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WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 1, 2003
January - February 2003
Publication year: 2003
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 11-12, 2002
November-December 2002
Publication year: 2002
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 10, 2002
October 2002
Joint Recommendation Concerning Provisions on the Protection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet
The provisions aim at providing a clear legal framework for trademark owners who wish to use their marks on the Internet and to participate in the development of electronic commerce. They are intended to facilitate the application of existing laws relating to marks, and other industrial property rights in signs on the Internet.
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 7-8-9, 2002
July-August-September 2002
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 6, 2002
June 2002
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 5, 2002
May 2002
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 4, 2002
April 2002
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 3, 2002
March 2002
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 2, 2002
February 2002
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (as amended on September 26, 1980)
The main feature of the Treaty is that a Contracting State which allows or requires the deposit of microorganisms for the purposes of patent procedure must recognize, for such purposes, the deposit of a microorganism with any "international depositary authority," irrespective of whether such authority is on or outside the territory of the said State.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2001
Comprehensive facts, figures and analysis of the international patent system.
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 1, 2002
January 2002
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 11-12, 2001
November-December 2001
Publication year: 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 9, 2001
September 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 10, 2001
October 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 7-8, 2001
July-August 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 6, 2001
June 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 5, 2001
May 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 4, 2001
April 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 3, 2001
March 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 2, 2001
February 2001
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2000
Copyright Comic Book
This comic book narrates the adventures of four teenagers who learn what copyright is and how they and society at large can benefit from copyright. While the WIPO comic books are primarily geared towards students from 8 to 12 years' old, higher-level students and adults have found them useful in providing a basic understanding of IP issues.
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 1, 2001
January 2001
WIPO Magazine, Issue Nos. 11-12, 2000
November-December 2000
Publication year: 2000
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 10, 2000
October 2000
Guide to the International Patent Classification (2000) (7th edition)
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WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 9, 2000
September 2000
WIPO Magazine, Issue Nos. 7-8, 2000
July-August 2000
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 6, 2000
June 2000
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 5, 2000
May 2000
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 4, 2000
April 2000
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 3, 2000
March 2000
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 2, 2000
February 2000
Joint Recommendation Concerning Trademark Licenses
The Joint Recommendation aims at harmonizing and simplifying the formal requirements for the records of trademark licenses and therefore supplements the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) of October 27, 1994, which is designed to streamline and harmonize formal requirements set by national or regional offices for the filing of national or regional trademark applications, the records of changes, and the renewal of trademark registrations.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 1, 2000
January 2000
WIPO Magazine, Issue Nos. 11-12, 1999
November-December 1999
Publication year: 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 10, 1999
October 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 9, 1999
September 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue Nos. 7-8, 1999
July-August 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 6, 1999
June 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 5, 1999
May 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 4, 1999
April 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 3, 1999
March 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 2, 1999
February 1999
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1998
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 1, 1999
January 1999
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 9, 1998
September 1998
Publication year: 1998
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 7-8, 1998
July-August 1998
WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 6, 1998
June 1998
WIPO Magazine No. 1/2006 (January-February)
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1997
Vienna Agreement establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
The Vienna Agreement establishes a classification for marks which consist of or contain figurative elements. The competent offices of the Contracting States must indicate in the official documents and publications relating to registrations and renewals of marks the appropriate symbols of the Classification.
Publication year: 1997
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1996
Implications of the TRIPS Agreement on treaties administered by WIPO
This study examines each of the 73 articles of the TRIPS Agreement. Where an article has implications for a WIPO administered treaty, there is an in-depth examination of that article, pointing out possible changes in the obligations of a state. This study does not constitute an official interpretation of the WIPO administered treaties nor of the TRIPS Agreement.
Publication year: 1996
Agreement Between the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization
Provisions mentioned in the TRIPS Agreement of the Paris Convention (1967), the Berne Convention (1971), the Rome Convention (1961), the Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits (1989), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT) and the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (1994).
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)
The Treaty deals with intellectual property rights of two categories of beneficiary: (i) performers (actors, singers, musicians, etc.), and (ii) producers of phonograms (the persons or legal entities who or which take the initiative and have the responsibility for the fixation of the sounds).
WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
The Treaty mentions two subject matters to be protected by copyright, (i) computer programs, whatever may be the mode or form of their expression, and (ii) compilations of data or other material (databases), in any form, which by reason of the selection or arrangement of their contents constitute intellectual creations. Where a database does not constitute such a creation, it is outside the scope of this Treaty.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1995
Guide to the International Patent Classification (1995) (6th edition)
Publication year: 1995
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1994
Trademark Law Treaty (TLT)
The aim of the TLT is to make national and regional trademark registration systems more user-friendly. This is achieved through the simplification and harmonization of procedures thus making the procedure safe for the owners of marks and their representatives.
Publication year: 1994
Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
The WIPO Convention, the constituent instrument of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), was signed at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, entered into force in 1970 and was amended in 1979. WIPO is an intergovernmental organization that became in 1974 one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations.
Publication year: 1984
Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
The Agreement establishes the International Patent Classification (IPC) which divides technology into eight sections with approximately 70,000 subdivisions
Publication year: 1982
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
The Locarno Agreement establishes a classification for industrial designs (the Locarno Classification). The competent offices of the Contracting States must indicate in official documents reflecting the deposit or registration of industrial designs the numbers of the classes and subclasses of the Classification to which the goods incorporating the designs belong. This must also be done in any publication the offices issue in respect of the deposit or registration of industrial designs.
Publication year: 1981
Nairobi Treaty
All States which are party to the Treaty are under the obligation to protect the Olympic symbol - five interlaced rings - against use for commercial purposes (in advertisements, on goods, as a mark, etc.) without the authorization of the International Olympic Committee.
Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
The Nice Agreement establishes a classification of goods and services for the purposes of registering trademarks and service marks (the Nice Classification). The trademark offices of Contracting States must indicate, in official documents and publications in connection with each registration, the numbers of the classes of the Classification to which the goods or services for which the mark is registered belong.
Publication year: 1979
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
The Convention applies to industrial property in the widest sense, including patents, marks, industrial designs, utility models (a kind of "small patent" provided for by the laws of some countries), trade names (designations under which an industrial or commercial activity is carried on), geographical indications (indications of source and appellations of origin) and the repression of unfair competition.
Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
The Convention deals with the obligation of each Contracting State to take adequate measures to prevent the unauthorized distribution on or from its territory of any programme-carrying signal transmitted by satellite.
Publication year: 1974
Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
The Convention deals with the obligation of each Contracting State to protect a producer of phonograms who is a national of another Contracting State against the making of duplicates without the consent of the producer; against the importation of such duplicates, where the making or importation is for the purposes of distribution to the public; and against the distribution of such duplicates to the public.
Publication year: 1973
Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods
According to the Agreement, all goods bearing a false or deceptive indication of source, by which one of the Contracting States, or a place situated therein, is directly or indirectly indicated as being the country or place of origin, must be seized on importation, or such importation must be prohibited, or other actions and sanctions must be applied in connection with such importation.
Publication year: 1967
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (Rome Convention)
The Rome Convention secures protection in performances for performers, in phonograms for producers of phonograms and in broadcasts for broadcasting organizations.
Publication year: 1961