. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/ISR/1
28 February 2000
(00-0726)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
ISRAEL
By means of a communication from its Permanent Mission dated 27 January 2000, the
following notification has been received from Israel under Article 63.2 of the Agreement.
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The present document reproduces the text of the following main dedicated Intellectual
Property laws and regulations:
- Patents Law, 5727-19671;
- Patents Regulations (Office Practice, Rules of Procedure, Documents and Fees), 5728-19682;
- Patents (Jurisdiction of the District Court at Tel Aviv Yafo) Order, 5729-19693;
- Patents and Designs Ordinance (repealed as to patents)4;
- Design Rules5;
- Trademarks Ordinance (New Version) 5732-19726;
- Trademarks (Appeal to Supreme Court) Regulations, 5748-19877;
- Trademarks Regulations, 19408;
- Merchandise Marks Ordinance9;
- Appellations of Origin (Protection) Law, 5725-196510;
                                                     
1 See document IP/N/1/ISR/P/1.
2 See document IP/N/1/ISR/P/2.
3 See document IP/N/1/ISR/P/3.
4 See document IP/N/1/ISR/D/1.
5 See document IP/N/1/ISR/D/2.
6 See document IP/N/1/ISR/T/1.
7 See document IP/N/1/ISR/T/2.
8 See document IP/N/1/ISR/T/3.
9 See document IP/N/1/ISR/I/1.
10 See document IP/N/1/ISR/G/1.IP/N/1/ISR/1
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- Appellations of Origin (Procedure of Registration of Appellations of Origin Originating in a
Foreign Country) Regulations, 5727 - 196711;
- Commercial Torts Law, 5759 - 199912;
- Copyright Act, 191113;
- Copyright Ordinance, 192414;
- Copyright (Berne Convention) Order, 195315;
- Copyright (International Convention) Order, 195515;
- Copyright (United States of America) Order, 195315;
- Copyright Regulations (Rules of Procedure for the Committee on the Determination of
Royalties), 5731-197116;
- Copyright (Convention for Protection Producers of Phonograms) Order, 197817;
- Copyright (TRIPS Agreement) Order, 5760-199918;
- Performers' and Broadcasters' Rights Law, 5744-198419;
- Performers' and Broadcasters' Righ ts (TRIPS Agreement) Order, 5760-199920;
- Integrated Circuits (Protection) Law, 5760-199921;
- Integrated Circuits (Protection)  (TRIPS Agreement) Order, 5760-199922;
- Law to Amend Intellectual Property Laws:  Modifications to Implement the Provisions of the
TRIPS Agreement, 5760-1999, containing amendments to the following laws:  the Patents
Laws, the Patents and Designs Ordinance, the Trademarks Ordinance, the Merchandise Marks
Ordinance, the Appellations of Origin (Protection) Law, the Copyright Act, the CopyrightOrdinance, the Performers' and Broadcaste rs' Rights Law and th e Customs Ordinance
23.
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11 See document IP/N/1/ISR/G/2.
12 See document IP/N/1/ISR/I/2.
13 See document IP/N/1/ISR/C/1.
14 See document IP/N/1/ISR/C/2.
15 See document IP/N/1/ISR/C/3.
16 See document IP/N/1/ISR/C/4.
17 See document IP/N/1/ISR/C/5.
18 See document IP/N/1/ISR/C/6.
19 See document IP/N/1/ISR/C/7.
20 See document IP/N/1/ISR/C/8.
21 See document IP/N/1/ISR/L/1.
22 See document IP/N/1/ISR/L/2.
23 See document IP/N/1/ISR/I/3;  IP/N/1/ISR/C/9.