APPENDIX P      Paris Convention
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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, and as amended on
October 2, 1979. [Articles have been given titles to facilitate their
identification. There are no titles in the signed (French) text.]

---SECTION---1 [Establishment of the Union; Scope of Industrial
Property]

The countries to which this Convention applies constitute a Union for
the protection of industrial property.

The protection of industrial property has as its object patents, utility
models, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
indications of source or appellations of origin, and the repression of
unfair competition.

Industrial property shall be understood in the broadest sense and shall
apply not only to industry and commerce proper, but likewise to
agricultural and extractive industries and to all manufactured or
natural products, for example, wines, grain, tobacco leaf, fruit,
cattle, minerals, mineral waters, beer, flowers, and flour.

Patents shall include the various kinds of industrial patents recognized
by the laws of the countries of the Union, such as patents of
importation, patents of improvement, patents and certificates of
addition, etc.

---SECTION---2 [National Treatment for Nationals of Countries of the
Union]

Nationals of any country of the Union shall, as regards the protection
of industrial property, enjoy in all the other countries of the Union
the advantages that their respective laws now grant, or may hereafter
grant, to nationals; all without prejudice to the rights specially
provided for by this Convention. Consequently, they shall have the same
protection as the latter, and the same legal remedy against any
infringement of their rights, provided that the conditions and
formalities imposed upon nationals are complied with.

However, no requirement as to domicile or establishment in the country
where protection is claimed may be imposed upon nationals of countries
of the Union for the enjoyment of any industrial property rights.

The provisions of the laws of each of the countries of the Union
relating to judicial and administrative procedure and to jurisdiction,
and to the designation of an address for service or the appointment of
an agent, which may be required by the laws on industrial property are
expressly reserved.

---SECTION---3 [Same Treatment for Certain Categories of Persons as for
Nationals of Countries of the Union]

Nationals of countries outside the Union who are domiciled or who have
real and effective industrial or commercial establishments in the
territory of one of the countries of the Union shall be treated in the
same manner as nationals of the countries of the Union.

---SECTION---4 [A. to I. Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs,
Marks, Inventors Certificates ; Right of Priority. - G. Patents :
Division of the Application]

Any person who has duly filed an application for a patent, or for the
registration of a utility model, or of an industrial design, or of a
trademark, in one of the countries of the Union, or his successor in
title, shall enjoy, for the purpose of filing in the other countries, a
right of priority during the periods hereinafter fixed.

Any filing that is equivalent to a regular national filing under the
domestic legislation of any country of the Union or under bilateral or
multilateral treaties concluded between countries of the Union shall be
recognized as giving rise to the right of priority.

By a regular national filing is meant any filing that is adequate to
establish the date on which the application was filed in the country
concerned, whatever may be the subsequent fate of the application.

Consequently, any subsequent filing in any of the other countries of the
Union before the expiration of the periods referred to above shall not
be invalidated by reason of any acts accomplished in the interval, in
particular, another filing, the publication or exploitation of the
invention, the putting on sale of copies of the design, or the use of
the mark, and such acts cannot give rise to any third-party right or any
right of personal possession. Rights acquired by third parties before
the date of the first application that serves as the basis for the right
of priority are reserved in accordance with the domestic legislation of
each country of the Union.

The periods of priority referred to above shall be twelve months for
patents and utility models, and six months for industrial designs and
trademarks.

These periods shall start from the date of filing of the first
application; the day of filing shall not be included in the period.

If the last day of the period is an official holiday, or a day when the
Office is not open for the filing of applications in the country where
protection is claimed, the period shall be extended until the first
following working day.

A subsequent application concerning the same subject as a previous first
application within the meaning of paragraph (2), above, filed in the
same country of the Union. shall be considered as the first application,
of which the filing date shall be the starting point of the period of
priority, if, at the time of filing the subsequent application, the said
previous application has been withdrawn, abandoned, or refused, without
having been laid open to public inspection and without leaving any
rights outstanding, and if it has not yet served as a basis for claiming
a right of priority. The previous application may not thereafter serve
as a basis for claiming a right of priority.

Any person desiring to take advantage of the priority of a previous
filing shall be required to make a declaration indicating the date of
such filing and the country in which it was made. Each country shall
determine the latest date on which such declaration must be made.

These particulars shall be mentioned in the publications issued by the
competent authority, and in particular in the patents and the
specifications relating thereto.

The countries of the Union may require any person making a declaration
of priority to produce a copy of the application (description, drawings,
etc.) previously filed. The copy, certified as correct by the authority
which received such application, shall not require any authentication,
and may in any case be filed, without fee, at any time within three
months of the filing of the subsequent application. They may require it
to be accompanied by a certificate from the same authority showing the
date of filing, and by a translation.

No other formalities may be required for the declaration of priority at
the time of filing the application. Each country of the Union shall
determine the consequences of failure to comply with the formalities
prescribed by this Article, but such consequences shall in no case go
beyond the loss of the right of priority.

Subsequently, further proof may be required.

Any person who avails himself of the priority of a previous application
shall be required to specify the number of that application; this number
shall be published as provided for by paragraph (2), above.

Where an industrial design is filed in a country by virtue of a right of
priority based on the filing of a utility model, the period of priority
shall be the same as that fixed for industrial designs.

Furthermore, it is permissible to file a utility model in a country by
virtue of a right of priority based on the filing of a patent
application, and vice versa.

No country of the Union may refuse a priority or a patent application on
the ground that the applicant claims multiple priorities, even if they
originate in different countries, or on the ground that an application
claiming one or more priorities contains one or more elements that were
not included in the application or applications whose priority is
claimed, provided that, in both cases, there is unity of invention
within the meaning of the law of the country.

With respect to the elements not included in the application or
applications whose priority is claimed, the filing of the subsequent
application shall give rise to a right of priority under ordinary
conditions.

If the examination reveals that an application for a patent contains
more than one invention, the applicant may divide the application into a
certain number of divisional applications and preserve as the date of
each the date of the initial application and the benefit of the right of
priority, if any.

