122 CONVENTIONS ADMINISTERED BY WIPO Vienna Diplomatic Conference on Industrial Property, 1973 Note* The Vienna Conference mental delegations and the representatives of all the observer The " Vienna Diplomatic Conference on Industrial Prop- organizations had the right to participate in the work of the erty, 1973 " took place, at the invitation of the Government Main Committees, and most of them did actively participate. of the Republic of Austria, in Vienna from May 17 to June 12, The Main Committees were chaired by Mr. E. Armitage 1973. The meetings were held in the conference premises of (United Kingdom) for the Trademark Registration Treaty the Hofburg. Conference, by Professor E. Ulmer (Federal Republic of Ger- Delegations of 56 States and representatives of 32 organi- many) for the Type Faces Conference, and by Mr. T. Lorenz zations registered as participants. The list of participants, to- (Austria) for the Classification Conference. talling more than 300 persons, appears at the end of this Note. Mr. Klaus Pfanner, Head, Industrial Property Division Of the 56 States, 53 were members of the International of WIPO, was the Secretary of the Trademark Registration Union for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Union) Treaty Conference. Professor Joseph Voyame, Second Deputy or of the International Union for the Protection of Literary Director General of WIPO, was Secretary of the Type Faces and Artistic Works (Berne Union). The remaining 3 were not Conference. Mr. Léon Egger, Head, International Registra- members of either of the two Unions; they participated as tions Division of WIPO, was Secretary of the Classification observers. Conference. Of the 32 organizations, 8 were intergovernmental and 24 The Instruments Adopted non-governmental. Although their status was that of observer, The Trademark Registration Treaty Conference adopted their representatives had the possibility of participating in the the Trademark Registration Treaty, the Regulations under substantive discussions in the Main Committees and, in fact, that Treaty and a Resolution Concerning Preparatory Mea- they frequently availed themselves of this possibility. sures for the Entry Into Force of the Trademark Registration The Secretariat was furnished by the staff of the Inter- Treaty. The texts of these instruments will be published in the national Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organiza- August 1973 issue of the review Industrial Property. tion (WIPO). The Type Faces Conference adopted the Vienna Agree- The 28 WIPO staff members were led by the Director ment for the Protection of Type Faces and their International General of WIPO, Professor G. H. C. Bodenhausen. Deposit, the Regulations under that Agreement, and a Proto- Professor F. Schönherr, Head of the Austrian Delegation col to that Agreement. to the Vienna Conference, was President of the Conference. The Classification Conference adopted the Vienna Agree- Dr.Arpad Bogsch, First Deputy Director General of WIPO, ment Establishing an International Classification of the Figu- was Secretary General of the Vienna Conference, and Pro- rative Elements of Marks, the International Classification of fessor Joseph Voyame, Second Deputy Director General of the Figurative Elements of Marks and a Resolution concerning WIPO, was Deputy Secretary General. preparations for the entry into force of the Agreement. The Credentials Committee of the Vienna Conference was The texts adopted by the Type Faces Conference are being chaired by His Excellency Mr. R. Huybrecht, Head of the published partly in the present issue and partly in the August Belgian Delegation to the Conference. 1973 issue of this review, whereas the texts of the instruments adopted by the Classification Conference (except the classifi- The Three Diplomatic Conferences cation itself) will be published in the September 1973 issue of The Vienna Conference provided the framework within the review Industrial Property. which three Diplomatic Conferences took place: one on the All instruments were adopted unanimously. Trademark Registration Treaty, one on the Protection of Type Faces, and one on the International Classification of the Signatures Figurative Elements of Marks. The Plenaries of those three Conferences were presided by Mr. J. P. Crespin (Senegal), The instruments adopted were opened for signature at the Mr. J.