[Establishment of a special alliance; application for trademark registration to the International Bureau; definition of country of affiliation]

(1) The countries to which this Agreement applies form a special alliance for the international registration of trademarks.

(2) Nationals of any Contracting State may apply to the International Bureau of Intellectual Property (hereinafter referred to as the "International Bureau") in the Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "Organization") through the registration authority of the country of origin. ”) files an application for trademark registration to obtain protection in all other countries that are parties to this Agreement for marks used for goods or services that have been registered in the country where they belong.

(3) The country called the country of origin is: a country of the Special Alliance in which the applicant has a real and effective industrial and commercial establishment; if he does not have such an establishment in a country of the Special Alliance, he has one. The country of the Special Alliance in which he is domiciled; or, if he has no domicile in the territory of the Special Union but is a national of a country of the Special Alliance, the country of which he is a national. [Regarding Article 3 of the Paris Convention (certain categories of persons shall be accorded the same treatment as nationals of the Allied Powers)]

Nationals of countries not party to this Agreement shall, within the territory of the Special Alliance formed in accordance with this Agreement, comply with Those who comply with the conditions stipulated in Article 3 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall be treated in the same manner as nationals of the contracting states. [Contents of application for international registration]

(1) Each application for international registration must be submitted in the format specified in the rules; the registration authority of the country of origin of the trademark should certify that the specific items in such application are consistent with the national register The specific items in the trademark are consistent with each other, and the date and number of the trademark's application and registration in the country of origin and the date of application for international registration are stated.

(2) The applicant should specify the goods or services for which the trademark is sought to be protected, and if possible, also specify the corresponding categories according to the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for Trademark Registration. If the applicant fails to indicate so, the International Bureau shall classify the goods or services into the appropriate category of that classification. The description of the category made by the applicant is subject to inspection by the International Bureau, which conducts this inspection together with the national registration authority. If there is a disagreement between the national registration authority and the International Bureau, the opinion of the latter shall prevail.

(3) If the applicant requires color as a distinctive feature of his trademark, he must:

(1) Explain the actual situation and submit the requested description along with the application. Notification of color or color combination;

(2) Submit a color drawing of the trademark in question along with the application and attach it to the notification from the International Bureau. The number of copies of such drawings shall be determined by the Bylaws.

(4) The International Bureau shall immediately register a trademark applied for under Article 1. If the International Bureau receives an application within two months after applying for international registration in the country of origin, the date of application for international registration in the country of origin shall be indicated at the time of registration. If the application is not received within that period, the International Bureau shall act as if it had received the application. Register on the date of application. The International Bureau shall without delay notify the registration authority concerned. Depending on the specific items included in the registration application, the registered trademark shall be published in periodic publications issued by the International Bureau. If the trademark contains graphic parts or special fonts, the details may determine whether the applicant must provide a printing plate.

(5) Taking into account the need to publish registered trademarks in each contracting country, each registration authority may rely on the number of units specified in Article 16(4)(1) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. to receive from the International Bureau free of charge some of the above-mentioned publications and some at reduced prices, subject to the proportions and conditions specified in the Regulations. In all Contracting States, only this notification is required and the applicant is not required to make any other notifications. ["Territorial Restrictions"]

(1) Any Contracting State may at any time notify the Director General of the Organization (hereinafter referred to as the "Director General") in writing that the protection obtained through international registration shall be limited only to the owner of the trademark. It can only be extended to that country if there is a clear request.

(2) Such notification shall become effective six months after the Director General notifies other Contracting States. [Request for "territorial extension"]

(1) When requesting that the protection obtained through international registration be extended to a country that utilizes the rights provided for in Article 3bis, the request must be made in Article 3(1). ) are specifically mentioned in the application mentioned.

