Legal Round-Up

acceded to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs, which volition operate into into forcefulness at that spot on 22 March 2006.

Following difficult on the heels of the UK, the Republic of Republic of Finland has acceded to the Patent Law Treaty amongst trial from 6 March 2006.

There has been a modest change to UK copyright law too: the grotesquely-named Copyright (Certification of Licensing Scheme for Educational Recordings of Broadcasts as well as Cable Programmes) (Educational Recording Agency Ltd (Revocation) Order 2006, SI 2006 No. 35 has of late been published; it came into forcefulness on 9 January 2006 as well as repeals an Order relating to an before licensing system which has ceased to live on of effect.

Finally the UK's draft Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006 - which attempt to convey United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland police describe inwards work amongst the requirements of the EU's IP Enforcement Directive - select been seat online together amongst a asking for comments, which should live on sent to Jeff Watson here.