The WIPO Convention (formally, the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization) is the
multilateral treaty that established the
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The convention was signed at
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, 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. 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.
[Article 20(1)(a) of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization] The convention was amended on 28 September 1979.
See also
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Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
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World Intellectual Property Day
World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on April 26. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to "raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life ...
References
External links
Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization on the WIPO web site
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Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization{{in lang, en in the
WIPO Lex database – official website of
WIPO.
Intellectual property treaties
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