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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 , El 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 171 contracting member countries, and Kuwait are not parties to the Convention. However, according to Article 27 of its Patent Act, Taiwan will recognize priority claims from contracting members.

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 ; 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 ; Yemen ; Zambia ; and Zimbabwe .


ADMINISTRATION

The Paris Convention is administered by the , Switzerland . WIPO web site, ''What is WIPO?'' . Consulted on August 10, 2007.


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FURTHER READING

  • ''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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