Member Participation in Conventions

International Conventions

• Paris Convention
• Berne Convention – Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Madrid Agreement – International Registration of Marks
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement
• Hague Agreement – International Registration of Industrial Designs
• Nice Agreement – International Classification of Goods and Services
• Lisbon Agreement – Appellations of Origin
• UPOV – Protection of New Varieties of Plants
• Locarno Agreement – International Classification for Industrial Designs
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Patent Law Treaty
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Strasbourg Agreement – International Patent Classification
• Budapest Treaty – Deposit of Microorganisms
• Apostille – The Hague Convention
• European Patent Convention
• European Union Trademark Regulation / European Community Design Regulation
• Eurasian Patent Convention
• World Trade Organization
• The Cartagena Agreement
• Office Africain de la Propriété Industrielle (OAPI)
• African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)

• Paris Convention
• Madrid System – International Registration of Marks
• Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs
• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
• International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants – UPOV
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
• PCT – The International Patent System
• Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• Identification of Bibliographic Data relating to: Patents and SPCs, Marks, Industrial Designs; Two-letter codes
• The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents – Apostille
• TRIPS – Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Regional Conventions

• European Patent Convention
• European Union Trade Mark Regulation
• European Community Design Regulation
• Eurasian Patent Convention