The applicant may also, on his own initiative, divide a patent
application and preserve as the date of each divisional application the
date of the initial application and the benefit of the right of
priority, if any. Each country of the Union shall have the right to
determine the conditions under which such division shall be authorized.

Priority may not be refused on the ground that certain elements of the
invention for which priority is claimed do not appear among the claims
formulated in the application in the country of origin, provided that
the application documents as a whole specifically disclose such
elements.

Applications for inventors' certificates filed in a country in which
applicants have the right to apply at their own option either for a
patent or for an inventor's certificate shall give rise to the right of
priority provided for by this Article, under the same conditions and
with the same effects as applications for patents.

In a country in which applicants have the right to apply at their own
option either for a patent or for an inventor's certificate, an
applicant for an inventor's certificate shall, in accordance with the
provisions of this Article relating to patent applications, enjoy a
right of priority based on an application for a patent, a utility model,
or an inventor's certificate.

---SECTION---4 [ Patents : Independence of Patents Obtained for the Same
Invention in Different Countries]

Patents applied for in the various countries of the Union by nationals
of countries of the Union shall be independent of patents obtained for
the same invention in other countries, whether members of the Union or
not.

The foregoing provision is to be understood in an unrestricted sense, in
particular, in the sense that patents applied for during the period of
priority are independent, both as regards the grounds for nullity and
forfeiture, and as regards their normal duration.

The provision shall apply to all patents existing at the time when it
comes into effect.

Similarly, it shall apply, in the case of the accession of new
countries, to patents in existence on either side at the time of
accession.

Patents obtained with the benefit of priority shall, in the various
countries of the Union, have a duration equal to that which they would
have, had they been applied for or granted without the benefit of
priority.

---SECTION---4 [ Patents : Mention of the Inventor in the Patent]

The inventor shall have the right to be mentioned as such in the patent.

---SECTION---4 [ Patents : Patentability in Case of Restrictions of Sale
by Law]

The grant of a patent shall not be refused and a patent shall not be
invalidated on the ground that the sale of the patented product or of a
product obtained by means of a patented process is subject to
restrictions or limitations resulting from the domestic law.

---SECTION---5 [A. Patents : Importation of Articles; Failure to Work or
Insufficient Working; Compulsory Licenses. - B. Industrial Designs :
Failure to Work; Importation of Articles. - C. Marks : Failure to Use;
Different Forms; Use by Co-proprietors. - D. Patents, Utility Models,
Marks, Industrial Designs : Marking]

Importation by the patentee into the country where the patent has been
granted of articles manufactured in any of the countries of the Union
shall not entail forfeiture of the patent.

Each country of the Union shall have the right to take legislative
measures providing for the grant of compulsory licenses to prevent the
abuses which might result from the exercise of the exclusive rights
conferred by the patent, for example, failure to work.

Forfeiture of the patent shall not be provided for except in cases where
the grant of compulsory licenses would not have been sufficient to
prevent the said abuses. No proceedings for the forfeiture or revocation
of a patent may be instituted before the expiration of two years from
the grant of the first compulsory license.

A compulsory license may not be applied for on the ground of failure to
work or insufficient working before the expiration of a period of four
years from the date of filing of the patent application or three years
from the date of the grant of the patent, whichever period expires last;
it shall be refused if the patentee justifies his inaction by legitimate
reasons. Such a compulsory license shall be non-exclusive and shall not
be transferable, even in the form of the grant of a sub-license, except
with that part of the enterprise or goodwill which exploits such
license.

The foregoing provisions shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis, to
utility models.

The protection of industrial design shall not, under any circumstance,
be subject to any forfeiture, either by reason of failure to work or by
reason of the importation of articles corresponding to those which are
protected.

If, in any country, use of the registered mark is compulsory, the
registration may be cancelled only after a reasonable period, and then
only if the person concerned does not justify his inaction.

Use of a trademark by the proprietor in a form differing in elements
which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark in the form in
which it was registered in one of the countries of the Union shall not
entail invalidation of the registration and shall not diminish the
protection granted to the mark.

Concurrent use of the same mark on identical or similar goods by
industrial or commercial establishments considered as co-proprietors of
the mark according to the provisions of the domestic law of the country
where protection is claimed shall not prevent registration or diminish
in any way the protection granted to the said mark in any country of the
Union, provided that such use does not result in misleading the public
and is not contrary to the public interest.

No indication or mention of the patent, of the utility model, of the
registration of the trademark, or of the deposit of the industrial
design, shall be required upon the goods as a condition of recognition
of the right to protection.

---SECTION---5 [ All Industrial Property Rights : Period of Grace for
the Payment of Fees for the Maintenance of Rights; Patents :
Restoration]

A period of grace of not less than six months shall be allowed for the
payment of the fees prescribed for the maintenance of industrial
property rights, subject, if the domestic legislation so provides, to
the payment of a surcharge.

The countries of the Union shall have the right to provide for the
restoration of patents which have lapsed by reason of non-payment of
fees.

---SECTION---5 [ Patents : Patented Devices Forming Part of Vessels,
Aircraft, or Land Vehicles]

In any country of the Union the following shall not be considered as
infringements of the rights of a patentee:

the use on board vessels of other countries of the Union of devices
forming the subject of his patent in the body of the vessel, in the
machinery, tackle, gear and other accessories, when such vessels
temporarily or accidentally enter the waters of the said country,
provided that such devices are used there exclusively for the needs of
the vessel;

the use of devices forming the subject of the patent in the construction
or operation of aircraft or land vehicles of other countries of the
Union, or of accessories of such aircraft or land vehicles, when those
aircraft or land vehicles temporarily or accidentally enter the said
country.

---SECTION---5 [ Patents : Importation of Products Manufactured by a
Process Patented in the Importing Country]

When a product is imported into a country of the Union where there
exists a patent protecting a process of manufacture of the said product,
the patentee shall have all the rights, with regard to the imported
product, that are accorded to him by the legislation of the country of
importation, on the basis of the process patent, with respect to
products manufactured in that country.

