1.2 Sources of Intellectual Property Law

The sources' stack: (1) the national statutes (Nepal: the Patent, Design and Trademark Act 2022 B.S. (1965) + the Copyright Act 2059 (2002) + the supporting regimes (the Contract Act's licensing faces; the Competition Promotion and Market Protection Act 2063's unfair- competition faces; the Consumer Protection Act 2075)); (2) the international treaties (the Paris- and-Berne Unions; the TRIPS (the WTO's annex); the WIPO treaties — Unit 3's catalogue); (3) the domestication (the Treaty Act 2047 — the ratified treaty's domestic-law status); (4) the subordinate rules (the Department of Industry's registration procedures; the Copyright Registrar's practice); (5) the case law (the Supreme Court's IP line — Unit 6's prescribed cases); (6) the policies (the IP Policy 2074 (2017) — the modern reform agenda).