Take the international multilateral treaties managed by WIPO as an example. WIPO announced the administration of 26 international multilateral treaties (including WIPO conventions).
In addition to WIPO conventions, these conventions are divided into three categories according to their functions: the first category is treaties on specific protection standards of various intellectual property rights, * * *15; The second category is the international registration management treaty of intellectual property rights, * * * 6; The third category is treaties on the classification of invention patents, trademarks and industrial designs, and there are four treaties.
The first category of treaties includes: (in order of treaty adoption date)
1, Paris convention on environmental protection? The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Rights, referred to as the Paris Convention for short, was concluded in 1883 and is applicable to industrial property rights in the broadest sense, including patents, trademarks, industrial designs, utility models, service trademarks, manufacturers' names, geographical indications (marks of origin and names of origin) and the prevention of unfair competition.
China officially became a member of the Paris Union on March 1985, making it the 96th member of the Union.
2. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Heritage? Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, abbreviated as Berne Convention, was adopted in 1886.
Convention provides creators such as authors, musicians, poets and painters with the means to control who uses their works under what conditions.
1992 10 05 10/5, China became a member of the convention.
3. Is the Madrid Agreement to suppress fakes or not? Madrid Agreement on Deceptive Marks of Origin of Goods, referred to as Madrid Agreement (Marks of Origin), was concluded in 189 1 year.
According to the agreement, if any goods with false or deceptive marks of origin directly or indirectly mark one of the contracting parties or a place in that contracting party as the origin, they must be detained or prohibited from importing at the time of import, or take other actions and sanctions against their imports.
4. Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers? The Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, hereinafter referred to as the Rome Convention, was concluded at 196 1, ensuring the protection of performers' performances, producers' phonograms and broadcasting programs of broadcasting organizations.
5. Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms? The Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms from Unauthorized Reproduction of Phonograms, referred to as Phonograms Convention or Phonograms Convention, was adopted in 197 1.
According to the Convention, each contracting state is obliged to provide protection for producers of phonograms who are nationals of another contracting state, so as to prohibit copying without the producer's consent, the import of such copies (if such copying or import is for public distribution) and the public distribution of such copies.
China acceded to the Convention on June 5, 1993, and the Convention entered into force on April 30, 1993.
6. Brussels Distribution Convention? Satellite Transmission of Signals Carrying Programs The Brussels Convention on Satellite Transmission of Program Signals, hereinafter referred to as the Brussels Convention or the Satellite Convention, was signed 1974.
According to the Convention, each State Party is obliged to take appropriate measures to prevent unauthorized transmission of program signals transmitted by satellites to or from its territory.
7. The Nairobi Treaty for the Protection of the Olympic Symbol was adopted in 198 1.
All countries participating in the Nairobi Treaty have the obligation to protect the Olympic emblem and stop using it for commercial purposes (such as advertisements, commodities, trademarks, etc.). ) Without the permission of the International Olympic Committee.
8. What are the aspects involved in the Washington Intellectual Property Treaty? The Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property of Integrated Circuits, referred to as the Washington Treaty or the Treaty on Integrated Circuits for short, 1989 was written in Washington on May 26th, and did not come into force. However, TRIPS stipulates that its members must abide by some provisions of Articles 2 to 7, 12 and 16 of the Treaty.
China signed the Treaty on May 1990.
9. Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) The Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) was concluded in 1994 to unify and simplify the procedures for trademark registration in various countries and regions.
China signed the Treaty on 1994128 October.
10, World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty, World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty (WCT), 1996 are special agreements referred to in Berne Convention, involving the protection of works and authors in the digital environment.
China acceded to the Convention on 9 March 2007, and the Convention entered into force on 9 June 2007.
1 1, 1996 concluded the WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), which involves the intellectual property rights of performers and producers of phonograms, especially in the digital environment.
China acceded to the Convention on 9 March 2007, and the Convention entered into force on 9 June 2007.