---SECTION---5 [ Industrial Designs ]

Industrial designs shall be protected in all the countries of the Union.

---SECTION---6 [ Marks : Conditions of Registration; Independence of
Protection of Same Mark in Different Countries]

The conditions for the filing and registration of trademarks shall be
determined in each country of the Union by its domestic legislation.

However, an application for the registration of a mark filed by a
national of a country of the Union in any country of the Union may not
be refused, nor may a registration be invalidated, on the ground that
filing, registration, or renewal, has not been effected in the country
of origin.

A mark duly registered in a country of the Union shall be regarded as
independent of marks registered in the other countries of the Union,
including the country of origin.

---SECTION---6 [ Marks : Well Known Marks]

The countries of the Union undertake, ex officio if their legislation so
permits, or at the request of an interested party, to refuse or to
cancel the registration, and to prohibit the use, of a trademark which
constitutes a reproduction, an imitation, or a translation, liable to
create confusion, of a mark considered by the competent authority of the
country of registration or use to be well known in that country as being
already the mark of a person entitled to the benefits of this Convention
and used for identical or similar goods.

These provisions shall also apply when the essential part of the mark
constitutes a reproduction of any such well-known mark or an imitation
liable to create confusion therewith.

A period of at least five years from the date of registration shall be
allowed for requesting the cancellation of such a mark. The countries of
the Union may provide for a period within which the prohibition of use
must be requested.

No time limit shall be fixed for requesting the cancellation or the
prohibition of the use of marks registered or used in bad faith.

---SECTION---6 [ Marks : Prohibitions concerning State Emblems, Official
Hallmarks, and Emblems of Intergovernmental Organizations]

The countries of the Union agree to refuse or to invalidate the
registration, and to prohibit by appropriate measures the use, without
authorization by the competent authorities, either as trademarks or as
elements of trademarks, of armorial bearings, flags, and other State
emblems, of the countries of the Union, official signs and hallmarks
indicating control and warranty adopted by them, and any imitation from
a heraldic point of view.

The provisions of subparagraph (a), above, shall apply equally to
armorial bearings, flags, other emblems, abbreviations, and names, of
international intergovernmental organizations of which one or more
countries of the Union are members, with the exception of armorial
bearings, flags, other emblems, abbreviations, and names, that are
already the subject of international agreements in force, intended to
ensure their protection.

No country of the Union shall be required to apply the provisions of
subparagraph (b), above, to the prejudice of the owners of rights
acquired in good faith before the entry into force, in that country, of
this Convention. The countries of the Union shall not be required to
apply the said provisions when the use or registration referred to in
subparagraph (a), above, is not of such a nature as to suggest to the
public that a connection exists between the organization concerned and
the armorial bearings, flags, emblems, abbreviations, and names, or if
such use or registration is probably not of such a nature as to mislead
the public as to the existence of a connection between the user and the
organization.

Prohibition of the use of official signs and hallmarks indicating
control and warranty shall apply solely in cases where the marks in
which they are incorporated are intended to be used on goods of the same
or a similar kind.

For the application of these provisions, the countries of the Union
agree to communicate reciprocally, through the intermediary of the
International Bureau, the list of State emblems, and official signs and
hallmarks indicating control and warranty, which they desire, or may
hereafter desire, to place wholly or within certain limits under the
protection of this Article, and all subsequent modifications of such
list. Each country of the Union shall in due course make available to
the public the lists so communicated.

Nevertheless such communication is not obligatory in respect of flags of
States.

The provisions of subparagraph (b) of paragraph (1) of this Article
shall apply only to such armorial bearings, flags, other emblems,
abbreviations, and names, of international intergovernmental
organizations as the latter have communicated to the countries of the
Union through the intermediary of the International Bureau.

Any country of the Union may, within a period of twelve months from the
receipt of the notification, transmit its objections, if any, through
the intermediary of the International Bureau, to the country or
international intergovernmental organization concerned.

In the case of State flags, the measures prescribed by paragraph (1),
above, shall apply solely to marks registered after November 6, 1925.

In the case of State emblems other than flags, and of official signs and
hallmarks of the countries of the Union, and in the case of armorial
bearings, flags, other emblems, abbreviations, and names, of
international intergovernmental organizations, these provisions shall
apply only to marks registered more than two months after receipt of the
communication provided for in paragraph (3), above.

In cases of bad faith, the countries shall have the right to cancel even
those marks incorporating State emblems, signs, and hallmarks, which
were registered before November 6, 1925.

Nationals of any country who are authorized to make use of the State
emblems, signs, and hallmarks, of their country may use them even if
they are similar to those of another country.

The countries of the Union undertake to prohibit the unauthorized use in
trade of the State armorial bearings of the other countries of the
Union, when the use is of such a nature as to be misleading as to the
origin of the goods.

The above provisions shall not prevent the countries from exercising the
right given in paragraph (3) of Article 6quinquies, Section B, to refuse
or to invalidate the registration of marks incorporating, without
authorization, armorial hearings, flags, other State emblems, or
official signs and hallmarks adopted by a country of the Union, as well
as the distinctive signs of international intergovernmental
organizations referred to in paragraph (1), above.

---SECTION---6 [ Marks : Assignment of Marks]

When, in accordance with the law of a country of the Union, the
assignment of a mark is valid only if it takes place at the same time as
the transfer of the business or goodwill to which the mark belongs, it
shall suffice for the recognition of such validity that the portion of
the business or goodwill located in that country be transferred to the
assignee, together with the exclusive right to manufacture in the said
country, or to sell therein, the goods bearing the mark assigned.

The foregoing provision does not impose upon the countries of the Union
any obligation to regard as valid the assignment of any mark the use of
which by the assignee would, in fact, be of such a nature as to mislead
the public, particularly as regards the origin, nature, or essential
qualities, of the goods to which the mark is applied.