(2) Any request for territorial extension made after international registration must be made through the registration authority of the country of origin in the format specified in the rules. The International Bureau shall immediately notify such request to the registration authority without delay and shall publish it in a periodical journal issued by the International Bureau. This territorial extension takes effect from the date of registration in the International Register and ceases to be effective when the international registration of the relevant trademark expires. [Effectiveness of International Registration]

(1) Starting from the date of registration with the International Bureau in accordance with Article 3ter, the protection of a mark in each Contracting State concerned shall be as if the mark had been filed directly in that country Same as registered. The description of the categories of goods and services provided for in Article 3 shall not bind Contracting States in determining the scope of trademark protection.

(2) Each trademark registered internationally shall enjoy the priority stipulated in Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property without having to perform the various formalities stipulated in paragraph (4) of that article. .

Article 4bis [Replacement of original national registration by international registration]

(1) If a trademark has been registered in one or more Contracting States and is subsequently registered as If the name of the same owner or his successor in title is registered by the International Bureau, the international registration shall be deemed to have replaced the original national registration without prejudice to the rights acquired based on such original registration.

(2) The national registration authority shall, upon request, record the international registration in its register. [Refutation by national registration authorities]

(1) After the registration of a trademark or a request for extension of protection made under Article 3 is notified by the International Bureau to the national registration authorities, the registration authority authorized by national law has the right to declares that such trademark cannot be protected in its territory. According to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, such refusal can only be based on grounds that are equally applicable to trademarks applying for national registration. However, protection shall not be denied, even partially, solely on the ground that domestic law does not allow registration unless used in some limited categories or limited goods or services.

(2) The registration authorities of various countries who wish to exercise this right shall do so within the time prescribed by their domestic laws and no later than after the international registration of the trademark or the protection under Article 3ter. Within one year of the request for extension, a notification of rejection is sent to the International Bureau, together with a statement of all reasons.

(3) The International Bureau will, without delay, forward a copy of the rejection statement of this notification to the registration authority of the country of origin and the trademark owner, if the registration authority has specified the trademark owner to the International Bureau agent, it will be transferred to his agent. The party concerned has the same remedies as if he had applied directly for registration of the mark in the country that refused protection.

(4) Upon the request of any relevant parties, the International Bureau shall notify them of the reasons for rejecting the trademark.

(5) If within the above period of up to one year, the national registration authority does not notify the International Bureau of any provisional or final decision on the rejection of the trademark registration or the request for extension of protection, as far as the relevant trademark is concerned, , it loses the rights stipulated in paragraph (1) of this article.

(6) If the trademark owner is not promptly given an opportunity to defend its rights, the competent authority shall not declare the cancellation of an international trademark. Cancellation shall be notified to the International Bureau. [Documents proving the legality of the use of certain parts of the trademark]

The registration authorities of each contracting state may stipulate that certain parts of the trademark such as coats of arms, coats of arms, portraits, honorary titles, Provide documentation proving the legality of the use of titles, trade names, names other than those of the applicant, or other similar marks. Unless these certification documents are authenticated or certified by the country of origin, all other supporting documents are exempt. [Copies of entries in the International Register, advance searches, extracts from the International Register]

(1) The International Bureau may issue to any person who requests a copy of the entries in the Register for a specific trademark, provided that The fees specified in the bye-laws shall be levied.

(2) The International Bureau can also handle advance inquiries of international trademarks for a fee.

(3) Excerpts from the International Register requested for the purpose of being provided to one of the Contracting States shall be exempted from all authentication. [Validity period of international registration. Independence of international registration.

Termination of protection in the country of origin]

(1) A trademark registration with the International Bureau is valid for twenty years and may be renewed in accordance with the conditions specified in Article 7.

(2) When five years have passed since the date of international registration, such registration will have no relationship with the national trademark originally registered in the country of origin, subject to the following restrictions.

(3) Within five years from the date of international registration, if the national trademark originally registered in the country of origin according to Article 1 no longer enjoys legal protection in whole or in part, then the international registration shall The protection obtained, whether or not it has been transferred, no longer creates rights in whole or in part. This provision also applies when legal protection ceases due to litigation arising before the expiry of the five-year period.

