Applicable Law The law governing intellectual property rights in relation to works and acts eligible to copyright protection in the Republic of Cyprus is the Copyright and Related Rights Acts Law of 1976 (59/1976) (the " Copyright Law" or the " Law"). According to article 3(1)(a)(ii) of the Copyright Law, literary works are eligible to copyright protection afforded by the Law. The term "literary work" as defined in article 2 of the Law and in accordance with Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of 1971 (as has been revised in 1979) (the " Berne Convention") and the Directive 2009/24/EC on the legal protection of computer programs (the "