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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Basic System (1992) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law Of Trade Names (2010) Law of Patents, Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Varieties, and Industrial Designs (2004) Copyright Law (2003) Law of Trademarks (2002) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Commercial Register Law and its Explanatory Memorandum and Implementing Regulations (2011) Electronic Transactions Protection Law (2007) Regime of E-Transactions (2007) GCC Common Law on Anti-dumping and Countervailing Measures and Safeguards (2006) Retail Business Regime (2005) Competition Law (2004) Law Against Dissimulations (2004) Law of Commercial Data (2002) Law on Trade in Agricultural Fertilizers (2002) Law on Private Laboratories (2002) Law of Criminal Procedure (2001) Telecommunication Law (2001) Printing and Publishing Law (2000) Chartered Accountants Law (1991) Law against Commercial Fraud (1984) Arbitration Law (1983) Saudi Arabia's Regime of commercial agencies (1962)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Implementing Regulations of Trade Names Law (2011) Implementing Regulations of the Competition Law (2006) Regulations of the Implementation of E-Government transactions (2006) Implementing Regulations of Retail Business Regime (2005) Regulations for the Protection of Confidential Commercial Information (2005) Implementing Regulations of Copyright Law (2005) Regulations of Border Procedures for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of Trademarks and Copyrights (2004) Law on Pharmaceutical Installations and Products (2004) Implementing Regulations of the Law of Patents, Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits, Plant Varieties, and Industrial Designs (2004) Implementing regulations of the Law of Commercial Data (2002) Implementing Regulations of Trademarks Law, 2002 (2002) Implementing Regulations of the Private Laboratories Law (2002) Implementing Regulations of Trade Names Law (2000) Rules Governing the Work of the Commission to Consider Requests for Registration in the Register of Chartered Accountants (1999) Establishment of Free Markets in International Airports (1999) Rules Governing the Work of the Commission of Inquiry into Violations of the Provisions of the Chartered Accountants (1994) Implementing Regulations of the Chartered Accountants Law (1994) Procedural Rules before the Board of Grievances (1989) Implementing Regulations of the Arbitration Law (1985) Implementing Regulations of the Law against commercial fraud (1985) Implementing Regulations of the Commercial Agencies Law (1981)

IP Legal Literature	Guide of Rules and Conditions Governing the Free Markets at International Airports (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 Patent Cooperation Treaty (August 3, 2013) Patent Law Treaty (August 3, 2013) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (March 11, 2004) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (March 11, 2004) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (May 22, 1982) 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 ... United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts ... Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (October 23, 2012) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (July 24, 2008) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (July 24, 2008) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 10, 2008) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (February 6, 2008) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (February 6, 2008) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (November 7, 2007) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (January 15, 2006) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (December 11, 2005) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (December 11, 2005) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (August 7, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (May 1, 2005) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (May 28, 2002) Convention on Biological Diversity (January 1, 2002) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (May 24, 1996) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 28, 1995) Universal Copyright Convention as revised on 24 July 1971, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (July 13, 1994) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (July 13, 1994) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (February 21, 1988) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (November 7, 1978) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (December 8, 1976) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (April 20, 1971) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (November 18, 1963) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (November 18, 1963) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (November 18, 1963) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) The Unified Economic Agreement between the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council ... Economic Agreement Between the GCC States (January 1, 2003)

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