Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Notification of laws and regulations under article 63.2 of the TRIPS agreement - Finland : Registered Designs Act, 1971/221

NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT

Finland: Registered Designs Act, 1971/221

Notifying Member

Finland

 

Details of the notified legal text

 

Title

Registered Designs Act, 1971/221

Subject matter

Industrial designs

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation

[  ]     Other law or regulation

Link to legal text

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4480_00_e.pdf
(English)

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4480_00_x1.pdf
(Finnish)

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/IP/FIN/18_4480_00_x2.pdf

(Swedish)

 

Notification status

[  ]     First notification

[  ]     Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[X]     Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

IP/N/1/FIN/D/5

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Brief description of the notified legal text

 

Act amending Section 43 c of the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 25 August 2016, 2016/718, entry into force on 1 January 2017

-       Laki mallioikeuslain 43 c §:n muuttamisesta

-       Lag om ändring av 43 c § i mönsterrättslagen

 

Technical amendment: reference to the Courts Act (2016/673) was changed.

 

 

Act amending the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 31 January 2013, 2013/109, entry into force on 1 September 2013

-       Laki mallioikeuslain muuttamisesta

-       Lag om ändring av mönsterrättslagen

 

The following provisions were amended:

-       section 21.1 concerning the appeal against a final decision of the registering authority

-       section 22 concerning appeals which shall be lodged with the Market Court

-       section 33a relating to definition of community design

-       subsections 2 and 4 of section 35a concerning cessation orders

 

-       section 43 regulates the centralization of contentious and non-contentious civil matters to the Market Court whereas section 44 regulates on the duty to inform the Patent and Registration Office about the given decisions

 

Subsection 2 of section 31 b as well as sections 39.2, 41.3 and 42 were repealed. New sections 43a–43c concerning i.e. the competent court in criminal matters were inserted.

 

Act amending Section 37 of the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 22 July 2011, 2011/862, entry into force on 1 January 2014

-       Laki mallioikeuslain 37 §:n muuttamisesta

-       Lag om ändring av 37 § I mönsterrättslagen

 

Amendments concerning the adoption of a new Coercive Measures Act (806/2011).

 

Act amending the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 3 December 2010, 2010/1058, entry into force on 1 May 2011

- Laki mallioikeuslain muuttamisesta

- Lag om ändring av mönsterrättslagen

 

Section 23 was repealed. Amendments relating to application for registration and application procedure were made to the following sections:

10 (subsections 2 and 3), 12, 15, 18, 18a (subsection 1), 19, 20, 21 (subsection 1), 31a (subsection 1), 45, 47 (subsection 1) and 48.

New sections 8a–8c, 22a and 23a–23c were inserted. Also a new chapter 8 a on the international registration was added.

 

Act amending Section 44 of the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 14 May 2010, 2010/394, entry into force 1 January 2010

- Laki mallioikeuslain 44 §:n muuttamisesta

- Lag om ändring av 44 § i mönsterrättslagen

 

Addition of a new Section 44.2 to the Registered Designs Act concerning a court’s obligation to notify its judgements to the national information system of the judicial administration.

 

Act amending the Registered Designs Act, adopted on 21 July 2006, 2006/685, entry into force on 1 September 2006.

- Laki mallioikeuslain muuttamisesta

- Lag om ändring av mönsterrättslagen

 

Addition of new Sections related to the infringement of an industrial design right concerning injunctions and the publication of judgements.

 

Language(s) of notified legal text

English, Finnish, Swedish

Entry into force

1 January 2017

Other date

Adoption: 25 August 2016

 

Notification details

 

Submission date of notification

20 December 2017

Other information

 

Agency or authority responsible

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment