WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/1/EST/1/Add.1 
2 March 2004 
 
 (04-0929) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
ESTONIA 
 
Addendum  
  By means of communications from its Dele gation dated 21 December 2000, 13 February , 
27 March and 14 December 2001, and 26 February 2002, Estoni a has supplemented its initial 
notification (see document IP/N/1/IND/1), under Article 63.2 of the Agreement, as follows: 
 
 - The "main laws and regulations" are subm itted in the original language and in an 
unofficial English translation and are listed in Annex I. 
  - "Other laws and regulations" are submitted in the original language and are listed in 
Annex II. 
 
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 ANNEX I 
 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PR OPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
 
 
- Geographical Indications Protection Act
1 
 (Adopted on 15 December 1999;  entry into force on 10 January 2000.)  - Copyright Act's Amendment Act, 
 
 (Adopted on 27 September 2000;  entry into force on 22 October 2000.) 
 (The submitted text is the am ended version of the Copyright Ac t, i.e. the amendments made 
by the Copyright Act's Amendment Act have been  incorporated into the Copyright Act which 
has been adopted on 11 November, 1992 and entered into force on 12 December 1992.)2 
 - Competition Act
3 
 (Adopted on 5 June 2001) 
                                                      
1 See document IP/N/1/EST/G/1. 
2 See document IP/N/1/EST/C/2. 
3 See document IP/N/1/EST/O/2.  IP/N/1/EST/1/Add.1 
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 ANNEX II 
 
OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
 
 
 
TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Protection of undisclosed information   
Plant Protection Act  
 Adoption:  15 March 2000. 
 
Entry into force:  1 January 2001.   The Plant Protection Act provides the plant 
health requirements and the bases for ensuring the safety of plant protection products for human 
and animal health and the environment.  The Act 
regulates the organization of plant health protection in Estonia and stipulates the requirements applicable to plant protection products, including the requirements applicable to the registration of plant protection products in 
the State register. 
  
Copyright and related rights   
Act Amending the Copyright, Commercial Lease 
and Consumer Act  
 Passed on 16 May 2000.   The Act extends the possibilities contained in 
each of the laws to prevent the sale and dissemination of pirated and counterfeit goods.   
Patents   
Patent Attorney Act  
 Passed on 21 February 2001. 
 
 The Act provides legal basis for the profession of 
a patent attorney. 
Government Regulati on on Establishing the 
Patent Attorney Register and Confirming the 
Statutes of the Register of 7 August 2001 . 
 
 The Regulation establishes the patent attorney 
register and stipulates the statutes of the register.  
 
Regulation of the Minister of Economic Affairs 
on the Statutes of the Patent Attorney 
Professional Qualifications Committee of 
19 April 2001 . 
 
 The Regulation stipulates the statutes of the 
patent attorney professional qualifications committee.  
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Regulation No. 70 of the Minister of Economic 
Affairs of 23 October 2001 Amending the 
Minister of Economic Affairs Regulation No. 41 
of 25 November 1998 "Establishment of 
Procedure for Filing International Patent 
Application with Patent Office".  
 
 Annexes 1 and 2 to the 25 November 1998 
Regulation are replaced by new ones. 
  
Trademarks 
  
Act Amending the Advertising Act.  
 Passed on 1 May 2001.   The Act provides a new section on comparative 
advertising. 
Regulation of the Minister of Economic Affairs 
Amending the Regulation on Confirming the 
Statutes of the Trademark Gazette of 7 June 
2001.  
 
 The Regulation amends the statutes of the 
Trademark Gazette.   
Regulation of Minister of Finance on Procedure 
for Transfer of Seized Counterfeit Clothing and 
Footwear to Health Care or Social Welfare 
Institutions of 31 August 2001.  
 
 The Regulation establishes the procedure for 
delivering confiscated clothing and shoes from which prohibited signs have been removed to State-owned health care or social welfare institutions. 
 
 
Special requirements related to border measures   
Prevention of Import and Export of Goods 
Infringing Intellectual Property Rights Act.  
 Passed on 6 June 2001.  
 The Act stipulates the prohibition in the course of 
customs control of the export and import of goods infringing intellectual property rights.  The Act provides the definition for goods infringing intellectual property rights and establishes the procedures for suspending and giving opinion on 
suspected goods. 
  
Act Amending the Acts Related to the Prevention 
of Import and Export of Goods Infringing 
Intellectual Property Rights Act.  
 Passed on 6 June 2001.  The Act amends the Criminal Code, the 
Administrative Offence Code, the Trademark Act 
and the Copyright Act.  IP/N/1/EST/1/Add.1 
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TITLE 
DATE OF ADOPTION AND ENTRY  
INTO FORCE 
  
 
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 
Government of the Republic Regulation No. 280 
of 28 August 2001 on the Procedure for Giving 
Opinion on Suspected Goods.  
  The Regulation lays down the procedure for the 
right holder for giving a written opinion on 
suspected goods. 
  
Control of anti-competitive practices in contractual licences   
Government Regulation on Granting Block 
Exemptions on Technology Transfer Agreements 
of 25 September 2001.  
  The Regulation provides block exemptions for 
certain categories of technology transfer 
agreements. 
  
Government Regulation on Granting a 
Permission to Enter into Agreements of Certain 
Categories which Restrict or May Restrict Free 
Competition (Block Exemptions) of 
25 September 2001.  
  The Regulation provides block exemptions for 
certain categories of restrictive agreements: 1)  franchise agreements; 
2)  exclusive purchasing agreements; 
3)  exclusive distribution agreements; 4)  motor vehicles distribution and servicing      agreements.  
 
Government Regulation on Granting Block 
Exemptions on Specialization, Research and 
Development Agreements  of 25 September 2001.  
  The Regulation provides block exemptions for 
certain categories of specialization, research and development agreements.   
 
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