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Latvian Laws

1. The  Patent Law (the current Patent Law entered into force on March 01, 2007).
2. The Law on Trademarks and Indications of Geographical Origin (entered into force on July 15, 1999, with amendments of November 11, 2004).
3. Law on Industrial Designs entered into force as of November 18, 2004 instead of previous «Rules on Industrial Design» (of April 15, 2004), which lost its force.
4. Law on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Chips (entered into force on April 30, 1998).
5. Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties (of 1993; new redaction took effect on January 01, 2000).
6. The Copyright Law (entered into force on May 10, 2000, amended on April 22, 2004).
7. The Competition Law (entered into force on January 01, 2002).
8. The Customs Law (entered into force on July 01, 1997; amended on May 28, 1998 and of October 29, 1998).
9. The Regulations of Customs Control Measures on Intellectual Property Protection (entered into force on July 01, 1999, amended on September 10, 2002).
10. The Law on the Protection of Internal Market (entered into force on February 24, 1999 with amendments of April 13, 2000).
11. The Law on Pharmaceutics (entered into force on May 08, 1997 with amendments of March 10, 1998).
12. The Law on Accessibility of Information (entered into force on November 20, 1998).
13. The Law on Protection of Consumers (entered into force on November 19, 1992 with amendments of January 29, 1998).
14. The Advertising Law (entered into force on January 24, 2000).