Our country has joined most international multilateral treaties on intellectual property, the most important of which are the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO Convention) and TRIPS.

Take the international multilateral treaties managed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) as an example. WIPO announced that it manages 26 international multilateral treaties (including WIPO Conventions).

Except for WIPO conventions, these conventions are divided into three categories according to their functions: the first category is about treaties on specific protection standards for various types of intellectual property rights, with ***15; There are ***6 treaties on the international registration management of intellectual property rights; the third category is on the classification of invention patents, trademarks, and industrial designs, and there are ***4 treaties.

The first category of treaties includes: (arranged in order of date of adoption)

1. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, referred to as "Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property" The Paris Convention, concluded in 1883, applies to industrial property rights in the broadest sense, including patents, trademarks, industrial designs, utility models, service marks, trade names, geographical indications (indications of origin and appellations of origin) and the suppression of unfair compete.

my country officially became a member of the Paris Union on March 19, 1985 and is the 96th member of the Union.

2. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works "Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works", referred to as the "Berne Convention", was adopted in 1886.

Conventions provide creators such as authors, musicians, poets, and painters with the means to control who can use their works under what conditions.

On October 15, 1992, our country became a member of the Convention.

3. Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or ?Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods, referred to as the Madrid Agreement (Indications of Origin), concluded in 1891 .

Under this Agreement, any goods bearing a false or deceptive indication of origin that directly or indirectly identifies one of the Contracting States or a place in that Contracting State as the country or place of origin must be marked upon importation. Seize or prohibit its import, or take other actions and sanctions against its import.

4. Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations "Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations", referred to as the "Rome Convention", was concluded in 1961. Ensure the protection of performers' performances, phonogram producers' phonograms and broadcasting organizations' broadcasts.

5. Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms ?Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms "Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms", referred to as "Phonogram Convention" or "Phonogram" Convention, adopted in 1971.

The Convention stipulates that each Contracting State is obliged to provide protection to producers of phonograms belonging to nationals of another Contracting State against reproduction without the consent of the producer and against the import of such copies (if such reproductions are reproduction or import for the purpose of distribution to the public), and the distribution to the public of such copies is prohibited.

Our country joined the Convention on January 5, 1993, and the Convention came into effect for our country on April 30, 1993.

6. Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of ?Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite "Brussels Convention on the Transmission of Satellite Transmission Program Signals", referred to as the "Brussels Convention" or "Satellite Convention", signed in 1974.

The Convention stipulates that each Contracting State is obliged to take appropriate measures to prevent the unauthorized transmission of program signals transmitted by satellite to or from its territory.

7. Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol "Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol", referred to as the "Nairobi Treaty", was adopted in 1981.

All countries participating in the Nairobi Treaty are obliged to protect the Olympic emblem and prevent its use for commercial purposes (such as in advertising, on goods, as a trademark, etc.) without the permission of the International Olympic Committee. .

8. Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of ?Integrated Circuits "Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits", referred to as "Washington Treaty" or "Treaty on Integrated Circuits", signed on May 26, 1989 It has not yet entered into force in Washington, but TRIPS stipulates that its members must comply with some provisions of Articles 2 to 7, Article 12 and Article 16 of the treaty.

Our country signed the treaty on May 1, 1990.

9. Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) Trademark Law Treaty (TLT), concluded in 1994, aims to unify and simplify national and regional trademark registration procedures.

Our country signed the treaty on October 28, 1994.

10. WIPO Copyright Treaty "World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty" (WCT), concluded in 1996, is a special agreement called the "Berne Convention" and involves the protection of works and authors of works in the digital environment. .

Our country joined the Convention on March 9, 2007, and the Convention came into effect for our country on June 9, 2007.

11. WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty "World Intellectual Property Organization Performances and Phonograms Treaty" (WPPT), concluded in 1996, involves the intellectual property rights of performers and phonogram producers, especially in the digital environment intellectual property rights.

Our country joined the Convention on March 9, 2007, and the Convention came into effect for our country on June 9, 2007.

12. Patent Law Treaty "Patent Law Treaty" (PLT), adopted in 2000, aims to harmonize and simplify the formal procedures for national and regional patent applications and patents, making these procedures more user-friendly.

13. Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, referred to as the "Singapore Treaty", was concluded in 2006. The Singapore Treaty is based on the 1994 Trademark Law Treaty, but has a wider scope and also addresses recent issues in the field of communications technology.

Our country signed the treaty on January 29, 2007.

14. Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances "Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances" was adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances held in Beijing from June 20 to 26, 2012, and involves performers' intellectual property rights in audiovisual performances. .

Our country signed the treaty on June 26, 2012, and ratified its accession on July 9, 2014.

15. Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who? Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled (MVT) The Marrakesh Treaty on the Facilitation of Works (MVT), referred to as the Marrakesh Treaty, was adopted on June 27, 2013 and entered into force on September 30, 2016.

The "Marrakesh Treaty" sets the obligation for the contracting parties to provide mandatory limitations and exceptions for the visually impaired and other print disabilities, with corresponding flexibility.

Our country signed the treaty on June 28, 2013, but has not yet ratified it.

There are 6 second-category treaties. These treaties are contracts regarding the international registration or international application of intellectual property rights such as invention patents, trademarks, and industrial designs.

Based on these contracts, all contracting parties can greatly reduce the investment of manpower and material resources when seeking international protection of these intellectual property rights, and reduce the cost and time of submitting various international applications and international documents, thus Greatly promote the development and protection of these intellectual property rights. These treaties include: (arranged in order of effective date of the treaties)

1. Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, referred to as the "Madrid Agreement (Trademark)", 1891 Signed.

Our country joined the agreement on July 4, 1989, and the agreement came into effect for our country on October 4, 1989.

2. Hague Agreement Concerning the International ?Registration of Industrial Designs "Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs", referred to as the "Hague Agreement", currently has two texts in effect - the 1999 text and the 1960 text text.

3. Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration "Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration", referred to as the "Lisbon Agreement", was signed in Lisbon, Portugal in 1958.

4. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), concluded in 1970.

Our country joined the treaty on October 1, 1993, and the treaty came into effect for our country on January 1, 1994.

5. Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the ?Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, referred to as the "Budapest Treaty", concluded in 1977 .

Our country joined the treaty on April 1, 1995, and the treaty came into effect for our country on July 1, 1995.

6. Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks "Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks", referred to as the "Madrid Protocol", was signed in 1989.

my country joined the protocol on May 4, 2000, and the protocol came into effect for our country on August 4, 2000.

There are ***4 treaties in the third category. These treaties determine the classification of the respective sub-categories of patents, trademarks or industrial designs, and thus establish easy-to-search indexes.

These classification standards can organize patent, trademark or industrial design information into a more manageable form. These treaties include:

1. Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, referred to as the Nice Agreement ", which came into effect in 1961.

Our country acceded to the Geneva text of the Agreement on May 5, 1994, and the Agreement came into effect for our country on August 9, 1994.

2. Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs "Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs", referred to as the "Locarno Agreement", came into effect in 1971.

Our country joined the agreement on June 17, 1996, and the agreement came into effect for our country on September 19, 1996.

3. Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification "Strasbourg Agreement on International Patent Classification", referred to as "Strasbourg Agreement", came into effect in 1975.

Our country joined the agreement on June 17, 1996, and the agreement came into effect for our country on June 19, 1997.

4. Vienna Agreement Establishing an International ?Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks "Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks", referred to as the "Vienna Agreement", came into effect in 1985.

China Intellectual Property Protection Network-Compilation of International Treaties on Intellectual Property