WIPO Guide to Intellectual Property Worldwide
Abbreviations
Intergovernmental Agreements and/or Organizations Promoting Intellectual Property Activities
Information on the Member States is given in italics.
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Andean Community |
Subregional Integration Agreement of the Andean Group Countries
(also known as the Cartagena Agreement and the Andean Pact) Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (5). |
| APEC
Headquarters: |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong (SAR China), Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, Taiwan (Province of China), Thailand, United States of America, Viet Nam (21). |
| ARIPO
Headquarters: |
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization
Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (16). |
| ASEAN
Headquarters: |
Association of South East Asian Nations The ASEAN Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam (10). |
| Benelux | Benelux Union Treaty
Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands (3). |
| BBM-BBDM
Bordewijklaan 15 |
Benelux Trademark Office Benelux Designs Office
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| BSEC
Permanent International Secretariat: |
Black Sea Economic Cooperation
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine (11).
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| CEFTA
Internet: www.cefta.org |
Central European Free Trade Agreement
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia (7). |
| EAPO
2/6 M. Cherkassky per. |
Eurasian Patent Organization / Office
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (9). |
| EPO
Erhardtstrasse 27 |
European Patent Organisation
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein,Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom (30). Extension States (expected to become members in due course): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Latvia, Serbia and Montenegro, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (6). |
| EU
Rue de la Loi 200 |
European Union
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (27). |
| EU-OHIM
Avenida de Europa, 4 |
European Union Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Industrial Designs).
Participating countries are those listed as members of the European Union (see above). |
| G-3 | Group of Three (Free Trade Agreement)
Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela (3). |
| MERCOSUR
Headquarters: |
Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR is an acronym derived from the Spanish title: Mercado Común del Sur) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay (6).
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NAFTA Internet: www.nafta-sec-alena.org |
North American Free Trade Agreement
Canada, Mexico, United States of America (3). |
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OAPI Headquarters: |
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI is an acronym derived from the French title: Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle.) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo (16).
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| SAARC
Headquarters: |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (7) |
| UNESCO
Headquarters: |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Administers the Universal Copyright Convention, abbreviated to UCC (1952).
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| UPOV
34 chemin des colombettes |
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV is an acronym derived from the French title: Union internationale pour la protection des obtentions végétales.) It administers the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1961). Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay,Uzbekistan (58) (as of February 2005) |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization
148 Member States (as of October 2004). |
