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (April 29, 1931) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries ... Economic Cooperation Organisation Trade Agreement (April 24, 2008)

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