---SECTION---6 [ Marks : Protection of Marks Registered in One Country
of the Union in the Other Countries of the Union]

Every trademark duly registered in the country of origin shall be
accepted for filing and protected as is in the other countries of the
Union, subject to the reservations indicated in this Article. Such
countries may, before proceeding to final registration, require the
production of a certificate of registration in the country of origin,
issued by the competent authority. No authentication shall be required
for this certificate.

Shall be considered the country of origin the country of the Union where
the applicant has a real and effective industrial or commercial
establishment, or, if he has no such establishment within the Union, the
country of the Union where he has his domicile, or, if he has no
domicile within the Union but is a national of a country of the Union,
the country of which he is a national.

Trademarks covered by this Article may be neither denied registration
nor invalidated except in the following cases:

when they are of such a nature as to infringe rights acquired by third
parties in the country where protection is claimed;

when they are devoid of any distinctive character, or consist
exclusively of signs or indications which may serve, in trade, to
designate the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, place of
origin, of the goods, or the time of production, or have become
customary. in the current language or in the bona fide and established
practices of the trade of the country where protection is claimed;

when they are contrary to morality or public order and, in particular,
of such a nature as to deceive the public. It is understood that a mark
may not be considered contrary to public order for the sole reason that
it does not conform to a provision of the legislation on marks, except
if such provision itself relates to public order.

This provision is subject, however, to the application of Article 10bis.

In determining whether a mark is eligible for protection, all the
factual circumstances must be taken into consideration, particularly the
length of time the mark has been in use.

No trademark shall be refused in the other countries of the Union for
the sole reason that it differs from the mark protected in the country
of origin only in respect of elements that do not alter its distinctive
character and do not affect its identity in the form in which it has
been registered in the said country of origin.

No person may benefit from the provisions of this Article if the mark
for which he claims protection is not registered in the country of
origin.

However, in no case shall the renewal of the registration of the mark in
the country of origin involve an obligation to renew the registration in
the other countries of the Union in which the mark has been registered.

The benefit of priority shall remain unaffected for applications for the
registration of marks filed within the period fixed by Article 4, even
if registration in the country of origin is effected after the
expiration of such period.

---SECTION---6 [ Marks : Service Marks]

The countries of the Union undertake to protect service marks. They
shall not be required to provide for the registration of such marks.

---SECTION---6 [ Marks : Registration in the Name of the Agent or
Representative of the Proprietor Without the Latter's Authorization]

If the agent or representative of the person who is the proprietor of a
mark in one of the countries of the Union applies, without such
proprietor's authorization, for the registration of the mark in his own
name, in one or more countries of the Union, the proprietor shall be
entitled to oppose the registration applied for or demand its
cancellation or, if the law of the country so allows, the assignment in
his favor of the said registration, unless such agent or representative
justifies his action.

The proprietor of the mark shall, subject to the provisions of paragraph
(1), above, be entitled to oppose the use of his mark by his agent or
representative if he has not authorized such use.

Domestic legislation may provide an equitable time limit within which
the proprietor of a mark must exercise the rights provided for in this
Article.

---SECTION---7 [ Marks : Nature of the Goods to which the Mark is
Applied]

The nature of the goods to which a trademark is to be applied shall in
no case form an obstacle to the registration of the mark.

---SECTION---7 [ Marks : Collective Marks]

The countries of the Union undertake to accept for filing and to protect
collective marks belonging to associations the existence of which is not
contrary to the law of the country of origin even if such associations
do not possess an industrial or commercial establishment.

Each country shall be the judge of the particular conditions under which
a collective mark shall be protected and may refuse protection if the
mark is contrary to the public interest.

Nevertheless, the protection of these marks shall not be refused to any
association the existence of which is not contrary to the law of the
country of origin, on the ground that such association is not
established in the country where protection is sought or is not
constituted according to the law of the latter country.

---SECTION---8 [ Trade Names ]

A trade name shall be protected in all the countries of the Union
without the obligation of filing or registration, whether or not it
forms part of a trademark.

---SECTION---9 [ Marks, Trade Names : Seizure, on Importation, etc., of
Goods Unlawfully Bearing a Mark or Trade Name]

All goods unlawfully bearing a trademark or trade name shall be seized
on importation into those countries of the Union where such mark or
trade name is entitled to legal protection.

Seizure shall likewise be effected in the country where the unlawful
affixation occurred or in the country in to which the goods were
imported.

Seizure shall take place at the request of the public prosecutor, or any
other competent authority, or any interested party, whether a natural
person or a legal entity, in conformity with the domestic legislation of
each country.

The authorities shall not be bound to effect seizure of goods in
transit.

If the legislation of a country does not permit seizure on importation,
seizure shall be replaced by prohibition of importation or by seizure
inside the country.

If the legislation of a country permits neither seizure on importation
nor prohibition of importation nor seizure inside the country, then,
until such time as the legislation is modified accordingly, these
measures shall be replaced by the actions and remedies available in such
cases to nationals under the law of such country.

---SECTION---10 [ False Indications : Seizure, on Importation, etc., of
Goods Bearing False Indications as to their Source or the Identity of
the Producer]

The provisions of the preceding Article shall apply in cases of direct
or indirect use of a false indication of the source of the goods or the
identity of the producer, manufacturer, or merchant.

Any producer, manufacturer, or merchant, whether a natural person or a
legal entity, engaged in the production or manufacture of or trade in
such goods and established either in the locality falsely indicated as
the source, or in the region where such locality is situated, or in the
country falsely indicated, or in the country where the false indication
of source is used, shall in any case be deemed an interested party.

---SECTION---10 [ Unfair Competition ]

The countries of the Union are bound to assure to nationals of such
countries effective protection against unfair competition.

Any act of competition contrary to honest practices in industrial or
commercial matters constitutes an act of unfair competition.

The following in particular shall be prohibited:

all acts of such a nature as to create confusion by any means whatever
with the establishment, the goods, or the industrial or commercial
activities, of a competitor;

false allegations in the course of trade of such a nature as to
discredit the establishment, the goods, or the industrial or commercial
activities, of a competitor;

indications or allegations the use of which in the course of trade is
liable to mislead the public as to the nature, the manufacturing
process, the characteristics, the suitability for their purpose, or the
quantity, of the goods.

