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Suriname (9 texts)

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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) 1987 Constitution with the Reforms of 1992 (1992) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Law of 22 March 1913 laying down new rules on Copyright (G.B. 1913 No. 15), as it stands after the amendments thereto in G.B. 1915 No. 78, G.B. 1946 No. 2, G.B. 1946 No. 77, G.B. 1959 No. 76, S.B. 1980 No. 116, S.B. 23, 1981. (2005) Law of 13 March 1931 containing provisions on Trade Names (G.B. 1931 No. 65), as it stands after the amendments thereto in G.B. 1935 No. 80, G.B. 1936 No. 115, G.B. 1937 No. 121 (2005) Law of 8 October, 2001 to further amend the "Rules Suriname Industrial Property in 1912" (G.B. 1912 No. 87, applicable text G.B. 1948 No. 73, as amended at S.D. 1984, No. 55). (2001) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Civil Code, 2005 (2005) Law of 14 October, 1910 establishing a Penal Code for Suriname (G.B. 1911 No. 1) (2005) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Decree of 31 August 1984 amending the Surinamese Admission Decision 1938 & Miscellaneous Provisions (1984)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Resolution No. 1862 of 13 June 1946 on Industrial Property Regulations (1946) Publication of 21 October 1912, announced by the Royal Decree No. 57 of 29 August 1912 (Gazette No. 284), containing provisions on Factories and Trademarks in the Colonies and the Auxiliary Bureaus of Industrial Property (1912)

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 Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (December 16, 1981) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (February 23, 1977) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (November 25, 1975) Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (November 25, 1975) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (November 25, 1975) Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (November 25, 1975) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (December 19, 2011) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (March 16, 2009) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (June 25, 2008) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (December 24, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (August 8, 1998) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (January 23, 1998) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (January 12, 1998) Convention on Biological Diversity (April 11, 1996) 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) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (June 16, 1986) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (June 16, 1986) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (March 28, 1977) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (November 25, 1975) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (November 25, 1975) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (November 25, 1975) 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) ... Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas Establishing the Caribbean Community Including the Caricom Single Market and Economy (February 4, 2002) Panama Convention establishing the Latin American Economic System (SELA) (July 27, 1979)

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