(4) If it is canceled automatically or ex officio, the registration authority of the country of origin shall request the cancellation of the trademark in the International Bureau, and the International Bureau shall cancel it. When legal proceedings arise, the above-mentioned registration authority shall, ex officio or at the request of the plaintiff, send a copy of the complaint document or other supporting documents in which the proceedings have been commenced, as well as the final judgment of the court, to the International Bureau, which shall enter it in the International Register be registered. [Renewal of registration by the International Bureau]

(1) Any registration can be renewed for a period of twenty years from the expiration of the last term. Renewal only requires the payment of basic fees. When necessary, The additional fee shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 (2).

(2) Renewal does not include any changes to the final model previously registered.

(3) The first renewal in accordance with the provisions of the Nice Protocol of June 15, 1957 or this Protocol may include a category description of the relevant international classification registered.

(4) Six months before the expiration of the protection period, the International Bureau shall send an informal notice to remind the trademark owner or his agent of the exact expiration date.

(5) A six-month extension period may be granted for the renewal of international registration, but fines stipulated in the rules will be charged. [National charges, international charges, distribution of excess income, surcharges and supplementary fees]

(1) The registration authority of the country of origin may provide for its own interests the application for international registration or renewal. Trademark owners charge state fees.

(2) Advance international fees for trademark registration with the International Bureau, including:

(1) Basic fee;

(2) For trademarks exceeding international classification III For goods or services for which the trademark is applied for in more than one category, a surcharge will be charged for each category beyond that category;

(3) For protection extension requirements under Article 3ter, a surcharge will be charged.

(3) However, if the classification of the goods or services has been determined by the International Bureau or is disputed, without prejudice to the date of registration, the classification referred to in paragraph (2)(2) The prescribed surcharge may be paid within the period specified in the Articles. If the applicant has not paid the surcharge by the expiration of the above period, or the list of goods or services has not been reduced to the required level, the application for international registration will be deemed to have been abandoned.

(4) The annual income from various incomes from international registration, except as provided in items (2) and (3) of paragraph (2), after deducting the funds required for the implementation of this Protocol, shall be divided equally among the States parties to this Protocol by the International Bureau. If a country has not ratified or acceded to this Protocol when it enters into force, it will not be entitled to a share of the excess revenue calculated under the original protocol to which it applied until it ratifies or accedes.

(5) The amount of the surcharge specified in paragraph (2)(2) shall be distributed to the participating countries of this Protocol at the end of each year in proportion to the number of trademarks applied for protection in each country each year. Or countries that are parties to the Nice Protocol of June 15, 1957; for countries that have been pre-examined, this number must be multiplied by a coefficient determined by the rules. If a country has not ratified or acceded to this Protocol when it enters into force, it will not be entitled to a share of the amount calculated under the Nice Protocol until it ratifies or accedes.

(6) The amount of additional fees stipulated in paragraph (2)(3) shall be determined in accordance with the conditions of paragraph (5) upon the exercise of the provisions of Article 3-2. rights are distributed among countries. If a country has not ratified or acceded to this Protocol before it enters into force, it will not be entitled to a share of the amount calculated in accordance with the Nice Protocol until it ratifies or accedes.

[Waiver of rights in one or more Contracting States]

A person who has obtained an international registration in his own name may at any time waive the protection in one or more Contracting States by notifying the registration authority of his or her home country A declaration is made requiring notification to the International Bureau whereby the International Bureau notifies the State whose protection has been waived. There is no fee for surrender. [Changes to the national register also affect the international registration. The reduction of the list of goods and services is mentioned in the international registration. The single item is added. Replacement of the single item]

(1) The national registration authority of the person who obtained the international registration in his own name shall also record all cancellation, revocation, abandonment, transfer and transfer of the trademark made in the national register. Other changes are notified to the International Bureau if such changes also affect the international registration.

(2) The International Bureau shall record these changes in the International Register, notify the registration authorities of each Contracting State, and publish them in its publications.

(3) When a person who has obtained an international registration in his own name requests to reduce the list of goods or services to which the registration applies, similar procedures should be performed.

(4) Fees shall be paid for handling these matters, and the fees shall be stipulated in the detailed rules.

