The WIPO Convention (formally, the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization) is a multilateral treaty that established the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization | |
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Type | Intellectual property |
Signed | 14 July 1967 |
Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Effective | 26 April 1970 |
Condition | 10 ratifications by Paris Union states plus seven ratifications by Berne Union states |
Signatories | 50 |
Parties | 193 |
Depositary | Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization |
Languages | English, French, Russian, and Spanish |
The convention was signed at Stockholm, Sweden, on 14 July 1967 and entered into force on 26 April 1970. As of August 2020, the convention has 193 parties: 190 UN member states plus the Cook Islands, the Holy See and Niue.[1] The three UN member states that have not ratified the WIPO Convention are:
The convention is written in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all texts being equally authentic.[2] The convention was amended on 28 September 1979.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "WIPO-Administered Treaties Contracting Parties > WIPO Convention (Total Contracting Parties : 193)". WIPO. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ Article 20(1)(a) of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
External links
edit- Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, on the WIPO web site
- The full text of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (in English) in the WIPO Lex database – official website of WIPO.