-P. Palewski (France) and Mr. M. J. Hemmerling (Ger- close of the Vienna Conference, that is, on June 12, 1973. On man Democratic Republic), respectively. that day, they were signed on behalf of the following States: (i) the Trademark Registration Treaty was signed on behalf Each of the three Diplomatic Conferences had a Main Com- mittee, in which most of the discussions took place. All govern- of Germany (Federal Republic of), Hungary, Italy, Mo- naco, Portugal, San Marino, the United Kingdom, and * This Note has been prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO. the United States of America; CONVENTIONS ADMINISTERED BY WIPO 123 (ii) the Type Faces Agreement was signed on behalf of (iii) the Classification Agreement was signed on behalf of France, Germany (Federal Republic of), Hungary, Italy, Denmark, France, Germany (Federal Republic of), Hun- Luxembourg, the Netherlands, San Marino, Switzerland, gary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Por- the United Kingdom, and Yugoslavia, and the Protocol tugal, San Marino, Switzerland, and Yugoslavia. attached to that Agreement on behalf of France, Hun- All instruments remain open for signature in the Auswärti- gary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, San Marino, and ges Amt (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of Austria, in Vienna, Switzerland; until the end of the year 1973. List of Participants I. Member States of WIPO, of the Paris Union, Miss Else Schöber, Acting Amtsrat, Section for Industrial Property, Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vienna or of the Berne Union Miss Maria Tschochner, Amtsoberrevident, Section for Industrial Property, Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vienna ALGERIA Mr. Gerhard Karsch, Referent, Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna Head of Delegation BELGIUM Mr. Hamid Bencherchali, Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Algiers Head of Delegation Members of Delegation Mr. Richard Huybrecht, Ambassador of Belgium, Vienna Mr. Salah Bouzidi, Head of Division, National Office of Industrial Deputy Head of Delegation Property, Algiers Mr. René Raux, Director General, Department of Commerce, Ministry Mr. Allaoua Mahdi, Director, Central Board, Registry of Commerce, of Economic Affairs, Brussels Algiers Members of Delegation Mrs. Farida Ait Djebara, Head, Trademark Service, National Office of Industrial Property, Algiers Mr. Arthur Schurmans, Head, Industrial and Commercial Service, Brussels AUSTRALIA Mr. Jacques Degavre, Administration Secretary, Industrial and Commercial Service, Brussels Head of Delegation Mr. Paul Peetermans, Administration Secretary, Industrial and Mr. Karl Barry Petersson, Commissioner of Patents, Canberra Commercial Service, Brussels Mr. Paul-Laurent van Reepinghen, President of the Belgian National Alternate Association for the Protection of Industrial Property and of the Mr. Eric Murray Haddrick, Principal Legal Officer, Attorney- Trademark Commission of the Supreme Council of Industrial General's Department, Canberra Property, Legal Advisor to the Federation of Belgian Enterprises, Brussels Advisor Mr. Jacques R. M. L. de Montjoye, Secretary of Embassy, Embassy of Mr. Francis Perry Nolan, Second Secretary, Embassy of Australia, Belgium, Vienna Vienna BRAZIL AUSTRIA Head of Delegation Head of Delegation Mr. Miguel Alvaro Ozôrio de Almeida, Special Advisor to the Minister Mr. Fritz Schönherr, Attorney, University Professor, Vienna for Foreign Affairs, Brasilia Deputy Head of Delegation Deputy Head of Delegation Mr. Gottfried Thaler, President, Section for Industrial Property, Mr. Thomas Thedim Lobo, President, National Institute of Industrial Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vienna Property, Brasilia Members of Delegation Members of Delegation Mr. Thomas Lorenz, Counsellor, Section for Industrial Property, Mr. Zenith Smilgat, Under-Secretary of Marks, National Institute of Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vienna Industrial Property, Brasilia Mr. Erich Dudeschek, Counsellor, Section for Industrial Property, Mr. Henrique Rodrigues Valle, Jr., First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vienna Relations, Brasilia Mr. Günter Birbaum, First Secretary of Legation, Federal Ministry Mr. Affonso Celso de Ouro-Preto, First Secretary, Ministry of Foreign of Foreign Affairs, Vienna Affairs, Brasilia Mrs. Gudrun Mayer, Ratssekretär, Section for Industrial Property, Mr. Jorio Dauster Magalhâes e Silva, Under-Coordinator of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vienna Transfer of Technology Department, National Institute of Mr. Günter Gall, Oberkommissär, Section for Industrial Property, Industrial Property, Brasilia Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vienna Mr. Günter Auer, Judge, Federal Ministry of Justice, Vienna BULGARIA Mr. Gerhard Stadler, University Assistant, Section for Constitutional Law, Federal Chancellery, Vienna Head of Delegation Mr. Josef Mitterhauser, Secretary, Section for Industrial Property, Mr. Ivan Popov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vienna Bulgaria, Vienna 124 COPYRIGHT — JULY 1973 Members of Delegation Mr. Jaroslav Prosek, Head of Department, Office of Inventions and Mr. Ivan Ivanov, Director, Institute