Intellectual Property in Eastern Europe & Commonwealth of Independent States

The latest release contains the following updates:

International Intellectual Property Materials:

•   Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, adopted by the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on June 24, 2012
•   The Devil Is in the Footnotes: Moral Rights and the Beijing Treaty (Commentary by Mira T. Sundara Rajan)

Georgia
•   Law on Copyright and Neighboring Rights, 1999, as amended as of May 4, 2010
•   Trademark Law, 1999, as amended as of June 28, 2010
•   Law on Design, enacted May 4, 2010
•   Law on New Breeds of Animals and Varieties of Plants, enacted December 15, 2010

Hungary

•   Act No. LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright, as consolidated January 1, 2012

Lithuania

•   Law on Copyright and Related Rights, 1999, as amended as of January 19, 2010

This reference tool examines and monitors the laws of 31 Eastern European countries as they transform from a centrally-planned economy into a market economy. English translations of forms and laws are included for the busy practitioner. The full text of important bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreements that are shaping Central and Eastern Europe today are provided and several of these international instruments are accompanied by commentary.

Subject matter includes:

•   Copyrights
•   The Court System and Dispute Resolution
•   Industrial Designs
•   Patents
•   Trademarks
•   Service Marks
•   Appellations of Origin

Country-specific coverage includes:

•   Tariffs in Uzbekistan
•   Legal protection of computer programs and databases in the Russian Federation
•   Law of geographical indications in Belarus
•   Law on commercial secrets in Kyrgyz Republic
•   Law of competition in Estonia
•   Provisions applying to literary, musical, and cinematographic forms of work in Hungary
•   Law of patents for plant varieties in Moldova.