(5) If new goods or services are added to the above list of goods or services in the future, a new application must be submitted in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 to obtain them.

(6) Substituting one good or service for another is deemed to be an addition. [Assignment of international trademarks caused by change of owner country]

(1) When a trademark registered in the International Register is transferred to a person in a contracting country, and the contracting country did not acquire the trademark in his own name the country of international registration, the registration authority of the latter country may notify the International Bureau of the transfer. The International Bureau shall register the transfer, notify the other registration authorities and publish it in the journal. If the transfer is made less than five years after the international registration, the International Bureau shall obtain the consent of the registration authority of the country of the new owner and, if possible, the date and date of registration of the mark in the country of the new owner. Number announced.

(2) Any transfer of a trademark registered in the International Register to a person who does not have the right to apply for an international trademark will not be registered.

(3) When the transfer cannot be recorded in the International Register because the country of the new owner refuses to consent, or because it has been transferred to a person who is not entitled to apply for international registration, the transfer of the original owner's country cannot be recorded in the International Register. The registration authority has the right to request the International Bureau to cancel the mark from its register. [Transfer of an international trademark only for part of the registration or goods and services, or only to certain contracting countries. Regarding Article 6quater of the Paris Convention (Assignment of Trademarks)]

(1) If the International Bureau has been notified of the transfer of an international trademark in respect of only some of the registered goods or services, the International Bureau shall record it in the Register. Each Contracting State shall have the right to refuse to recognize the validity of a transfer if that part of the goods or services transferred is similar to that part of the goods or services for which the transferor retains registration.

(2) If an international trademark is transferred only in one or several contracting countries, the International Bureau should also register it.

(3) Under the above circumstances, if there is a change in the country of the owner, and if less than five years have passed since the international registration, the international trademark has been transferred, the new owner will The national registration authority shall grant recognition in accordance with the provisions of Article 9bis.

(4) The implementation of the provisions of the above paragraphs shall be bound by Article 6quater of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. [Unified registration authority for several Contracting States; request by several Contracting States to be treated as a single country]

(1) If several countries of the Special Union agree to harmonize their domestic trademark legislation, they may notify the Director General:

(1) Replace the registration authority of each country with a unified registration authority.

(2) All or part of all previous provisions of this Article shall be deemed to apply in a single country if they apply throughout their respective territories.

(2) This notification will come into effect six months after the Director General notifies the other Contracting States. [Congress of the Special Union]

(1) (1) The Special Union shall establish a congress composed of the countries that have ratified or acceded to this Protocol.

(2) Each government can have one representative, and can be assisted by a number of deputy representatives, consultants and experts.

(3) The expenses of the delegation, except for the travel expenses and living allowance of one representative from each member state, shall be borne by the government that sends it.

(2) (1) The responsibilities of the conference are:

1. Handle all matters concerning the maintenance and development of the Alliance and the implementation of this Agreement;

2. To issue instructions to the International Bureau regarding the preparations for the revision conference, in which due consideration shall be given to the opinions of the Member States of the Special Union that have not yet ratified or acceded to this Protocol;

3. Amend the rules, including determining the fees mentioned in Article 8(2) and other fees related to international registration;

4. Review and approve the Director-General's reports and activities related to this special alliance, and give him necessary instructions on matters within the scope of the alliance's competence;

5. Decide on the plans of the Special Alliance, adopt the triennial budget, and approve its final accounts;

6. Adopt the financial rules of this special alliance;

7. Establish experts and working subcommittees as necessary to achieve the purpose of this special alliance;

8. Decide which non-member states of the Special Alliance and which intergovernmental and non-governmental international organizations are allowed to participate in the meeting as observers;

9. Adopt the amendments to Articles 10 to 13;

10. Take other appropriate actions to further realize the purpose of this special alliance;

11. To exercise such other duties as deemed appropriate under this Agreement.

(2) Regarding matters related to other alliances managed by this organization, the conference will make decisions after listening to the recommendations of the coordination committee of this organization.

(3)(1) Each member state of the General Assembly has the right to vote.

(2) Half of the member states of the General Assembly shall constitute a quorum.