12, Patent Law Treaty (PLT) was adopted in 2000, aiming at coordinating and simplifying the formal procedures of patent application and patent in countries and regions, and making these procedures more humanized.
13, Singapore Treaty on Trademark Law, which was concluded in 2006. The Singapore Treaty is based on the Trademark Law Treaty of 1994, but it has a wider scope of application and also deals with some recent problems in the field of communication technology.
China signed the Treaty on June 29th, 2007.
14, Beijing Audio-visual Performance Treaty "Beijing Audio-visual Performance Treaty" was adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audio-visual Performances held in Beijing on June 20-26, 20/kloc-0, involving the intellectual property rights of audio-visual performers.
China signed the Treaty on June 26th, 20 12 and ratified it on July 9th, 20 14.
15, Marrakesh treaty, to facilitate those? The Marrakesh Treaty (MVT) on Facilitating the Blind, Visually Impaired or Other Printed Readers to Obtain Published Works was adopted on June 27th, 1965 and came into force on September 30th, 1965.
The Marrakesh Treaty stipulates the obligation of the contracting parties to provide compulsory restrictions and exceptions for the visually impaired and other dyslexics, and has corresponding flexibility.
China signed the Treaty on June 28th, 20 13, but has not yet ratified it.
There are six treaties in the second category. These treaties are about the international registration or international application of intellectual property rights such as invention patents, trademarks and industrial designs.
According to these contracts, when all contracting parties seek international protection of these intellectual property rights, they can greatly reduce the manpower and material resources invested and reduce the cost and time when submitting their international applications and international documents, thus greatly promoting the development and protection of these intellectual property rights. These treaties include: (in order of effective date)
1, Madrid agreement. Madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks, abbreviated as Madrid Agreement (trademark), was signed in 189 1 year.
China joined the agreement on July 4, 1989/KLOC-0, and the agreement entered into force for China on July 4, 1989/KLOC-0.
2. The Hague Agreement on International Carriage of Goods? The Hague Agreement on the International Registration of Industrial Designs, referred to as The Hague Agreement for short, has two valid versions-1999 and 1960.
3. Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Names of Origin and Their International Registration, referred to as Lisbon Agreement, was signed in Lisbon, Portugal on 1958.
4. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) was concluded in 1970.
China joined the treaty on 1993, 10, 1, and the treaty entered into force on 1994, 1.
5. Budapest Treaty on International Recognition? Budapest Treaty on International Recognition of the Preservation of Microorganisms Used in Patent Procedures was concluded in 1977.
China acceded to the Treaty on April 1995, and the Treaty came into force on July 1995.
6. The protocol related to madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks, abbreviated as Madrid Protocol, was signed at 1989.
China acceded to the Protocol on May 4, 2000, and the Protocol entered into force on August 4, 2000.
There are four treaties in the third category, which determine the classification of patents, trademarks or industrial designs, thus determining the index that is easy to retrieve.
These classification standards can organize the information of patents, trademarks or industrial designs into a more manageable form. These treaties include:
1, Nice International Agreement? Classification of goods and services for registration purposes? Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services Registered with Trademarks, referred to as Nice Agreement for short, came into effect on 196 1.
China acceded to the Geneva text of the Agreement on May 5, 1994, and the Agreement entered into force for China on August 9, 1994.
2. The Locarno Agreement establishing the international classification of industrial designs, hereinafter referred to as Locarno Agreement, came into effect on 197 1.
China joined the agreement on June 1996, and the agreement came into effect on September 19.
3. Strasbourg Agreement on International Patent Classification, referred to as Strasbourg Agreement for short, came into force in 1975.
China joined the agreement on June 1996, and the agreement came into effect on June 19.
4. Vienna Agreement establishing the International Trade Organization? Vienna Agreement on Establishing an International Classification of Graphic Elements of Trademarks, referred to as Vienna Agreement, came into force on 1985.
China Intellectual Property Protection Network-Compilation of International Treaties on Intellectual Property