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Home › Armenia 2011 Armenia 2011 Submitted by Sonya Vardanyan on Thu, 17/02/2011 - 13:43
Law of RA on Copyright and Related Rights, 2006 ("CR") Patent legislation
Law of RA on Inventions, Utility Models and Industrial designs ("PL")
Civil Code (Section 10) ("CiC") Criminal Code (extract) ("CrC") Customs Code (Section 14) ("CuC") Copyright treaties
WCT and WPPT
Other relevant treaties
Economic rights of the author last 70 years after his death, for audiovisual and co-authorship works 70 years after the death of the last surviving author,anonymous or pseudonymous and collective works 70 years from the date the work is lawfully made available to the public, and works published in parts 70 years from the date the work is lawfully made available to the public and the term shall be calculated for each such item separately. CR, Art. 37 (1-6)
Are works that are not fixed in some material form excluded from copyright?
Such works are considered objectively perceivable if are made available to the public by public recitation, public performance or in other mode.
CR, Art. 3(2)
Has a court or tribunal ever limited the exercise of copyright under competition law, for example by imposing compulsory licensing or regulating royalties charged by dominant rights holders?
We have no such a case. Compulsory licensing is not included in the scope of competition law. PEC. Art 1
Has a court or tribunal ever limited the exercise of copyright pursuant to a bill of rights or similar human rights instrument, for example by preventing copyright from being used to stifle protected speech?
Constitution of RA sets that Intellectual property is protected by the law.
CA, Art.31
Are databases of non-original material excluded from copyright?
Protection extends only to the creative manner of selection and presentation of the database and not to its content, but makers of database are protected by related rights provided there has been substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the data contents.
CR, Art.3, (4) k) ii , Art.58 (1)(2)
In case of reproduction of architectural works,substantial parts of machine-readable data bases, whole books and graphic editions of musical works, persons lawfully possessing a copy of a computer program.
CR, Art. 23, 36 (1) a),b)
They are protected by copyright as literary works under the Bern Convention
TRIPS Art.10(1), Freedoms to access and use
We have cases of free use of a work made public without the consent of the author and without remuneration for scientific,critical, informational, educational, library use to the extent justified by the purpose and for blinds. CR , Art.22 (1)- (2)g)(i)
Generally reproduction and transformation of works are subject matters of permission. Transformation of a work made public is allowed if it is a private or internal transformation and is not available to the public; short-time or rare temporary reproductions of a work are permitted, which have no individual economic significance, and is an inseparable and significant part of technological procedures Also for exclusively private use. CR, Art. 13 (1) a) f), 22 (2) j), (3), Art. 23
Works lawfully made public exclusively for private, non-commercial use. But the provision does not apply to the reproduction of architectural works, machine-readable databases or their substantial parts, computer programs, whole books and graphic editions of musical works. Only a person lawfully possessing a copy of a computer program may reproduce it in a single copy for correction of errors or replacement. CR, Art. 23, 36 (1)
Communication of works to a limited public is not public performance. Also is permitted public performance of musical works at educational institutions with the participation of teachers and students, if the audience is composed of teachers, students, parents. CR Art. 20, 22(2) g)(ii)
Subject matter of free use, in one copy of independent articles, succinct works, lawfully published in collections, newspapers, other periodical publications, short extracts from lawfully published written works can be made by the libraries and archives on demand of natural persons. CR, Art. 24 (3) b)
We have no such provision in our law yet.
Translation of the work is the exclusive right of the author and his/her written permission is needed. CR, Art.13 (1) e) May educators copy works for use in the classroom? Yes
It is also subject matter of free use, without consent and remuneration to the author. Educational institutions can make copies for classroom studies. Computer programs are excluded.
CR, Art.24 (3)b)
It is permitted to make short-time or rare temporary reproductions of a work, which have no individual economic significance, and is an inseparable part of technological procedures.
CR, Art. 22 (3)
Simply our Copyright law has no such a provision yet. Law of RA on Electronic Communication does not foresee liability. Is Internet access free of ISP filtering or monitoring for potential copyright-infringements?
May computer software be copied for the purpose of reverse-engineering interoperable software?
By the person lawfully possessing a copy of a computer program. CR, Art.36 (3)
Without the consent of the author and without remuneration it shall be permitted to reproduce, broadcast for non-commercial purposes works of architecture, photography or figurative arts located in open for attendance places.
CR, Art. 25
If the work is transformed into a parody or caricature, provided this does not create confusion as to the source of the work.
CR, Art. 22.2, j) (ii)
Usually daily news or information on current facts and events are not covered by copyright.But the quotation of an extract of the work lawfully made public for an informational purposes is permitted only to the extent justified by the purpose.
CR, Art. 4 (1) b), Art, 22.2, a)
only to the extent justified by the purpose of quotations. CR, Art, 22.2, a) May quotations be used for any purpose?
Only to the extent justified by the purpose of the use not to create infringement of copyright. CR, Art. 22 .2, By LibrariesMay libraries copy works if they cannot reasonably be obtained commercially?