(3) Regardless of the provisions of paragraph (2), at any meeting, if the number of countries attending the meeting is less than half but reaches or exceeds one-third of the member states of the conference, The General Assembly may make resolutions, but all such resolutions, except decisions concerning its own procedures, will be effective only if the following conditions are fulfilled. The International Bureau shall notify the above-mentioned resolutions to the Member States of the Assembly not present and shall request them to vote in writing or abstain from voting within three months from the date of notification. If, after the expiration of this period, the number of States voting in this manner or abstaining from voting reaches the quorum required by the meeting itself, such a resolution shall take effect, provided that at the same time the required majority is obtained.

(4) Except as provided in Article 13(2), resolutions of the General Assembly require two-thirds of the vote.

(5) Abstention shall not be regarded as a vote.

(6) A representative can only represent one country and vote in the name of one country.

(7) Non-members of the General Assembly among the member countries of this Special Alliance may be allowed to serve as observers of General Assembly meetings.

(4)(1) Unless there are special circumstances, a regular meeting of the General Assembly will be held every third calendar year and shall be convened by the Director-General. The time and place shall be consistent with the time and place of the organization’s general meeting.

(2) At the request of a quarter of the member states of the General Assembly, a special meeting shall be convened by the Director General.

(3) The agenda of each meeting shall be prepared by the Director-General.

(5) The conference shall formulate its own rules of procedure. [International Bureau]

(1) (1) The International Bureau handles international registrations and performs related duties and handles other administrative work related to this Special Union.

(2) In particular, the International Bureau shall prepare for meetings of the Assembly and provide a secretariat for the Assembly and for any expert and working subcommittees that may have been established by the Assembly.

(3) The Director-General is the administrative head of the Special Alliance and represents the Special Alliance.

(2) The Director-General and any staff designated by him shall participate in all meetings of the conference and the expert or working subcommittees established by the conference, but shall not have the right to vote. The Director-General or a staff member designated by him shall be the ex-officio secretary of those bodies.

(3)(1) The International Bureau may, in accordance with the instructions of the Assembly, prepare for meetings to amend provisions other than Articles 10 to 13 of this Agreement.

(2) The International Bureau may consult with intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental international organizations on the preparations to be made for the revision meeting.

(3) The Director General and persons designated by him may participate in the discussions at those meetings, but have no voting rights.

(4) The International Bureau shall perform other tasks assigned to it. [Finance]

(1) (1) This special alliance shall have a budget.

(2) The budget of the Special Union includes the income and expenses of the Special Union itself, contributions to the common expenditure budgets of each alliance, and the budget of the meeting of member states of the organization when appropriate. of payment. (3) Expenditures not exclusively for this special alliance, but for one or more other alliances managed by this organization at the same time, shall be regarded as joint expenses of each alliance. The special alliance's share of such joint expenses shall be calculated in proportion to the special alliance's equity therein.

(2) When formulating the budget of this special alliance, due consideration should be given to coordination with the budgets of other alliances managed by this organization.

(3) The budget of the Special Union shall be funded from the following sources:

(1) International registration fees and other charges for other services provided by the International Bureau related to the Special Union ;

(2) Sales price or royalties from publications of the International Bureau related to this Special Union;

(3) Donations, bequests and grants;

(4) Rent, interest and other miscellaneous income.

(4)(1) The amount of fees mentioned in Article 8(2) and other fees related to international registration shall be determined by the General Assembly upon proposal by the Director General.

(2) The provisions on the amount of these fees, in addition to the surcharges and supplementary fees mentioned in items (2) and (3) of Article 8, paragraph (2), should be able to make this The total income from fees and other sources of the Special Union shall at least be sufficient to cover the expenses of the International Bureau in connection with the Special Union.

(3) If the budget is not passed before the start of the new fiscal year, the budget level of the previous year should be maintained in accordance with the provisions of the financial rules.

(5) The amount of charges for other services provided by the International Bureau in relation to the Special Union, except as provided in paragraph (4)(1), shall be determined by the Director General and reported to the General Conference.

