Laws

Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version)

• Constitution of the Republic of Mozambique (2004)

Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version)

• Industrial Property Code (approved by Decree No. 04/2006 of April 12, 2006) (2006)
• Law No. 4/2001 of February 27, 2001 (Copyright Law, approved by Decree-Law No. 46.980 of April 27, 1966) (2001)

IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version)

• Law No. 8/2004 of July 21, 2004 (Law on Telecommunications) (2004)
• Law No. 3/93 of June 24, 1993 (Law on Investment) (1993)
• Law No. 10/88 of December 22, 1988 (Law on the Protection of Cultural Heritage) (1988)

IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version)

• Decree No. 50/2003 of December 24, 2003 on the Organic Statute of the Industrial Property Institute (IPI) (2003)
• Decree No. 27/2001 of September 4, 2001 detailing the Regulations on the Compulsory Affixing of Seals to Phonograms (2001)
• Decree 19/99 of May 4, 1999 approving the Regulation of Official Agents of Industrial Property (1999)
• Resolution No. 12/97 of June 10, 1997 approving the Mozambique's Cultural Policy and the Strategy for its Implementation (1997)

Implementing Rules/Regulations

Intellectual Property (Date of current version)

• Regulations on Appellations of Origin and on Geographical Indications (approved by Decree No. 21/2009 of June 3, 2009) (2009)
• Regulation on the Criteria for Granting the Right to Use the Brand 'Orgulho Moçambicano Made In Mozambique' Mark (2007)
• Ministerial Order No. 188/2006 of December 13, 2006 (Rules relating to Fees of the Industrial Property Institute (IPI)) (2006)
• Ministerial Decree No. 8/2003 of January 15, 2003 laying down Rules for the Operation and Feasibility of the Regulations on the Compulsory Affixing of Seals to Phonograms (2003)
• Ministerial Decree 176/2001 of November 28, 2001 laying down the Regulation on the Promotion, Production, and Commercialization of Tobacco (2001)

IP Legal Literature

• African Copyright and Access to Knowledge Project (ACA2K). Country Report Mozambique (July 2009) (2009)
• Intellectual Property Strategy 2008-2018 (2007)

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

• Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled ...
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (November 22, 2013)
• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (January 18, 2002)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (May 18, 2000)
• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (October 7, 1998)
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (October 7, 1998)
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (July 9, 1998)
• Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (December 23, 1996)

IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)

• Nagoya - Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety ...
• Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ...
• WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ...
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (February 29, 2012)
• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (February 29, 2012)
• International Plant Protection Convention (May 15, 2008)
• Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (January 18, 2008)
• Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (January 18, 2008)
• Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (January 29, 2006)
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (April 18, 2005)
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (September 11, 2003)
• Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (May 12, 2003)
• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (April 12, 1997)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (November 23, 1995)
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (November 23, 1995)
• Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (August 26, 1995)
• World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (August 26, 1995)
• Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (September 14, 1983)
• Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (September 14, 1983)
• Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (September 14, 1983)
• Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (September 14, 1983)
• Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (February 27, 1983)

IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)

• Charter for African Cultural Renaissance ...
• Swakopmund Protocol on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Folklore within the Framework of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) ...
• Harare Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs Within the Framework of the African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) (May 8, 2000)
• Lusaka Agreement on the Creation of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) (February 8, 2000)

Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)

• Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries ...
• The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) ...
• Treaty Establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ...
• Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001)
• Protocol on Trade in the SADC (January 25, 2000)
• Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994)
• Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community (September 30, 1993)

IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party)

• Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Mozambique concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment (March 3, 2005)
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Mozambique and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Concerning the Encouragement and the Reciprocal Protection of Investments (September 1, 2004)
• Agreement between the Swiss Confederation and the Republic of Mozambique on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (July 29, 2004)
• Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Government of the Republic of Mozambique for the Promotion and Protection of Investments (July 25, 2000)

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