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Namibia (25 texts)

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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) The Constitution of The Republic of Namibia (2010) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Protection Act 6 of 1994 (1994) National Anthem of the Republic of Namibia Act, 1991 (1991) Trade Marks in South West Africa Act (1974) Patents, Designs, Trade Marks and Copyright Act, 1916 (Act No. 9 of 1916) as Amended Together with Rules, Proclamations, etc. (1917) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Tobacco Products Control Act, 2010 (2010) Communications Act, 2009 (2009) Companies Amendment Act, 2007 (2007) Medicines and Related Substances Control Amendment Act, 2007 (2007) National Arts Fund of Namibia Act, 2005 (2005) Companies Act, 2004 (2004) National Heritage Act, 2004 (2004) Criminal Procedure Act, 2004 (2004) Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 2003 (2003) Community Courts Act, 2003 (2003) Competition Act, 2003 (2003) Traditional Authorities Act, 2000 (2000) Traditional Leaders Amendment Act, 2000 (2000) Second Hand Goods Act, 1998 (1998) Liquor Act, 1998 (1998) Council of Traditional Leaders Act, 1997 (1997) Namibian Broadcasting Act, 1991 (1991)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Rules, Competition Act, 2003 (2003) Regulations Made Under the Traditional Authorities Act, 2000 (2001) Trade Marks in South-West Africa Act, 1973, Regulations (1973)

Pending IP legislations	Pending IP Legislation of Namibia

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 Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances ... WIPO Copyright Treaty ... WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty ... Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (June 30, 2004) Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (June 30, 2004) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (June 30, 2004) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (January 1, 2004) Patent Cooperation Treaty (January 1, 2004) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (December 23, 1991) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (March 21, 1990) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (June 9, 2011) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 3, 2008) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 3, 2008) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (December 19, 2007) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 18, 2007) International Plant Protection Convention (February 23, 2007) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (February 5, 2006) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (September 22, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (May 11, 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 (January 5, 2005) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (July 6, 2000) Convention on Biological Diversity (August 14, 1997) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (August 14, 1995) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (February 28, 1995) 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) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (March 21, 1990) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (March 21, 1990) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (March 21, 1990) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (April 18, 1984) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (April 18, 1984) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) 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) (April 23, 2004) Banjul Protocol on Marks Within the Framework of the African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) (January 14, 2004) Lusaka Agreement on the Creation of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) (October 14, 2003) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) 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 ... Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement (July 15, 2004) 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)

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