WIPO-Administered Treaties
WIPO administers 26 treaties including the WIPO Convention.
IP Protection
The first general group of treaties defines internationally agreed basic standards of intellectual property (IP) protection in each country.
- Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
- Berne Convention
- Brussels Convention
- Madrid Agreement (Indications of Source)
- Marrakesh VIP Treaty
- Nairobi Treaty
- Paris Convention
- Patent Law Treaty
- Phonograms Convention
- Rome Convention
- Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
- Trademark Law Treaty
- Washington Treaty
- WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
Global Protection System
The second general group, known as the global protection system treaties, ensures that one international registration or filing will have effect in any of the relevant signatory States. The services provided by WIPO under these treaties simplify and reduce the cost of making individual applications or filings in all the countries in which protection is sought for a given IP right.
- Budapest Treaty
- Hague Agreement
- Lisbon Agreement
- Madrid Agreement (Marks)
- Madrid Protocol
- Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Classification
The third and final general group is the classification treaties, which create classification systems that organize information concerning inventions, trademarks and industrial designs into indexed, manageable structures for easy retrieval.
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New Online Collection of WIPO Treaty Preparatory Documents
WIPO has launched WIPO Treaties: Preparatory Documents, an online collection for the “travaux préparatoires” of treaties the Organization administers, including the WIPO Convention.
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WIPO Treaty Notifications – Announcements of treaty accessions, ratifications, declarations, etc.
2-3 per month.
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Joint recommendations
- Joint Recommendation Concerning Provisions on the Protection of Well-Known Marks
- Joint Recommendation Concerning Trademark Licenses
- Joint Recommendation Concerning Provisions on the Protection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet
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