---SECTION---10 [ Marks, Trade Names, False Indications, Unfair
Competition : Remedies, Right to Sue]

The countries of the Union undertake to assure to nationals of the other
countries of the Union appropriate legal remedies effectively to repress
all the acts referred to in Articles 9, 10, and 10bis.

They undertake, further, to provide measures to permit federations and
associations representing interested industrialists, producers, or
merchants, provided that the existence of such federations and
associations is not contrary to the laws of their countries, to take
action in the courts or before the administrative authorities, with a
view to the repression of the acts referred to in Articles 9, 10, and
10bis, in so far as the law of the country in which protection is
claimed allows such action by federations and associations of that
country.

---SECTION---11 [ Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Marks
: Temporary Protection at Certain International Exhibitions]

The countries of the Union shall, in conformity with their domestic
legislation, grant temporary protection to patentable inventions,
utility models, industrial designs, and trademarks, in respect of goods
exhibited at official or officially recognized international exhibitions
held in the territory of any of them.

Such temporary protection shall not extend the periods provided by
Article 4. If, later, the right of priority is invoked, the authorities
of any country may provide that the period shall start from the date of
introduction of the goods into the exhibition.

Each country may require, as proof of the identity of the article
exhibited and of the date of its introduction, such documentary evidence
as it considers necessary.

---SECTION---12 [Special National Industrial Property Services]

Each country of the Union undertakes to establish a special industrial
property service and a central office for the communication to the
public of patents, utility models, industrial designs, and trademarks.

This service shall publish an official periodical journal. It shall
publish regularly:

the names of the proprietors of patents granted, with a brief
designation of the inventions patented;

the reproductions of registered trademarks.

---SECTION---13 [Assembly of the Union]

The Union shall have an Assembly consisting of those countries of the
Union which are bound by Articles 13 to 17.

The Government of each country shall be represented by one delegate, who
may be assisted by alternate delegates, advisors, and experts.

The expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the Government which
has appointed it.

The Assembly shall:

deal with all matters concerning the maintenance and development of the
Union and the implementation of this Convention;

give directions concerning the preparation for conferences of revision
to the International Bureau of Intellectual Property (hereinafter
designated as the International Bureau) referred to in the Convention
establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (hereinafter
designated as the Organization), due account being taken of any comments
made by those countries of the Union which are not bound by Articles 13
to 17;

review and approve the reports and activities of the Director General of
the Organization concerning the Union, and give him all necessary
instructions concerning matters with in the competence of the Union;

elect the members of the Executive Committee of the Assembly;

review and approve the reports and activities of its Executive
Committee, and give instructions to such Committee;

determine the program and adopt the biennial budget of the Union, and
approve its final accounts;

adopt the financial regulations of the Union;

establish such committees of experts and working groups as it deems
appropriate to achieve the objectives of the Union;

determine which countries not members of the Union and which
intergovernmental and international nongovernmental organizations shall
be admitted to its meetings as observers;

adopt amendments to Articles 13 to 17;

take any other appropriate action designed to further the objectives of
the Union;

perform such other functions as are appropriate under this Convention;

subject to its acceptance, exercise such rights as are given to it in
the Convention establishing the Organization.

With respect to matters which are of interest also to other Unions
administered by the Organization, the Assembly shall make its decisions
after having heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of the
Organization.

Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (b), a delegate may represent
one country only.

Countries of the Union grouped under the terms of a special agreement in
a common office possessing for each of them the character of a special
national service of industrial property as referred to in Article 12 may
be jointly represented during discussions by one of their number.

Each country member of the Assembly shall have one vote.

One-half of the countries members of the Assembly shall constitute a
quorum.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (b), if, in any session,
the number of countries represented is less than one-half but equal to
or more than one-third of the countries members of the Assembly, the
Assembly may make decisions but, with the exception of decisions
concerning its own procedure, all such decisions shall take effect only
if the conditions set forth hereinafter are fulfilled. The International
Bureau shall communicate the said decisions to the countries members of
the Assembly which were not represented and shall invite them to express
in writing their vote or abstention within a period of three months from
the date of the communication. If, at the expiration of this period, the
number of countries having thus expressed their vote or abstention
attains the number of countries which was lacking for attaining the
quorum in the session itself, such decisions shall take effect provided
that at the same time the required majority still obtains.

Subject to the provisions of Article 17(2), the decisions of the
Assembly shall require two-thirds of the votes cast.

Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.

Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (b), a delegate may vote in
the name of one country only.

The countries of the Union referred to in paragraph (3)(b) shall, as a
general rule, endeavor to send their own delegations to the sessions of
the Assembly. If, however, for exceptional reasons, any such country
cannot send its own delegation, it may give to the delegation of another
such country the power to vote in its name, provided that each
delegation may vote by proxy for one country only. Such power to vote
shall be granted in a document signed by the Head of State or the
competent Minister.

Countries of the Union not members of the Assembly shall be admitted to
the meetings of the latter as observers.

The Assembly shall meet once in every second calendar year in ordinary
session upon convocation by the Director General and, in the absence of
exceptional circumstances, during the same period and at the same place
as the General Assembly of the Organization.

The Assembly shall meet in extraordinary session upon convocation by the
Director General, at the request of the Executive Committee or at the
request of one-fourth of the countries members of the Assembly.

The Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure.

---SECTION---14 [Executive Committee]

The Assembly shall have an Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee shall consist of countries elected by the
Assembly from among countries members of the Assembly. Furthermore, the
country on whose territory the Organization has its headquarters shall,
subject to the provisions of Article 16 (7)(b), have an ex officio seat
on the Committee.

The Government of each country member of the Executive Committee shall
be represented by one delegate, who may be assisted by alternate
delegates, advisors, and experts.

The expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the Government which
has appointed it.

