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WIPO Convention

WIPO Convention

1967 multilateral treaty establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)


The WIPO Convention (formally, the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization) is a multilateral treaty that established the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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The convention was signed at Stockholm, Sweden, on 14 July 1967 and entered into force on 26 April 1970. As of August 2020, the convention has 193 parties: 190 UN member states plus the Cook Islands, the Holy See and Niue.[1] The three UN member states that have not ratified the WIPO Convention are:

The convention is written in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all texts being equally authentic.[2] The convention was amended on 28 September 1979.

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References

  1. "WIPO-Administered Treaties Contracting Parties > WIPO Convention (Total Contracting Parties : 193)". WIPO. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. Article 20(1)(a) of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization

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