WIPO-Administered Treaties

WIPO administers 26 treaties including the WIPO Convention.

IP Protection

The first general group of treaties defines internationally agreed basic standards of intellectual property (IP) protection in each country.

• Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances
• Berne Convention
• Brussels Convention
• Madrid Agreement (Indications of Source)
• Marrakesh VIP Treaty
• Nairobi Treaty
• Paris Convention
• Patent Law Treaty
• Phonograms Convention
• Rome Convention
• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Washington Treaty
• WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT)

Global Protection System

The second general group, known as the global protection system treaties, ensures that one international registration or filing will have effect in any of the relevant signatory States. The services provided by WIPO under these treaties simplify and reduce the cost of making individual applications or filings in all the countries in which protection is sought for a given IP right.

Classification

The third and final general group is the classification treaties, which create classification systems that organize information concerning inventions, trademarks and industrial designs into indexed, manageable structures for easy retrieval.

• Locarno Agreement
• Nice Agreement
• Strasbourg Agreement
• Vienna Agreement

New Online Collection of WIPO Treaty Preparatory Documents

WIPO has launched WIPO Treaties: Preparatory Documents, an online collection for the “travaux préparatoires” of treaties the Organization administers, including the WIPO Convention.

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WIPO Treaty Notifications – Announcements of treaty accessions, ratifications, declarations, etc.
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Membership

Treaties

• Summary table of membership of WIPO and the treaties administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN
• Contracting parties
• Publication 423
• Historical information