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IP/N/1/CRI/C/9  
15 February  2023 
(23-1088) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
COSTA RICA: LAW NO. 6683 - LAW ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS  
Notifying Member  COSTA RICA 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law No. 6683 - Law on Copyright and Related Rights  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/CRI/23_0751_00_s.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CRI /C/3; IP/N/1/CRI/C/1   
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Law No. 8686, of 21 November 2088, amended articles 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 14, 21, 22, 54, 55, 57, 58, 68, 
70, 71, 73, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, Article 82(a) and (g) and articles 83, 87, 93, 103, 106, 107, 108, 
114, 115, 154 and 155 of Law No. 6683, and added articles 21 bis, 41 bis and 73 bis to that Law. 
Law No. 8834, of 3 May 2010, amended Article 2.  
 
This notification presents a consolidated version of the Law, indicating amendments thereto.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text  Spanish  
Entry into force  4 November 1982  
Other date  Publication : 4 November 1982  IP/N/1/CRI/21 • IP/N/1/CRI/C/9  
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  26 January  2023  
Other information    
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Registro de Propiedad Intelectual  (Intellectual Property Registry)  
secretariapi@rnp.go.cr   
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  