The number of countries members of the Executive Committee shall
correspond to one-fourth of the number of countries members of the
Assembly. In establishing the number of seats to be filled, remainders
after division by four shall be disregarded.

In electing the members of the Executive Committee, the Assembly shall
have due regard to an equitable geographical distribution and to the
need for countries party to the Special Agreements established in
relation with the Union to be among the countries constituting the
Executive Committee.

Each member of the Executive Committee shall serve from the close of the
session of the Assembly which elected it to the close of the next
ordinary session of the Assembly.

Members of the Executive Committee may be reelected but only up to a
maximum of two-thirds of such members.

The Assembly shall establish the details of the rules governing the
election and possible reelection of the members of the Executive
Committee.

The Executive Committee shall:

prepare the draft agenda of the Assembly;

submit proposals to the Assembly in respect of the draft program and
biennial budget of the Union prepared by the Director General;

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submit, with appropriate comments, to the Assembly the periodical
reports of the Director General and the yearly audit reports on the
accounts;

take all necessary measures to ensure the execution of the program of
the Union by the Director General, in accordance with the decisions of
the Assembly and having regard to circumstances arising between two
ordinary sessions of the Assembly;

perform such other functions as are allocated to it under this
Convention.

With respect to matters which are of interest also to other Unions
administered by the Organization, the Executive Committee shall make its
decisions after having heard the advice of the Coordination Committee of
the Organization.

The Executive Committee shall meet once a year in ordinary session upon
convocation by the Director General, preferably during the same period
and at the same place as the Coordination Committee of the Organization.

The Executive Committee shall meet in extraordinary session upon
convocation by the Director General, either on his own initiative, or at
the request of its Chairman or one-fourth of its members.

Each country member of the Executive Committee shall have one vote.

One-half of the members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a
quorum.

Decisions shall be made by a simple majority of the votes cast.

Abstentions shall not be considered as votes.

A delegate may represent, and vote in the name of, one country only.

Countries of the Union not members of the Executive Committee shall be
admitted to its meetings as observers.

The Executive Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.

---SECTION---15 [International Bureau]

Administrative tasks concerning the Union shall be performed by the
International Bureau, which is a continuation of the Bureau of the Union
united with the Bureau of the Union established by the International
Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

In particular, the International Bureau shall provide the secretariat of
the various organs of the Union.

The Director General of the Organization shall be the chief executive of
the Union and shall represent the Union.

The International Bureau shall assemble and publish information
concerning the protection of industrial property. Each country of the
Union shall promptly communicate to the International Bureau all new
laws and official texts concerning the protection of industrial
property. Furthermore, it shall furnish the International Bureau with
all the publications of its industrial property service of direct
concern to the protection of industrial property which the International
Bureau may find useful in its work.

The International Bureau shall publish a monthly periodical.

The International Bureau shall, on request, furnish any country of the
Union with information on matters concerning the protection of
industrial property.

The International Bureau shall conduct studies, and shall provide
services, designed to facilitate the protection of industrial property.

The Director General and any staff member designated by him shall
participate, without the right to vote, in all meetings of the Assembly,
the Executive Committee, and any other committee of experts or working
group. The Director General, or a staff member designated by him, shall
beex officio secretary of these bodies.

The International Bureau shall, in accordance with the directions of the
Assembly and in cooperation with the Executive Committee, make the
preparations for the conferences of revision of the provisions of the
Convention other than Articles 13 to 17.

The International Bureau may consult with intergovernmental and
international non-governmental organizations concerning preparations for
conferences of revision.

The Director General and persons designated by him shall take part,
without the right to vote, in the discussions at these conferences.

The International Bureau shall carry out any other tasks assigned to it.

---SECTION---16 [Finances]

The Union shall have a budget.

The budget of the Union shall include the income and expenses proper to
the Union, its contribution to the budget of expenses common to the
Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of
the Conference of the Organization.

Expenses not attributable exclusively to the Union but also to one or
more other Unions administered by the Organization shall be considered
as expenses common to the Unions. The share of the Union in such common
expenses shall be in proportion to the interest the Union has in them.

The budget of the Union shall be established with due regard to the
requirements of coordination with the budgets of the other Unions
administered by the Organization.

The budget of the Union shall be financed from the following sources:

contributions of the countries of the Union;

fees and charges due for services rendered by the International Bureau
in relation to the Union;

sale of, or royalties on, the publications of the International Bureau
concerning the Union;

gifts, bequests, and subventions;

rents, interests, and other miscellaneous income.

For the purpose of establishing its contribution towards the budget,
each country of the Union shall belong to a class, and shall pay its
annual contributions on the basis of a number of units fixed as follows:

CLASS I    25 
Class II   15 
Class III  15 
Class IV   10 
Class V     5 
Class VI    3 
Class VII   1

Unless it has already done so, each country shall indicate, concurrently
with depositing its instrument of ratification or accession, the class
to which it wishes to belong. Any country may change class. If it
chooses a lower class, the country must announce such change to the
Assembly at one of its ordinary sessions. Any such change shall take
effect at the beginning of the calendar year following the said session.

The annual contribution of each country shall be an amount in the same
proportion to the total sum to be contributed to the budget of the Union
by all countries as the number of its units is to the total of the units
of all contributing countries.

Contributions shall become due on the first of January of each year.

A country which is in arrears in the payment of its contributions may
not exercise its right to vote in any of the organs of the Union of
which it is a member if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the
amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full
years. However, any organ of the Union may allow such a country to
continue to exercise its right to vote in that organ if, and as long as,
it is satisfied that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and
unavoidable circumstances.

If the budget is not adopted before the beginning of a new financial
period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous
year, as provided in the financial regulations.

The amount of the fees and charges due for services rendered by the
International Bureau in relation to the Union shall be established, and
shall be reported to the Assembly and the Executive Committee, by the
Director General.

The Union shall have a working capital fund which shall be constituted
by a single payment made by each country of the Union. If the fund
becomes insufficient, the Assembly shall decide to increase it.

