| Published on June 3, 2009 |
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The Russian Federation has acceded to the Patent Law Treaty
| By BOGDAN-FLORIN PAUL / TitiTudorancea.com. Source: WIPO |
On May 12, 2009, the Russian Federation acceded to the Patent Law Treaty (PLT 2000) by depositing its instrument of accession with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The instrument of accession contained a declaration in accordance with Article 23(1).
The Patent Law Treaty, adopted at Geneva on June 1, 2000, will enter into force with respect to the Russian Federation on August 12, 2009.
The Patent Law Treaty was signed by 53 States and one intergovernmental organization: Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Burundi, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Sao Tome and Principe, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States of America, Zambia, Monaco, Côte d’Ivoire, France, San Marino, Burkina Faso, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and The European Patent Organisation.
PLT entered into force on April 28, 2005 with respect to the first ten states that had ratified or acceded to it, namely the Republic of Moldova, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ukraine, the Republic of Estonia, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Croatia and Romania.
The treaty was later ratified or acceded to by the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Finland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Sultanate of Oman, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Republic of Hungary, the Swiss Confederation and Australia.
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