The Hague Agreement is the abbreviation of "The Hague Agreement concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs", one of the special agreements concluded by the member states of the Paris Convention. It was concluded in The Hague on November 6, 1925 and came into effect in 1928, and established the "Hague Union". The Agreement has been revised many times since it was signed, including the 1925 Hague Act, the 1934 London Act, the 1960 Hague Act, the 1967 Stockholm Act (revised and supplemented in 1979), and the 1999 Geneva Act. The Hague Agreement is divided into five parts. Includes: Part 1, London Protocol of June 2, 1934, (Articles 1-23); Part 2, Hague Protocol of November 28, 1960, (Articles 1-33); Part 3, November 1961 Monaco Additional Protocol of 18 July, (Articles 1-8); Part 4, Stockholm Supplementary Protocol of 14 July 1967 (Articles 1-12); Part 5, Geneva Protocol of 29 August 1975 (Articles 1-12) ). The main content of the "Hague Agreement" is that individuals or entities with the nationality of any member state of the Hague Union or with residence or business premises in that country can apply for "international deposit". Applicants only need to apply once to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization to obtain industrial design patent protection in the member states where they want protection. When applying for international preservation, you do not need to obtain design patent approval from the patent office of a country first. With only one preservation, you can obtain protection in several countries at the same time. The international storage period is 5 years, which can be extended for 5 years after expiration. The conclusion of the Geneva Act of the 1999 Hague Agreement was to make this system more in line with the needs of users and to facilitate those countries that were unable to join the 1960 Hague Act due to their industrial design systems to join the Agreement. As of December 31, 2004, the total number of parties to the first four texts was 31 countries; the total number of parties to the Geneva Act was 16 countries.