WIPO Guide to Intellectual Property Worldwide
Treaties Administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization
I. ORGANIZATIONAL TREATY |
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| WIPO Convention | Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (1967) |
II. INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY |
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1. Treaties Providing for the Protection of Industrial Property |
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| Paris Convention |
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) |
| Madrid Agreement | Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods (1891) |
| Nairobi Treaty | Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (1981) |
| TLT | Trademark Law Treaty (1994) |
Treaties Facilitating the International Registration of Industrial Property |
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| (i) Patents | |
| PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty (1970) |
| PLT | Patent Law Treaty (2000) |
| Budapest Treaty | Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1977) |
| (ii) Trade Marks | |
| Madrid Agreement | Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891) |
| Madrid Protocol | Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1989) |
| (iii) Industrial Designs | |
| Hague Agreement | Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (1925) |
| (iv) Appellations of Origin | |
| Lisbon Agreement | Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (1958) |
2. Treaties Establishing International Classifications |
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| Strasbourg Agreement | Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (1971) |
| Nice Agreement | Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (1957) |
| Vienna Agreement | Vienna Agreement Establishing the International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (1973) |
| Locarno Agreement | Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (1968) |
III. INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS |
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1. Treaties Providing for the Protection of Copyright |
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| Berne Convention | Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886) |
| WCT | WIPO Copyright Treaty (1996) |
2. Treaties Providing for the Protection of Related Rights |
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| Rome Convention | International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (1961) |
| Geneva Convention | Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms (1971) |
| Brussels Convention | Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (1974) |
| WPPT | WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (1996) |
