WIPO Convention

WIPO Convention

Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
Type	Intellectual property
Signed	14 July 1967
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Effective	26 April 1970
Condition	10 ratifications by Paris Union states plus seven ratifications by Berne Union states
Signatories	50
Parties	193
Depositary	Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
Languages	English, French, Russian, and Spanish

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:

• Federated States of Micronesia
• Palau
• South Sudan

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 (in English) in the WIPO Lex database – official website of WIPO.