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IP/N/1/IRL/P/24  
 
13 July 2023 
(23-4757)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
IRELAND : PATENTS (AMENDMENT) RULES 2008  
(S.I. NO. 71 OF 2008 ) 
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Patents (Amendment) Rules 2008 S.I. No. 71 of 2008  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
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/IRL/23_10343_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/IRL/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Rule 83 has been amended to include the period within which a translation of a limited specification 
of a European patent must be filed.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  13 December 2007  
Other date   Enactment: 13 March 2008  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  19 April 2023  
Other information   IP/N/1/IRL/65 • IP/N/1/IRL/P/24  
 
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  Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment  
 
trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
 
* 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.  