(6) (1) This Special Alliance has a working fund, which is composed of a lump sum payment from each country of the Special Alliance. If the fund is insufficient, the conference may decide to increase the fund.

(2) Each country’s first payment to the above-mentioned fund or its share when the fund is increased shall be based on the country’s status as a member of the Paris Alliance for the Protection of Industrial Property when it established the fund or decided to increase the fund. Calculated for that year as a share of the Paris League budget.

(3) The proportion and conditions of payment shall be determined by the General Assembly based on the proposal of the Director General and after hearing the opinions of the Coordination Committee of the Organization.

(4) As long as the General Assembly authorizes the use of the reserve fund of this Special Alliance as a working fund, the General Assembly may suspend the implementation of the provisions of items (1), (2), and (3).

(7) (1) In the headquarters agreement reached with the country where the organization’s headquarters is located, it should be stipulated that when the working fund is insufficient, the country should provide an advance. The amount and conditions of the advance shall be separately agreed upon between the country and the Organization based on specific circumstances.

(2) The countries mentioned in the preceding paragraph (1) and the Organization have the right to revoke the agreement to grant advances by giving written notice. The annulment notice shall take effect three years from the end of the year of notification.

(8) The accounting audit shall be conducted by one or more countries of the Special Alliance or by external auditors in accordance with the provisions of the financial regulations. Auditors shall be appointed by the General Assembly with its approval. [Amendments to Articles 10 to 13]

(1) Proposals to amend Articles 10, 11, 12 and this article may be first proposed by any member state of the General Assembly or the Director General. Such proposals shall be communicated to the Member States of the General Conference by the Director-General at least six months before consideration by the General Conference.

(2) Modifications to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be adopted by the General Assembly.

Three-fourths of the vote is required for adoption, and four-fifths of the vote is required if Article 10 or this Article is to be amended.

(3) Any amendment to the Articles specified in paragraph (1) shall be made when the General Assembly has adopted it and the Director-General has received from three-fourths of the Member States their acceptance in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures. It will take effect one month after written notification. Modifications to the above provisions shall be binding on all countries that are members of the General Assembly when they come into force or become members of the General Assembly thereafter. [Approve and join, take effect. Participation in earlier protocols; on Article 24 of the Paris Convention (Territory)]

(1) Any member state of this Special Union that has signed this Protocol may ratify it; if it has not signed it, it may join .

(2)(1) Any country outside this Special Alliance that is a member of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property may accede to this Protocol and thereby become a member of this Special Alliance.

(2) Once the International Bureau is notified that such a country has acceded to this Protocol, it shall send to the registration authority of that country a summary notification of the marks then enjoying international protection in accordance with Article 3.

(3) Such notification shall itself guarantee the enjoyment of the benefits of the above-mentioned provisions for these marks in the territory of the said country and indicate the beginning date of the period of one year during which the relevant registration authority Declarations provided for in Article 5 may be made.

(4) However, when acceding to this Agreement, any such country may declare that, except for those that have previously had identical national registrations in that country that are still valid, they shall be recognized upon request by the parties concerned. With the exception of international trademarks, this Protocol applies only to trademarks registered since that country's accession became effective.

(5) The International Bureau does not need to make the above summary notification upon receipt of such a statement. The International Bureau notifies only those marks for which it has received a detailed request to avail itself of the exceptions provided for in paragraph (4) within one year from the date of accession of the new country.

(6) The International Bureau will not issue summary notifications to countries that declare to take advantage of the rights provided for in Article 3bis when acceding to this Agreement. The countries mentioned may also declare at the same time that this Protocol shall apply only to marks registered as of the date of entry into force of their accession; but such restriction shall not affect identical national registrations already in those countries and may give rise to claims under Article 3 ter and Article 8(2)(3) of an international trademark with territorial extension requirements made and notified.

(7) The registration of a trade mark in a notification under this paragraph shall be deemed to have replaced the registration made directly with the new Contracting State before its accession took effect.

(3) The instruments of ratification and accession shall be submitted to the Director General for filing.

