The origin of this agreement was the Diplomatic Conference held in Vienna in June 1973.

The Vienna Agreement on the International Classification of Figurative Elements of Trademarks was signed in Vienna on June 12, 1973, and came into effect on May 1, 1977.

In order to establish a unified international classification of trademark graphics, when searching for trademark registration applications, in addition to the original trademark files stored according to the commodity classification method, there are also differences based on the words and patterns of the trademark itself. Type of stored file.