Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
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The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO Convention, was signed at Stockholm, Sweden, on July 14, 1967 and entered into force on April 26, 1970. As its name suggests, it established the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). [1] WIPO Convention has 183 Contracting Parties. [2] The Convention is written in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all texts being equally authentic. [3] The Convention was amended on September 28, 1979.
[edit] See also
- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
[edit] References
- ^ Article 1 WIPO Convention
- ^ WIPO web site, Treaties Database, Contracting Parties, WIPO Convention, retrieved on May 1, 2006.
- ^ Article 20(1)(a)
[edit] External links
- Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, on the WIPO web site
