WIPO Convention

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

History

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. 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. The convention was amended on 28 September 1979.

See also

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• World Intellectual Property Day

External links

• Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, on the WIPO web site
• The full text of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization Template:In lang in the WIPO Lex database – official website of WIPO.