For restoring or substituting the lost or damaged copies (in one copy) and for replacement in case of the loss of the work at the other libraries.
CR, Art. 24 (3) a)
Of collections, periodicals, newspapers, short extracts from lawfully published written works. CR, Art. 24 (3) b)
For the study and research purposes, in one copy of the whole book if such work is out of print not less than 2 years and graphic edition of musical work by means of handwritten transcription. In general authors' permission is needed.
CR, Art.24,(3) c),d)
For those with disabilities there is not foreseen any. It is permitted the reproduction in Braille of a work lawfully made public for non-commercial use. CR, Art. 22, 2 h)
Copyright does not cover laws.
CR, Art.4(1)c)
Are other governmental works excluded from copyright?
Official documents and state emblems are excluded.
CR, Art.4 (1)c)d)
Are the results of publicly funded research required to be published under an open access license?
We have no such provision
Does the law permit a work to be released to the public domain before the copyright term expires, without any formality other than an overt act of relinquishment?
Except the cases , when economic rights of the author may be transferred to a third person by a contract. CR, Art.38 (4)
They can be used freely without the author’s remuneration and permission provided moral rights of the author are protected.
CR, Art.37 (7) Does the law make special provision for the legal use of orphaned works?
Special provision is not foreseen, but collective administration bodies can use the amount in case the author or the right holder of related rights is not found within the lawful application prescription period for the benefit of other rightholders.
CR, Art. 64 i )
Importation of copyright works is subject matter of permission,unless otherwise is stipulated by the contract. CR, Art.13 (2), 40 (3)
Armenia participated in EIFL-FOSS project. The elFL-FOSS ILS project coordinator is Tigran Zargaryan, director of Fundamental Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences, Armenia. Much of this program you can see at the website http://www.eifl.net/, EIFL-FOSS is improving ICT infrastructure in libraries as it enables libraries to maximize access to knowledge. Are there national programmes or policies that specify or promote the use of open document formats?
There is no national program, but much work is done in elFL-OA, coordinator of which is Tigran Zargaryan. Workshop on "OA Awareness Raising" was organized in 2008 in Yerevan, Armenia.Information could be obtained at website www.flib.sci.am. At present 3 Armenian scholarly journals are freely available in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) Armenian Journal of Mathematics , Armenian Journal of Physics and Proceedings of NAS RA; Mechanics.
approximately $ 5480 penalty CrC, art.158, 2
Is innocent infringement of copyright treated differently by the law?
Compensation of damage (including the lost benefit) or compensation at the rate of double royalty or remuneration. Infringement on a large scale is penalized more heavily by Criminal Code. CR Art 66, (2) d) e)
Only for the access control or protection process, such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the work or a copy control mechanism. CR, Art. 67 (3)
Does national copyright or consumer protection law require that the use of TPMs on copyright works be disclosed to consumers?
Are there cases in which the availability of injunctive relief for copyright infringement is limited by the law on public policy grounds?
Have major ISPs resisted requests from copyright owners to pass on allegations that their users have engaged in copyright infringement?
Criminal sanctions are foreseen also for action is conducted in a significant volume shall be punished with penalty approximately $1370-$2740.
CrC , Art. 158. 1
Usually compensation of damage (including the lost benefit) is applicable. It depends on how the court will assess the caused damage. CR, Art.66 (3) d)
In case of transporting goods by customs border is proved not infringing the right holder's rights. Then the applicant has to pay the possible costs and damages caused to the transporter. CuC, Art .227 (1),3.e
Armenia has signed all the important international treaties in IP field. Problematic is the digital sphere. Internet does not know territorial boarders and is a fruitful ground for the rights infringements, especially of musical and audiovisual works. This gives birth to necessity of including new provisions in the Copyright law. Law on Copyright and Related Rights of RA 2006 is harmonized with the main provisions of EU Directives in the copyright sphere and WIPO Internet Treaties. In 2011 changes and amendments are expected to be done connected with the inclusion of main provisions of EU Enforcement Directive, large scale of limitations and exceptions for libraries, museums, educational institutions, users, for those of disabilities, blinds, and use of works in digital form. In 2010 a new law was adopted "On Compulsory Labeling of Magnetic Carriers of Audio and Video Information by Control Marks (Holographic Labels)". The purpose of this law is to protect authors and consumers /users rights by protecting the discs against counterfeit thus minimizing unauthorized production. Amendments were made also in the Article 158 of the Criminal Code. High penalties are foreseen not only for the infringements of large scale, but also for the action conducted in a significant volume. The mentioned law and amendments in Criminal Code will come into force on 1 March, 2011 and will play a great role in regulation of the musical market. Supervision and enforcement in IPR area is implemented by the Police, particularly by the Division of Struggle against organized Crimes. It is today’s demand to foresee ex-officio rights (TRIPS) for police and customs bodies. I hope the new draft will give solution to many questions, that have no answers today. Though Copyright law is harmonized with international standards, but even the perfect laws can not act themselves. Creators and users have to enforce it. Therefore very significant is the raise of public awareness in IPR field.
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