Law

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European legislation

Fourth Council Directive of 25 July 1978 (78/660/EEC)


Published in Official Journal L 222, 14/08/1978

Seventh Council Directive of 13 June 1983 (83/349/EEC)


Published in Official Journal L 193, 18/07/1983


Intellectual property

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)


Done at Washington on June 19, 1970, amended on October 2, 1979, and modified on February 3, 1984

Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification


of March 24, 1971, as amended on September 28, 1979

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure


Done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, and amended on September 26, 1980

Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks


Madrid Agreement of April 14, 1891, as revised at Brussels on December 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, at The Hague on November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, at Nice on June 15, 1957, and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967

Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks


as signed at Madrid on June 28, 1989

Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks

Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks


Done at Vienna on June 12, 1973 as amended on October 1, 1985

Trademark Law Treaty


adopted at Geneva on October 27, 1994

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883


As revised at Brussels on December 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, at The Hague on November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, at Lisbon on October 31, 1958, and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs of November 6, 1925; The Hague Act of November 28, 1960
The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs of November 6, 1925; Complementary Act of Stockholm of July 14, 1967 as amended on September 28, 1979
The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs; Geneva Act of July 2, 1999
Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs


Signed at Locarno on October 8, 1968; as amended on September 28, 1979

Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, including trade in counterfeit goods (TRIPS)