. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/N/1/NOR/2
31 August 1998
(98-3351)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
NORWAY
By means of a communication from its Permanent Mission, dated 18 March 1998, Norway
has notified under Article 63.2 of the Agreement a number of amendments to laws earlier notified
under Article 63.2.  These amendments are contained in the official English translations of the new
consolidated versions of the laws and regulations in question as listed in the annex to the presentdocument.IP/N/1/NOR/2
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ANNEX
The Patents Act (Act No. 9 of 15 December 1967, as amended).  Since its initial notification,
as contained in document IP/N/1/NOR/1, in conjunction with document
IP/N/1/NOR/P/1, this law has been amende d by Act No. 82 of 22 December 1995 and
Act No. 104 of 20 December 1996.1
The Patent Regulations (Royal Decree of 20 December 1996).  These new regulations2
replace the Regulations Concerning Applications for Patents, etc., which formed partof Norway's initial notification under Article 63.2, as contained in
document IP/N/1/NOR/1 in conjunction with documents IP/N/1/NOR/P/2 andIP/N/1/NOR/I/1.
 The Trademarks Act (Act No. 4 of 3 March 1961, as amended).  The most recent notification
of the text of this law was contained in document IP/N/1/NOR/T/1/Rev.1.  Since
then, the law has been amended by Act No. 104 of 20 December 1996.3
The Trademark Regulations (Royal Decree of 29 March 1996).  These new regulations4
replace the "Forskrifter vedrørende registrering av varemerker og fellesmerker",
which formed part of Norway's initial notification under Article 63.2, as contained in
the listing of "other laws and regulations " in document IP/N/1/NOR/1 in conjunction
with amendments to these "Forskrifter", notified as a main dedicated intellectual
property law and distributed as document IP/N/1/NOR/I/1.
The Designs Act (Act No. 33 of 29 May 1970, as amended).  Since its initial notification, as
contained in document IP/N/1/NOR/1 in conjunction with document
IP/N/1/NOR/D/1, this law has been ame nded by Act No. 82 of 22 December 1995
and Act No. 104 of 20 December 1996.5
The Regulations on Registration of Designs – Design Regulations (Royal Decree of
20 December 1996).  These new regulations6 replace the "Forskrift vedrørende
registrering av mønster", which formed part of Norway's initial notification under
Article 63.2, as contained in the listing of "other laws and regulations" in documentIP/N/1/NOR/1 in conjunction with amendments  to this "Forskrift", notified as a main
dedicated intellectual property law and distributed as document IP/N/1/NOR/I/1.
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1 The text of the new consolidated version will be distributed as document IP/N/1/NOR/P/1/Rev.1.
2 The text of the new regulations will be distributed as document IP/N/1/NOR/P/5.
3 The text of the new consolidated version will be distributed as document IP/N/1/NOR/T/1/Rev.2.
4 The new regulations, as amended by Royal Decree of 20 December 1996 will be distributed as
document IP/N/1/NOR/T/3.
5 The text of the new consolidated version will be distributed as document IP/N/1/NOR/D/1/Rev.1.
6 The new regulations will be distributed as document IP/N/1/NOR/D/2.