Copyright and related rights. Legislation


Special Intellectual Property Laws
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1 Law on copyright and related rights No.139 (adopted on July 2, 2010, applicable from January 1, 2011)
 
Government Decisions of the Republic of Moldova
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1 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 774 of August 13, 1997 on the fees for the services with legal significance in the field of intellectual property
 
2 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 641 of July 12, 2001 on the minimum tariffs for the author remuneration
 
3 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 744 of June 20, 2003 for approving the Regulation on production, issue and application of control markings on the copies of works and phonograms and the Regulation on the mode of registration in the State Register of owners of control markings
 
4 Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 257 of April 2, 2009 on approving the Regulation of the Appeal Board of the State Agency on Intellectual Property
 
Other normative acts approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI
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1 Regulation on the access to the information held by the AGEPI (approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI No.63 of June 2, 2009)
 
2 Regulation on the modification of data in the application documents and in the national registers of industrial property objects and registration of assignment contracts for the transfer of rights in industrial property objects (approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI No.73 of May 4, 2002 (the part on registration of assignment contracts was revoked by Order of Director General No.178 of November 25, 2011)
 
Other normative acts
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1 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 171-XIII of July 6, 94 on trade secret
 
2 Law on press No. 243-XIII of October 26, 94
 
3 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 1227-XIII of June 27, 1997 on advertisement
 
4 Law on culture No. 413-XIV of May 27, 1999
 
5 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 939-XIV of April 20, 2000 on editorials
 
6 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 1350-XIV of November 2, 2000 on architecture
 
7 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 632-XV of November 14, 2001 on insolvency
 
8 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 1421-XV of October 31, 2002 on theatres, circuses and concerts
 
9 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 135-XV of March 20, 2003 on folk artistic handicrafts
 
10 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 386-XV of November 25, 2004 on cinematography
 
11 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 57-XVI of March 10, 2006 on vineyards and wines
 
12 Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 71-XVI of March 22, 2007 on registers
 
International Conventions, Agreements, Treaties
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1 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
07/14/1967 04/26/1970 12/25/1991 Decision of Parliament No 1328 - XII of 11.03.1993
2 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
09/09/1886 09/09/1886 11/02/1995 Parliament Decision No. 511-XIII of 22 June 1995
3 Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
10/26/1961 10/26/1961 12/05/1995 Parliament Decision No. 510-XIII of 22 June 1995
4 Universal Copyright Convention, signed in Geneva
09/06/1952 09/16/1955 05/27/1973 Parliament Decision No. 1318-XII of 2 March 1993
5 Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, signed in Geneva
10/29/1971 04/18/1973 07/17/2000 Parliament Decision No. 796-XIV of 10 February 2000
6 WIPO Copyright Treaty, signed in Geneva
12/20/1996 03/06/2002 03/06/2002 Parliament Decision No. 1452-XIII of 28 January 1998
7 WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, signed in Geneva
12/20/1996 05/20/2002 05/20/2002 Parliament Decision No. 1452-XIII of 28 January 1998
European Directives
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1 Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs
 
2 Council Directive. 92/100/EEC of 19 November 1992 on Rental Right and Lending Right and on Certain Rights Related to Copyright in the Field of Intellectual Property
 
3 Council Directive. 93/83/EEC of 27 September 1993 on the Coordination of Certain Rules Concerning Copyright and Rights Related to Copyright Applicable to Satellite Broadcasting and Cable Retransmission
 
4 Council Directive. 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 Harmonizing the Term of Protection of Copyright and Related Rights
 
5 Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the Legal Protection of Databases
 
6 European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/29/EC of 22 May 2001 on the Harmonization of Certain Aspects of Copyright and Related Rights in the Information Society
 
7 Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the Resale Right for the Benefit of the Author of an Original Artwork
 
8 Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights