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The "''Convention s and Trademark s) or 12 months (for patents and Utility Model s) from the first filing.


HISTORY


After a diplomatic conference in Paris in , Brazil , France , Guatemala , Italy , The Netherlands , Portugal , Salvador , Serbia , Spain and Switzerland .

The Treaty was revised at Brussels , Belgium , on December 14 , 1900 , at Washington , United States , on June 2 , 1911 , at The Hague , The Netherlands , on November 6 , 1925 , at London , United Kingdom , on June 2 , 1934 , at Lisbon , Portugal , on October 31 , 1958 , and at Stockholm , Sweden , on July 14 , 1967 ,
and was amended on September 28 , 1979 .


CONTRACTING PARTIES


The Convention now has 169 contracting member countries, which makes it one of the most widely adopted treaties worldwide (though Taiwan is not party of the Convention).

Contracting members include: Albania ; Algeria ; Andorra ; Antigua And Barbuda ; Argentina ; Armenia ; Australia ; Austria ; Azerbaijan ; Bahamas ; Bahrain ; Bangladesh ; Barbados ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Belize ; Benin ; Bhutan ; Bolivia ; Bosnia And Herzegovina ; Botswana ; Brazil ; Bulgaria ; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Cambodia ; Cameroon ; Canada ; Central African Republic ; Chad ; Chile ; China ; Colombia ; Comoros ; Congo ; Costa Rica ; Croatia ; Cuba ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; Côte D'Ivoire ; Democratic People's Republic Of Korea ; Democratic Republic Of The Congo ; Denmark ; Djibouti ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; El Salvador ; Equatorial Guinea ; Estonia ; Finland ; France ; Gabon ; Gambia ; Georgia ; Germany ; Ghana ; Greece ; Grenada ; Guatemala ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; Guyana ; Haiti ; Holy See ; Honduras ; Hungary ; Iceland ; India ; Indonesia ; Iran (Islamic Republic Of) ; Iraq ; Ireland ; Israel ; Italy ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kenya ; Kyrgyzstan ; Laos ; Latvia ; Lebanon ; Lesotho ; Liberia ; Libya ; Liechtenstein ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Malaysia ; Mali ; Malta ; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Mexico ; Monaco ; Mongolia ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; Nepal ; Netherlands ; New Zealand ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Norway ; Oman ; Pakistan ; Panama ; Papua New Guinea ; Paraguay ; Peru ; Philippines ; Poland ; Portugal ; Qatar ; Republic Of Korea ; Republic Of Moldova ; Romania ; Russian Federation ; Rwanda ; Saint Kitts And Nevis ; Saint Lucia ; Saint Vincent And The Grenadines ; San Marino ; Sao Tome And Principe ; Saudi Arabia ; Senegal ; Serbia And Montenegro ; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Singapore ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; South Africa ; Spain ; Sri Lanka ; Sudan ; Suriname ; Swaziland ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Syrian Arab Republic ; Tajikistan ; The Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia ; Togo ; Tonga ; Trinidad And Tobago ; Tunisia ; Turkey ; Turkmenistan ; Uganda ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; United Kingdom ; United Republic Of Tanzania ; United States Of America ; Uruguay ; Uzbekistan ; Venezuela ; Vietnam ; Zambia ; and Zimbabwe


ADMINISTRATION


The Paris Convention is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), based in Geneva , Switzerland .


SEE ALSO




REFERENCES

  • ''Guide to the Application of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property As Revised at Stockholm in 1967'', G.H.C. Bodenhausen, (World Intellectual Property; February 1, 1968) ISBN 92-805-0368-5

  • ''Die Unionspriorität im Patentrecht'', ''Grundfragen des Artikels 4 der Pariser Verbandsübereinkunft'', Dr. Reinhard Wieczorek, 1975, Köln , C. Heymanns, ISBN 3-452-17822-6



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