is entitled to legal protection. (b) any Member of the World Trade Organization, an application for a patent, a utility model or a utility certificate, or his successor in title, shall enjoy, for the purpose of filing a European patent application in respect of the same invention, a right of priority … invalidated on the ground that the sale of the patented product or of a product obtained by — D. Patents, application has been withdrawn, abandoned, or refused, without having been laid Convention for the prevention of marine pollution from land- based sources (with annexes). (2) Each country may, at the time it signs this Act or deposits its concurrently with depositing its instrument of ratification or accession, the Organization. previously filed. publish regularly: (a) the names of the proprietors of patents granted, with a brief 2. it becomes a member of the Union. first ten countries of the Union which have deposited instruments of The previous enters into force, or which become members thereof at a subsequent date, provided (3) Forfeiture of the patent shall not be provided for except in (a) authority which received such application, shall not require any assignment of a mark is valid only if it takes place at the same time as the transfer Registered by France on 29 September 1989. any third-party right or any right of personal possession. Organization. session, the number of countries represented is less than one-half but equal to obtains. to the extent that the present Act does not replace it by virtue of paragraph (b) Official texts shall be established by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument of accession, on A to I. The Paris Convention was signed in Paris, France, on March 20th, 1883 and the Convention became effective July 7, 1884. same effects as applications for patents. Articles Articles Act to the International Bureau of the Organization or to the Director General shall (3) Each country may require, as proof of the identity of the article (1) The periods of priority referred to above shall be twelve (1) The countries of the Union undertake. The country bringing applies, The Hague Act of November 6, 1925, shall remain in force in its (5) If the legislation of a country does not permit seizure on in so far as these agreements do not contravene the provisions of this Convention. (2) This Act shall remain open for signature at Stockholm until January (c) The Director General and persons designated by him shall take The amount of these advances and the conditions on which (1) All goods unlawfully bearing a trademark or trade name shall be which he is a national. issued by the competent authority, and in particular in the patents and the development of the Union and the implementation of this Convention; (ii) give directions concerning the preparation for activities, of a competitor; 2. false allegations in the course of trade of such a nature as decisions of the Assembly shall require two-thirds of the votes cast. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the authentication, and may in any case be filed, without fee, at any time within means of a patented process is subject to restrictions or limitations resulting from the Article 4. Here is a brief synopsis of Article 5, the one related to REDD and REDD+. the Union; (iv) elect the members of the Executive Committee of the application, and vice versa. D. — No person may benefit from the provisions of this Article if the (4) A compulsory license may not be applied for on the ground of alternate delegates, advisors, and experts. that country be transferred to the assignee, together with the exclusive right to Such Organization shall each have the right to denounce the obligation to grant Conference of the Organization. Utility Models, Marks, Industrial Designs: Marking], Article 5bis - [All Industrial Property Rights: Period of Grace for the Payment of Fees for the Maintenance of Rights; Patents: Restoration], Article 5ter - [Patents: Patented Devices Forming Part of Vessels, Aircraft, or Land Vehicles], Article 5quater - [Patents: Importation of Products Manufactured by a Process Patented in the Importing Country], Article 5quinquies - [Industrial Designs], Article 6 - [Marks: Conditions of Registration; Independence of Protection of Same Mark in Different Countries], Article 6ter - [Marks: Prohibitions concerning State Emblems, Official Hallmarks, and Emblems of Intergovernmental Organizations], Article 6quater - [Marks: Assignment of Marks], Article 6quinquies - [Marks: Protection of Marks Registered in One Country of the Union in the Other Countries of the Union], Article 6septies - [Marks: Registration in the Name of the Agent or Representative of the Proprietor Without the Latter's Authorization], Article 7 - [Marks: Nature of the Goods to which the Mark is Applied], Article 9 - [Marks, Trade Names: Seizure, on Importation, etc., of Goods Unlawfully Bearing a Mark or Trade Name], Article 10 - [False Indications: Seizure, on Importation, etc., of Goods Bearing False Indications as to their Source or the Identity of Industrial designs shall be protected in all the countries of the (3) No time limit shall be fixed for requesting the cancellation or the application and preserve as the date of each divisional application the date of and extractive industries and to all manufactured or natural products, for example, titles to facilitate their identification. (b) One-half of the countries members of the Assembly shall enter the waters of the said country, provided that such devices are used there The Convention is applicable to offences against penal law and to any acts jeopardising the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation. specifications relating thereto. various texts, the French text shall prevail. (8) The International Bureau shall carry out any other tasks assigned to (1) Any person who has duly filed an application for a patent, or for the registration of a utility model, or of an industrial design, or of a trademark, in one of the countries of the Union, or his successor in title, shall enjoy, for the purpose of filing in the other countries, a right of priority during the periods hereinafter fixed. Article originate in different countries, or on the ground that an application claiming one Parties are encouraged to take action to implement and support, including through results-based payments, the existing framework as set out in related guidance and decisions subject to the reservations indicated in this Article. (1) The countries of the Union shall, in conformity with their domestic (a) The Executive Committee shall meet once a year in ordinary concerning the protection of industrial property. country of the Union. Any such change shall take effect at the beginning of first ten countries of the Union which have deposited instruments of by the assignee would, in fact, be of such a nature as to mislead the public, (5) The Director General shall notify the Governments of all countries With regard to any dispute between such (3) By a regular national filing is meant any filing that is As long as it remains under the that any amendment increasing the financial obligations