WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/ISL/1
14October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4239)
Original: English*Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Iceland
Thefollowing communication dated 4October 1996, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofIceland.
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Withreference totheprocedures reflected indocument IP/C/2, Iceland hereby notifies itslaws
andregulations under Article 63.2oftheTRIPS Agreement. Copies oftherelevant lawsandregulations
aslisted intheannexes areenclosed.
Annex Isetsoutthemainintellectual property lawsandregulations, while Annex IIcontains
thelisting of"other lawsandregulations". Iceland regrets toinform thatAnnex IIaspresently notified
doesnotcontain alisting ofother lawsandregulations pertaining tocopyright andrelated rights. These
willbesubmitted shortly inaseparate notification, thuscompleting Iceland 'snotification requirements
under Article 63.2.
*Includes some IcelandicIP/N/1/ISL/1
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ANNEX I
MAIN LAWS AND REGULATIONS
- Patents Act,No.17/1991, asamended byActNo.67/19931
- ActNo.36/19962,amending thePatents Act,No.17/1991, assubsequently
amended, theTrade Marks Act,No.47/1968, assubsequently amended, andthe
Design Protection Act,No.48/1993
- ActNo.91/19962,amending thePatents Act,No.17/1991, assubsequently
amended, theTrade Marks Act,No.47/1968, assubsequently amended, andthe
Design Protection Act,No.48/1993
- Regulation, No.574/1991, concerning patent applications, etc.3
- Advertisement, No.575/1991, ofinstructions concerning patent applications3
- Regulation, No.661/19953,amending Regulation concerning patent applications,
etc.,No.574/1991, andAdvertisement ofinstructions concerning patent
applications, No.575/1991
- Regulation, No.286/19963,amending theRegulation concerning patent
applications, etc.,No.574/1991, assubsequently amended, andamending the
Advertisement ofinstructions concerning patent applications, No.575/1991, as
subsequently amended
- TheTrade Marks Act,No.47/1968, asamended byActNo.31/1984 andAct
No.67/19934(Currently under revision)
- Regulation, No.1/1969, concerning applications andregistrations oftrademarks,
etc.5(Currently under revision)
- TheCollective Marks Act,No.89/19355(Currently under revision)
- Design Protection Act,No.48/19936
1Thetextofthislawcanbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/P/1.
2Thetexts ofthese laws canbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/I/1.
3Thetexts ofthese laws andregulations canbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/P/2.
4Thetextofthislawcanbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/T/1.
5These lawshave been submitted inIcelandic onlypending their translation. Once theirtexts are
available inaWTO language, theywillbedistributed asdocuments IP/N/1/ISL/T/2 and3.
6Thetextofthislawcanbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/D/1.IP/N/1/ISL/1
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- Regulation onregistration ofadesign, No.178/19947
- Regulation, No.285/19967,amending theRegulation onregistration ofadesign,
No.178/1994
- ActNo.78/1993, concerning theprotection oftopographies ofintegrated circuits
onsemi-conductors8
- ActNo.19/19958,amending ActNo.78/1993, concerning theprotection of
topographies ofintegrated circuits onsemi-conductor products
- Regulation, No.188/1991, concerning thePatent Office9
- Advertisement, No.187/1991, concerning theestablishment ofaPatent Office to
handle theimplementation ofActsconcerning intellectual property rights in
industry (patents, trademarks, etc.)9
- TheCopyright Act,No.73/1972, asamended in1984, 1991 and199210
7Thetexts ofthese regulations canbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/D/2.
8Thetexts ofthese laws canbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/L/1.
9Thetexts ofthese laws andregulations canbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/I/2.
10Thetextofthislawcanbefound indocument IP/N/1/ISL/C/1.IP/N/1/ISL/1
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ANNEX II
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS
TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Lögnr.91frá31.desember 1991 um
meðferðeinkamála.
(Adopted 31December 1991.
Entry intoforce 1July1992.)Themain Actrelating tojudicial procedures
incivilcases.
Lögnr.19frá26.mars 1991 ummeðferð
opinberra mála.
(Adopted 26March 1991.
Entry intoforce 1July1992.)Themain Actrelating tojudicial procedures
inpublic cases.
Lögnr.82frá31.maí1976 umnorræna
vitnaskyldu.
(Adopted 31May1976.)AnActconcerning thedutyofwitnesses
living inaNordic country togivetestimony
before acourt ofjustice inanother Nordic
country.
Lögnr.30frá23.júní1932 umheimild fyrir
ríkisstjórnina tilþessaðlátaöðlastgildi
ákvæðinísamningi milliÍslands, Danmerkur,
Finnlands, Noregs ogSvíþjóðar,um
viðurkenningu dóma ogfullnægju þeirra.
