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Act on Inventions Relating to the National Defense (Act No. 551/1967 of December 15, 1967, as amended up to Act No. 104/2013 of January 31, 2013)

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Year of Version 2013 Dates Entry into force: January 1, 1968 Adopted: December 15, 1967 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Utility Models Notes The notification by Finland to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'Act on Inventions of Importance to the Defence of the Country, adopted on 15 December 1967, 1967/551, entry into force on 1 January 1968
- Laki maanpuolustukselle merkittävistä keksinnöistä
- Lag om uppfinningar av betydelse för landets försvar

Act amending section 1 of the Act on Inventions of Importance to the Defence of the Country, adopted on 31 January 2013/104, entry into force on 1September 2013
- Laki maanpuolustukselle merkityksellisistä keksinnöistä annetun lain 1 §:n muuttamisesta
- Lag om ändring av 1 § i lagen om uppfinningar av betydelse för landets försvar

Amendments concerning the centralisation of intellectual property matters to the Market Court.'


Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) Finnish Laki maanpuolustukselle merkityksellisistä keksinnöistä 15.12.1967/551 (31.1.2013/104) PDF HTML Swedish Lag om uppfinningar av betydelse för landets försvar 15.12.1967/551 (31.1.2013/104) PDF HTML English Act on Inventions Relating to the National Defense (Act No. 551/1967 of December 15, 1967, as amended up to Act No. 104/2013 of January 31, 2013) PDF HTML
Related Legislation Supersedes (2 text(s)) Supersedes (2 text(s))
Act on Inventions Relating to the National Defense (Act No. 551/1967 of December 15, 1967, as amended up to No. 245/1997 of March 21, 1997) (FI081)
Act on Inventions Relating to the National Defense (Act No. 551/1967 of December 15, 1967) (FI021)
Is amended by (2 text(s)) Is amended by (2 text(s))
Act No. 1397 of December 8, 1995, amending section 1 of the Act on Invention important to the National Defense  (FI051)
Act No. 1697/1995 of December 22, 1995, on Amendments to Articles 2 and 3 of the Act on Inventions Relating to the National Defense  (FI022)

WTO Document Reference
IP/N/1/FIN/21
IP/N/1/FIN/P/27
WIPO Lex No. FI141