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Appendix 2 – 23 international treaties administered by WIPO
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The following list is taken from Musungu and Dutfield (2003), which also provides a short summary of what each treaty does. The list is correct as at 23 May 2007.

Intellectual Property Protection Treaties

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886)

163 Contracting Parties.

Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite (1974)

30 Contracting Parties.

Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorised Duplication of Their Phonograms (1971)

76 Contacting Parties.

Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods (1891)

35 Contracting Parties.

Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (1981)

46 Contracting Parties.

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883)

171 Contracting Parties.

Patent Law Treaty (PLT) (2000 – not yet in force)

14 Contracting Parties (45 countries and the European Patent Organisation have signed the treaty but are yet to ratify it).

Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (1961)

86 Contracting Parties.

Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) (1994)

38 Contracting Parties.

WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) (1996)

64 Contracting Parties.

WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) (1996)

62 Contracting Parties.

Global Protection System Treaties

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1977)

67 Contracting Parties.

Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (1925)

47 Contracting Parties.

Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration (1958)

26 Contracting Parties.

Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891)

57 Contracting Parties.

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) (1970)

137 Contracting Parties.

Classification Treaties

Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (1968)

49 Contracting Parties.

Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (1957)

80 Contracting Parties.

Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (1971)

57 Contracting Parties.

Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks (1973)

 







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