NIPC Law

     Hague Union State, Party to 1960 Hague Act    Hague Union State, Parties to 1999 Geneva left;"    covered by Regional Economic Integration Organization (REIO), not separate member    Hague Union State, also covered by REIO Author L.tak   Licence CC BY-SA 4.0   Source Wikimedia Jane Lambert The Hague Agreement facilitates legal protection of industrial designs in multiple jurisdictions from a single application much in the way that the  Patent Cooperation Treaty  does for inventions and  Madrid  for brands.  It was concluded in 1925 but it had very few  members  until recently.  It first began to affect businesses in the United Kingdom in 2008 when the European Union joined the system.  The United Kingdom acceded in its own right on 13 June 2018.  Other countries that have joined since 2008 include Canada, Israel, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and the USA. There are now 76 ...

S tandard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert The Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications  came into force on 26 Feb 2020.  Art 29 (2) of the Act provides for it to enter into force three months after five eligible parties referred to in art 28 have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession.  That condition was satisfied on 26 Nov 2019 when the European Union deposited its instrument of accession with Francis Gurry, the Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO")  (see WIPO press release  European Union Joins Geneva Act of WIPO’s Lisbon Agreement, Enabling Entry into Force  26 Nov 2019). The Geneva Act supplements the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration  of 15 Oct 1958 by providing for the registration of geographical indications  as well as appellations of origin and by making it possible f...

WIPO Author Jane Lambert} © 2004 All rights reserved Jane Lambert On 13 March 2018 the British government deposited with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") an instrument of ratification  o f the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs  ("the Hague Agreement").  The deposit of that instrument enabled the UK to join the Hague system for the registration of industrial designs from 13 June 2018.  The Hague system allows businesses to register up to 100 designs in 69 countries in a single application. The Hague system is not entirely new to British business as the European Union has been party to the Hague Agreement since 1 Jan 2008.  The EU's participation in the Hague system works well for businesses that want to protect their designs throughout the whole EU as well as other parties to the Hague Agreement but Community design registra...