(4)(1) For the first five countries that have deposited their instruments of ratification and accession, this Protocol will enter into force three months after the deposit of the fifth document.

(2) For any other country, this Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date on which the Director General notifies that country of its instrument of ratification or accession, provided that the instrument of ratification or instrument of accession stipulates that Except for a later date. In the latter case, this Protocol shall enter into force for that country as of the date specified therein.

(5) By ratifying or acceding to this Protocol, you will of course accept all the terms of this Protocol and enjoy all the benefits of this Protocol.

(6) After this Protocol comes into effect, a country can only participate in the Nice Protocol of June 15, 1957, only if it ratifies or accedes to this Protocol at the same time. Accession to protocols prior to the Nice Protocol, even simultaneous ratification of or accession to this Protocol, is not permitted.

(7) The provisions of Article 24 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall apply to this Agreement. [Withdrawal]

(1) This Agreement shall remain in effect without time limit.

(2) Any country may notify the Director General to withdraw from this Protocol. Such withdrawal also constitutes withdrawal from all the original protocols, but only affects the country that made the notification; the agreement continues to be fully valid for the other countries of the Special Alliance.

(3) Denunciation shall take effect one year after the date when the Director General receives the notification.

(4) A country that has been a member of this Special Alliance for less than five years shall not exercise the right to withdraw from the Treaty stipulated in this article.

(5) If an international trademark registered as of the effective date of withdrawal is not rejected within the one-year period stipulated in Article 5, it shall continue to enjoy the same rights as that trademark during the period of international protection. The country that withdraws from the treaty directly proposes the same protection. [Application of previous protocols]

(1) (1) Among the countries that are members of the Special Union that have ratified or acceded to this Protocol, this Protocol shall replace Article 18 from the date this Protocol enters into force for them. Other texts preceding this Protocol are the Madrid Agreement of 1991.

(2) However, any Member State of this Special Union that has ratified or acceded to this Protocol has not previously ) shall continue to be bound by the previous text in its relations with States that have not ratified or acceded to this Protocol.

(2) Non-member countries of the Special Union that have joined this Protocol shall apply this Article to international registrations processed with the International Bureau through the national competent authorities of any member country of the Special Union that have not joined this Protocol. Protocol, only those countries are said to have such registration in compliance with the requirements of this Protocol. In the case of international registrations filed with the International Bureau through the competent authorities of the countries not members of the Special Union that are parties to this Protocol, those countries recognize that the above-mentioned member countries of the Special Union may demand compliance with the provisions of the latest Protocol to which they are party. [Signature, Language, Duty of Deposit]

(1) (1) This Protocol is signed in a French original and deposited with the Swiss Government.

(2) The originals in other languages ??designated by the General Assembly shall be determined by the Director-General after consultation with the relevant governments.

(2) This Protocol shall be open for signature in Stockholm until January 13, 1968.

(3) The Director-General shall send two copies of the signed original of this Protocol certified by the Swiss Government to the governments of all countries of the Special Alliance and to the governments of any other country that requests it.

(4) The Director-General shall register this Protocol with the United Nations Secretariat.

(5) The Director-General shall notify all countries of this Special Alliance of the following: the deposit of signatures, instruments of ratification or accession and any declarations contained in these documents, and the entry into force of any provision of this Protocol. , notification of withdrawal, notification issued in accordance with Article 3-2, Article 9-4, Article 14(7) and Article 15(2). [Transitional Provisions]

(1) Before the first Director General takes office, the International Bureau or the Director General of the Organization referred to in this Protocol shall be understood as the Union Bureau or the Union Bureau established by the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property respectively. Its officers.

(2) Within five years after the entry into force of the Convention establishing the Organization, the Member States of the Special Union that have not ratified or acceded to this Protocol may, if they wish, exercise the rights provided for in Articles 10 to 13, as if these countries were bound by these provisions. Any State wishing to exercise such right may so notify the Director General in writing. Such notice shall be effective from the date of receipt. Such a State is deemed to be a member of the Assembly until the expiry of the said period.