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Laws (17 texts)	Implementing Rules/Regulations (25 texts)	IP Legal Literature (2 texts)
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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) The Constitution of Zambia Act (Chapter 1) (1996) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Copyright and Performance Rights (Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. 25 of 2010) (2010) Plant Breeder's Rights Act (Act No. 18 of 2007) (2007) Copyright and Performance Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 44 of 1994) (1994) The Registered Designs Act (Chapter 402) (1994) Protection of Names, Uniforms and Badges Act (Chapter 314) (1994) The Merchandise Marks Act (Chapter 405) (1994) The Trade Marks Act (Chapter 401) (1994) The Patents (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act No. 26 of 1987) (1987) The Registered Designs (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Act No. 25 of 1987) (1987) The Patents (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. 18 of 1980) (1980) The Registered Designs (Amendment) Act, 1980 (Act No. 16 of 1980) (1980) The Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, 1980 (1980) The Patents Act (Chapter 400) (1965) The Registration of Business Names Act (Chapter 389) (1965) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) The Science and Technology Act, 1997 (Act No. 26 of 1997) (1997) The Plant Variety and Seeds Act (Chapter 236) (1995)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Plant Variety and Seeds Regulations (1995) Plant Variety (Potato Seed) Regulations (1995) The Registered Designs (High Court) Rules (1995) Scale of Registration Fees Rules (as amended by Act No. 13 of 1994) (1994) The Registered Designs Regulations (1994) The Patents Regulations (1994) The Trade Marks Regulations (1994) The Registration of Business Names Regulations (1994) The Patents (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 (1990) The Registered Designs (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 (1990) The Trade Marks (Amendment) Regulations, 1990 (1990) Specified Varieties of Seed Notice (1987) The Patents (Appeals) Rules, 1984 (1984) The Registered Designs (Appeals) Rules, 1984 (1984) The Trade Marks (Appeals) Rules (1984) Registered Designs (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (1981) The Patents (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (1981) The Trade Marks (Amendment) Regulations, 1981 (1981) The Designs Office (Establishment) Order (Section 3) (1968) The Patent Office (Establishment) Order (1968) The Trademarks Office (Establishment) Order (1968) The Merchandise Marks (Section 7 Suspension) Notice (1964) The Patents Tribunal Rules (1964) The Patents (Convention Countries) Notice, 1963 (1963) The Merchandise Marks (Section 8 Suspension) Notice (1962)

IP Legal Literature	Trade Policies and Practices by Measure (2009) National Policy on Science and Technology (1996)

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 ... Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol ... Patent Law Treaty ... Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits ... Patent Cooperation Treaty (November 15, 2001) Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (November 15, 2001) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (January 2, 1992) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (May 14, 1977) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (April 6, 1965) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (March 3, 2010) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (August 21, 2008) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (October 5, 2006) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (October 5, 2006) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (August 10, 2006) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (June 11, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (July 25, 2004) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (November 4, 1995) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (November 4, 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) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 21, 1994) Convention on Biological Diversity (December 29, 1993) United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (January 1, 1988) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (September 21, 1985) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (September 4, 1984) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (August 10, 1984) Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (November 1, 1974) Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States (June 9, 1967) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (April 19, 1967) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (April 19, 1967) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (April 19, 1967) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (October 24, 1964) 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) ... Cultural Charter for Africa (September 19, 1990) Harare Protocol on Patents and Industrial Designs Within the Framework of the African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) (February 26, 1986) Lusaka Agreement on the Creation of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) (February 15, 1978) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001) Protocol on Trade in the SADC (March 5, 2001) Treaty Establishing the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (December 8, 1994) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994) Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community (September 30, 1993) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) (February 12, 1976)

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