Intellectual property in Luxembourg

Intellectual Property

National Organisations: The body in charge of the protection of intellectual property in Luxembourg is the Service of the Intellectual property of the Ministry of the Economy.
Concerning industrial property, Luxembourg signed the Paris Convention. The Luxembourg Institute of Intellectual Property was founded in 2014.
Concerning trademarks, a single recording allows to protect these at the same time in Luxembourg, in Belgium and in the Netherlands.
International Membership: Signatory to the Paris Convention For the Protection of Intellectual Property

Type of property and law	Validity	International Agreements Signed
Patent Patent Law on April 18, 2004	20 years	Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Trademark Uniform Benelux Trademark Law of December 2, 1992	10 years, indefinitely renewable for consecutive 10-year periods	Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Design Uniform Benelux Designs Law July 13, 1973 and Community Council ruling 6/2002 of December 12, 2001, on communitarian designs or models	Five years, renewable every five years during a period of 25 years maximum
Copyright Law of April 18, 2004	For the length of the author's life and 70 years after his death	Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Industrial Models Benelux Law of January 1, 1971

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