The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said fund or of
its participation in the increase thereof shall be a proportion of the
contribution of that country for the year in which the fund is
established or the decision to increase it is made.

The proportion and the terms of payment shall be fixed by the Assembly
on the proposal of the Director General and after it has heard the
advice of the Coordination Committee of the organization.

In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on the
territory of which the Organization has its headquarters, it shall be
provided that, whenever the working capital fund is insufficient, such
country shall grant advances. The amount of these advances and the
conditions on which they are granted shall be the subject of separate
agreements, in each case, between such country and the Organization. As
long as it remains under the obligation to grant advances, such country
shall have anex officio seat on the Executive Committee.

The country referred to in subparagraph(a) and the Organization shall
each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant advances, by
written notification. Denunciation shall take effect three years after
the end of the year in which it has been notified.

The auditing of the accounts shall be effected by one or more of the
countries of the Union or by external auditors, as provided in the
financial regulations. They shall be designated, with their agreement,
by the Assembly.

---SECTION---17 [Amendment of Articles 13 to 17]

Proposals for the amendment of Articles 13, 14, 15, 16, and the present
Article, may be initiated by any country member of the Assembly, by the
Executive Committee, or by the Director General. Such proposals shall be
communicated by the Director General to the member countries of the
Assembly at least six months in advance of their consideration by the
Assembly.

Amendments to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall be adopted
by the Assembly. Adoption shall require three-fourths of the votes cast,
provided that any amendment to Article 13, and to the present paragraph,
shall require four-fifths of the votes cast.

Any amendment to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall enter
into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected
in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been
received by the Director General from three-fourths of the countries
members of the Assembly at the time it adopted the amendment. Any
amendment to the said Articles thus accepted shall bind all the
countries which are members of the Assembly at the time the amendment
enters into force, or which become members thereof at a subsequent date,
provided that any amendment increasing the financial obligations of
countries of the Union shall bind only those countries which have
notified their acceptance of such amendment.

---SECTION---18 [Revision of Articles 1 to 12 and 18 to 30]

This Convention shall be submitted to revision with a view to the
introduction of amendments designed to improve the system of the Union.

For that purpose, conferences shall be held successively in one of the
countries of the Union among the delegates of the said countries.

Amendments to Articles 13 to 17 are governed by the provisions of
Article 17.

---SECTION---19 [Special Agreements]

It is understood that the countries of the Union reserve the right to
make separately between themselves special agreements for the protection
of industrial property, in so far as these agreements do not contravene
the provisions of this Convention.

---SECTION---20 [Ratification or Accession by Countries of the Union;
Entry Into Force]

Any country of the Union which has signed this Act may ratify it, and,
if it has not signed it, may accede to it. Instruments of ratification
and accession shall be deposited with the Director General.

Any country of the Union may declare in its instrument of ratification
or accession that its ratification or accession shall not apply:

to Articles 1 to 12, or

to Articles 13 to 17.

Any country of the Union which, in accordance with subparagraph (b), has
excluded from the effects of its ratification or accession one of the
two groups of Articles referred to in that subparagraph may at any later
time declare that it extends the effects of its ratification or
accession to that group of Articles. Such declaration shall be deposited
with the Director General.

Articles 1 to 12 shall enter into force, with respect to the first ten
countries of the Union which have deposited instruments of ratification
or accession without making the declaration permitted under paragraph
(1)(b)(i), three months after the deposit of the tenth such instrument
of ratification or accession.

Articles 13 to 17 shall enter into force, with respect to the first ten
countries of the Union which have deposited instruments of ratification
or accession without making the declaration permitted under paragraph
(1)(b)(ii), three months after the deposit of the tenth such instrument
of ratification or accession.

Subject to the initial entry into force, pursuant to the provisions of
subparagraphs (a) and (b), of each of the two groups of Articles
referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(i) and (ii), and subject to the
provisions of paragraph (1)(b), Articles 1 to 17 shall, with respect to
any country of the Union, other than those referred to in subparagraphs
(a) and (b), which deposits an instrument of ratification or accession
or any country of the Union which deposits a declaration pursuant to
paragraph (1)(c), enter into force three months after the date of
notification by the Director General of such deposit, unless a
subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument or declaration
deposited. In the latter case, this Act shall enter into force with
respect to that country on the date thus indicated.

With respect to any country of the Union which deposits an instrument of
ratification or accession, Articles 18 to 30 shall enter into force on
the earlier of the dates on which any of the groups of Articles referred
to in paragraph (1)(b) enters into force with respect to that country
pursuant to paragraph (2)(a), (b), or (c).

---SECTION---21 [Accession by Countries Outside the Union; Entry Into
Force]

Any country outside the Union may accede to this Act and thereby become
a member of the Union. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with
the Director General.

With respect to any country outside the Union which deposits its
instrument of accession one month or more before the date of entry into
force of any provisions of the present Act, this Act shall enter into
force, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument of
accession, on the date upon which provisions first enter into force
pursuant to Article 20(2)(a) or (b); provided that:

if Articles 1 to 12 do not enter into force on that date, such country
shall, during the interim period before the entry into force of such
provisions, and in substitution therefor, be bound by Articles 1 to 12
of the Lisbon Act,

if Articles 13 to 17 do not enter into force on that date, such country
shall, during the interim period before the entry into force of such
provisions, and in substitution there for, be bound by Articles 13 and
14 (3), (4), and (5), of the Lisbon Act.

If a country indicates a subsequent date in its instrument of accession,
this Act shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date
thus indicated.

With respect to any country outside the Union which deposits its
instrument of accession on a date which is subsequent to, or precedes by
less than one month, the entry into force of one group of Articles of
the present Act, this Act shall, subject to the proviso of subparagraph
(a), enter into force three months after the date on which its accession
has been notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has
been indicated in the instrument of accession. In the latter case, this
Act shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus
indicated.

With respect to any country outside the Union which deposits its
instrument of accession after the date of entry into force of the
present Act in its entirety, or less than one month before such date,
this Act shall enter into force three months after the date on which its
accession has been notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent
date has been indicated in the instrument of accession. In the latter
case, this Act shall enter into force with respect to that country on
the date thus indicated.

---SECTION---22 [Consequences of Ratification or Accession]

Subject to the possibilities of exceptions provided for in Articles
20(1) (b) and 28(2), ratification or accession shall automatically
entail acceptance of all the clauses and admission to all the advantages
of this Act.

---SECTION---23 [Accession to Earlier Acts]

After the entry into force of this Act in its entirety, a country may
not accede to earlier Acts of this Convention.

---SECTION---24 [Territories]

Any country may declare in its instrument of ratification or accession,
or may inform the Director General by written notification any time
thereafter, that this Convention shall be applicable to all or part of
those territories, designated in the declaration or notification, for
the external relations of which it is responsible.

Any country which has made such a declaration or given such a
notification may, at any time, notify the Director General that this
Convention shall cease to be applicable to all or part of such
territories.

Any declaration made under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the same
date as the ratification or accession in the instrument of which it was
included, and any notification given under such paragraph shall take
effect three months after its notification by the Director General.

Any notification given under paragraph (2) shall take effect twelve
months after its receipt by the Director General.

---SECTION---25 [Implementation of the Convention on the Domestic Level]

Any country party to this Convention undertakes to adopt, in accordance
with its constitution, the measures necessary to ensure the application
of this Convention.

It is understood that, at the time a country deposits its instrument of
ratification or accession, it will be in a position under its domestic
law to give effect to the provisions of this Convention.

---SECTION---26 [Denunciation]

This Convention shall remain in force without limitation as to time.

Any country may denounce this Act by notification addressed to the
Director General. Such denunciation shall constitute also denunciation
of all earlier Acts and shall affect only the country making it, the
Convention remaining in full force and effect as regards the other
countries of the Union.

Denunciation shall take effect one year after the day on which the
Director General has received the notification.

The right of denunciation provided by this Article shall not be
exercised by any country before the expiration of five years from the
date upon which it becomes a member of the Union.

---SECTION---27 [Application of Earlier Acts]

The present Act shall, as regards the relations between the countries to
which it applies, and to the extent that it applies, replace the
Convention of Paris of March 20, 1883, and the subsequent Acts of
revision.

As regards the countries to which the present Act does not apply, or
does not apply in its entirety, but to which the Lisbon Act of October
31, 1958, applies, the latter shall remain in force in its entirety or
to the extent that the present Act does not replace it by virtue of
paragraph (1).

Similarly, as regards the countries to which neither the present Act,
nor portions thereof, nor the Lisbon Act applies, the London Act of June
2, 1934, shall remain in force in its entirety or to the extent that the
present Act does not replace it by virtue of paragraph (1).

Similarly, as regards the countries to which neither the present Act,
nor portions thereof, nor the Lisbon Act, nor the London Act applies,
The Hague Act of November 6, 1925, shall remain in force in its entirety
or to the extent that the present Act does not replace it by virtue of
paragraph (1).

Countries outside the Union which become party to this Act shall apply
it with respect to any country of the Union not party to this Act or
which, although party to this Act, has made a declaration pursuant to
Article 20(1)(b)(i). Such countries recognize that the said country of
the Union may apply, in its relations with them, the provisions of the
most recent Act to which it is party.

---SECTION---28 [Disputes]

Any dispute between two or more countries of the Union concerning the
interpretation or application of this Convention, not settled by
negotiation, may, by any one of the countries concerned, be brought
before the International Court of Justice by application in conformity
with the Statute of the Court, unless the countries concerned agree on
some other method of settlement. The country bringing the dispute before
the Court shall inform the International Bureau; the International
Bureau shall bring the matter to the attention of the other countries of
the Union.

Each country may, at the time it signs this Act or deposits its
instrument of ratification or accession, declare that it does not
consider itself bound by the provisions of paragraph (1). With regard to
any dispute between such country and any other country of the Union, the
provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply.

Any country having made a declaration in accordance with the provisions
of paragraph (2) may, at any time, withdraw its declaration by
notification addressed to the Director General.

---SECTION---29 [Signature, Languages, Depositary Functions]

This Act shall be signed in a single copy in the French language and
shall be deposited with the Government of Sweden.

Official texts shall be established by the Director General, after
consultation with the interested Governments, in the English, German,
Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish languages, and such other
languages as the Assembly may designate.

In case of differences of opinion on the interpretation of the various
texts, the French text shall prevail.

This Act shall remain open for signature at Stockholm until January 13,
1968.

The Director General shall transmit two copies, certified by the
Government of Sweden, of the signed text of this Act to the Governments
of all countries of the Union and, on request, to the government of any
other country.

The Director General shall register this Act with the Secretariat of the
United Nations.

The Director General shall notify the Governments of all countries of
the Union of signatures, deposits of instruments of ratification or
accession and any declarations included in such instruments or made
pursuant to Article 20(1)(c), entry into force of any provisions of this
Act, notifications of denunciation, and notifications pursuant to
Article 24.

---SECTION---30 [Transitional Provisions]

Until the first Director General assumes office, references in this Act
to the International Bureau of the Organization or to the Director
General shall be deemed to be references to the Bureau of the Union or
its Director, respectively.

Countries of the Union not bound by Articles 13 to 17 may, until five
years after the entry into force of the Convention establishing the
Organization, exercise, if they so desire, the rights provided under
Articles 13 to 17 of this Act as if they were bound by those Articles.
Any country desiring to exercise such rights shall give written
notification to that effect to the Director General; such notification
shall be effective from the date of its receipt. Such countries shall be
deemed to be members of the Assembly until the expiration of the said
period.

As long as all the countries of the Union have not become Members of the
Organization, the International Bureau of the Organization shall also
function as the Bureau of the Union, and the Director General as the
Director of the said Bureau.

Once all the countries of the Union have become Members of the
Organization, the rights, obligations, and property, of the Bureau of
the Union shall devolve on the International Bureau of the Organization.