(Adopted 23June1932.)AnActrelating totherecognition and
enforcement inIceland ofjudgments made in
another Nordic country inmatters ofprivate
law.
Lögnr.68frá10.mars 1995 um
Lúganó-samninginn umdómsvald ogum
fullnustu dóma íeinkamálum.
(Adopted 10March 1995.)AnActadopting theConvention on
Jurisdiction andtheEnforcement of
Judgments inCivil andCommercial Matters,
doneatLugano on16September 1988, as
partofIcelandic law.
Lögnr.55frá30.mars 1987 umtolla.
(Adopted 30March 1987.
Entry intoforce 1September 1987.)Themain Actrelating tocustoms.
Lögnr.19frá12.febrúar 1940, almenn
hegningarlög.
(Adopted 12February 1940.
Entry intoforce 12August 1940.)Thegeneral Civil Penal Code.IP/N/1/ISL/1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Lögnr.90frá23.desember 1991 um
nauðungarsölu.
(Adopted 23December 1991.
Entry intoforce 1July1992.)Themain Actrelating toliquidation.
Lögnr.31frá23.apríl1990 um
kyrrsetningu, lögbann o.fl.
(Adopted 23April 1990.
Entry intoforce 1July1992.)AnActrelating toattachment ofproperties,
restraining orders etc.
Lögnr.90frá1.júní1989 umaðför.
(Adopted 1June1989.
Entry intoforce 1July1992.)Themain Actrelating toattachment of
properties.
ActNo.8,of25February 1993: The
Icelandic Competition Law.
(Adopted 25February 1993.
Entry intoforce 1March 1993.
Chapter XIentered intoforce
1January 1994.)Themain Actrelating toIcelandic
competition inbusiness.
ActNo.134,of22December 1995, on
product safety andofficial market control.
(Adopted 22December 1995.)Themain Actrelating toproduct safety and
official market control.
ActNo25,of27March 1991, onproduct
liability.
(Adopted 27March 1991.
Entry intoforce 1January 1992.)Themain Actrelating toproduct liability.
Lögnr.42frá13.nóvember 1903 um
verslanaskrár, firmu ogprókúruumbo ð.
(Adopted 13November 1903.
Entry intoforce 1April 1904.)Themain Actrelating tofirms, companies,
etc.
Lögnr.75frá14.september 1981 um
tekjuskatt ogeignarskatt.
(Adopted 14September 1981.
Entry intoforce 24September 1981.)Themain Actrelating toincome taxes and
property taxes.
Lögnr.61frá13.maí1994 um
rannsóknarrá ðÍslands.
(Adopted 13May1994.
Entry intoforce 1July1994.)AnActrelating totheIcelandic Research
Council.IP/N/1/ISL/1
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TITLE
DATE OFADOPTION
ENTRY INTO FORCEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
Lögnr.68frá27.júní1985, útvarpslög.
(Adopted 27June1985.
Entry intoforce 1January 1986.)AnActrelating toIcelandic broadcasting.
Lögnr.88frá29.maí1989, þjóðminjalög.
(Adopted 29May1989.
Entry intoforce 1January 1990.)
Regluger ð,nr.436/1990, umforgangsrétt til
tilkynninga umskráningu ávörumerkjum.
(Adopted 1November 1990.)Themain Actrelating topreservation of
national remnants.
Regulation concerning priority fornotification
oftheregistrations ofTrademarks.
Regulation, No.287/1996, amending the
Regulation concerning priority fornotification
oftheregistration oftrade marks,
No.436/1990.Regulation amending theRegulation
concerning priority fornotification ofthe
registration oftrademarks, withregard tothe
requirements oftheTRIPS Agreement.
Auglýsing, nr.228/1990 umskráningu
vörumerkja oggæðamerkja íeigu
atvinnurekenda ívissum erlendum ríkjum.Advertisement concerning registration of
trademarks andcollective marks incertain
foreign states.
Auglýsing, nr.88/1992 umbreytingar á
vöruskrá vegna vörumerkja.
(Adopted 24February 1992.)Advertisement concerning change ofthe
international classification ofgoods and
services forthepurpose ofregistration of
marks.
Regluger ð,nr.632/1995 umgjöld fyrir
einkaleyfi, vörumerki o.fl.Regulation concerning feesforpatents,
trademarks, etc..
Auglýsing, nr.639/1995 umgjöld vegna
alþjóðlegra einkaleyfisumsókna.Advertisement concerning feesfor
international patent applications.