Contracting Parties Or Signatories to Treaties Administered by WIPO
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Contracting Parties or Signatories to Treaties Administered by WIPO Members of the WIPO Assemblies and other Bodies and Committees Members of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Status on April 15, 2019 World Intellectual Property Organization 34, chemin des Colombettes P.O. Box 18 CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland Tel: + 41 22 338 91 11 Fax: + 41 22 733 54 28 For contact details of WIPO’s External Offices visit: www.wipo.int/about-wipo/en/offices/ CONTENTS pages I. CONTRACTING PARTIES OF TREATIES ADMINISTERED BY WIPO ........................................................... 1-41 1. Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization .................................................................... 1-4 2. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ........................................................................................ 5-9 3. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ......................................................................... 10-14 4. Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods ................................. 15 5. Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks .................................................................... 16-18 6. Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ............................ 16-18 7. Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs ................................................... 19-20 8. Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks .................................................................................................................... 21-22 9. Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ....................................................................................................................................... 23 10. International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations .................................................................................................................................... 24-25 11. Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs .......................................... 26 12. Patent Cooperation Treaty .......................................................................................................................................... 27-28 13. Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification ................................................................ 29 14. Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms .............................................................................................................................................. 30 15. Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks ..................... 31 16. Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite .......................... 32 17. Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure ................................................................................................................................. 33-34 18. Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol ......................................................................................... 35 19. Trademark Law Treaty .............................................................................................................................................. 36 20. WIPO Copyright Treaty ............................................................................................................................................ 37 21. WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty ............................................................................................................ 38-40 22. Patent Law Treaty ..................................................................................................................................................... 41 23. Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks............................................................................................................. 42 24. Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled .......................................................................................................................................... 43 CONTENTS pages II. ACTIONS IN RESPECT OF TREATIES ADMINISTERED BY WIPO OR AMENDMENTS THERETO NOT YET IN FORCE ............................................................................................................................................................. 44-48 A. Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances.................................................................................................... 44 B. Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications ...................... 45 C. Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits ..................................................................... 46 D. Amendments to WIPO-administered Treaties ................................................................................................... 47 E. Amendment to Article 9(3) of the WIPO Convention ....................................................................................... 48 III. CONTRIBUTION CLASSES OF STATES MEMBERS OF WIPO AND/OR THE PARIS AND/OR BERNE UNIONS .................................................................................................................................. 49-50 IV. MEMBERS OF THE WIPO ASSEMBLIES AND OTHER BODIES AND COMMITTEES ................................ 51-54 V. MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NEW VARIETIES OF PLANTS ....................................................................... 55-56 - 1 - I. CONTRACTING PARTIES OF TREATIES ADMINISTERED BY WIPO 1. Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO Convention (1967), amended in 1979 Status on April 15, 2019 State Date on which State Member also of became member Paris Union (P) of WIPO and/or Berne Union (B)1 Afghanistan ......................................................................... December 13, 2005 .............................. P B Albania ............................................................................... June 30, 1992 ....................................... P B Algeria ................................................................................ April 16, 1975 ...................................... P B Andorra ............................................................................... October 28, 1994.................................. P B Angola ................................................................................ April 15, 1985 ...................................... P – Antigua and Barbuda .......................................................... March 17, 2000 .................................... P B Argentina ............................................................................ October 8, 1980.................................... P B Armenia .............................................................................. April 22, 1993 ...................................... P B Australia ............................................................................. August 10, 1972 ................................... P B Austria ................................................................................ August 11, 1973 ................................... P B Azerbaijan ........................................................................... December 25, 1995 .............................. P B Bahamas ............................................................................. January 4, 1977 .................................... P B Bahrain ............................................................................... June 22, 1995 ....................................... P B Bangladesh ......................................................................... May 11, 1985 ....................................... P B Barbados ............................................................................. October 5, 1979.................................... P B Belarus ................................................................................ April 26, 1970 ...................................... P B Belgium .............................................................................. January 31, 1975 .................................. P B Belize .................................................................................. June 17, 2000 ....................................... P B Benin .................................................................................. March 9, 1975 ...................................... P B Bhutan ................................................................................ March 16, 1994 .................................... P B Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ........................................... July 6, 1993