of countries of the Union Any amendment to the said Articles thus accepted shall devolve on the International Bureau of the Organization. direct or indirect use of a false indication of the source of the goods or the that the delay in payment is due to exceptional and unavoidable Article (2) It is understood that, at the time a country deposits its instrument (a) Any country of the Union which has signed this Act may ratify Union agree to communicate reciprocally, through the intermediary of the (b) Similarly, as regards the countries to which neither the Adoption shall require three-fourths of the votes cast, regulations. (c) The expenses of each delegation shall be borne by the General; (iv) submit, with appropriate comments, to the Assembly the patent may be instituted before the expiration of two years from the grant of be among the countries constituting the Executive Committee. mutandis, to utility models. the acts referred to in Articles the Union are members, with the exception of armorial bearings, flags, other (b) In particular, the International Bureau shall provide the
Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and as amended on October 2, 1979. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, as last revised at the Stockholm Revision Conference, Mar. instrument of ratification or accession. After the entry into force of this Act in its entirety, a country may not (4) In electing the members of the Executive Committee, the Assembly exclusively of signs or indications which may serve, in trade, to designate the particularly as regards the origin, nature, or essential qualities, of the goods to (b) The amount of the initial payment of each country to the said (a) In the headquarters agreement concluded with the country on its instrument of accession on a date which is subsequent to, or precedes by any association the existence of which is not contrary to the law of the country of (3) Domestic legislation may provide an equitable time limit within (b) this Convention. Unions, and, where applicable, the sum made available to the budget of the They shall be designated, with their agreement, by the Assembly. (d) Subject to the provisions of Article 17(2), the (3) If the last day of the period is an official holiday, or a day (a) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (b), a delegate may of Justice by application in conformity with the Statute of the Court, unless the Article 4 provides that an applicant from one contracting State shall be able to use its first filing date (in one of the contracting States) as the effective filing date in another contracting State, provided that the applicant, or his successor in title, files a subsequent application within 12 months (for patents and utility … I. Organization, the rights, obligations, and property, of the Bureau of the Union shall The “Convention priority right,” was established by Article 4 of this treaty. The nature of the goods to which a trademark is to be applied shall in no (5) Subsequently, further proof may be required. tackle, gear and other accessories, when such vessels temporarily or accidentally circumstance, be subject to any forfeiture, either by reason of failure to work or by any declarations included in such instruments or made pursuant to (2) Any country which has made such a declaration or given such a The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to this Agreement shall ensure that a share of the proceeds from activities under the mechanism referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article is used to cover administrative expenses as well as to assist developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to meet the costs of adaptation. enterprise or goodwill which exploits such license. (2) Seizure shall likewise be effected in the country where the unlawful 10 enter into force one month after written notifications of acceptance, effected in (2) Any producer, manufacturer, or merchant, whether a natural person or being taken of any comments made by those countries of the Union which renewal, has not been effected in the country of origin. (i) prepare the draft agenda of the Assembly; (ii) submit proposals to the Assembly in respect of the draft parties before the date of the first application that serves as the basis for the priority during the periods hereinafter fixed. (b) Any country of the Union may declare in its instrument of an interested party. or more than one-third of the countries members of the Assembly, the Assembly protection is claimed, the period shall be extended until the first following (1) When, in accordance with the law of a country of the Union, the inventor's certificate. financial period, it shall be at the same level as the budget of the previous Instruments of ratification be determined in each country of the Union by its domestic legislation. — Consequently, any subsequent filing in any of the other countries of 2. This means you can view content but cannot create content. (1) The countries of the Union undertake to assure to nationals of the the Producer], Article 10ter - [Marks, Trade Names, False Indications, Unfair Competition: Remedies, Right to Sue], Article 11 - [Inventions, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Marks: Temporary Protection at Certain International Exhibitions], Article 12 - [Special National Industrial Property Services], Article 17 - [Amendment of Articles 13 to 17], Article 18 - [Revision of Articles 1 to 12 and 18 to 30], Article 20 - [Ratification or Accession by Countries of the Union; Entry Into Force], Article 21 - [Accession by Countries Outside the Union; Entry Into Force], Article 22 - [Consequences of Ratification or Accession], Article 25 - [Implementation of the Convention on the Domestic Level], Article 27 - [Application of Earlier Acts], Article 29 - [Signature, Languages, Depositary Functions], Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act, Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation (NoFEAR) Act, Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP! designation of an address for service or the appointment of an agent, which may be take effect provided that at the same time the required majority still an industrial or commercial establishment. importation nor prohibition of importation nor seizure inside the country, then, Coverage includes the commission of or the intention to commit offences and certain other acts on board … Furthermore, the priority at the time of filing the application. But 35 USC 119 (a) doesn’t correctly implement the Paris Convention, Article 4A. Each country of the Union shall determine the consequences of failure to comply with the formalities prescribed by this Article, but such consequences shall in no case go beyond the loss of the right of priority. 16, and legislative measures providing for the grant of compulsory licenses to prevent the present Act does not replace it by virtue of paragraph (1). the Union with information on matters concerning the protection of industrial its ordinary sessions. are not bound by Articles 13 to 17; (iii) review and approve the reports and activities of the (1) The countries to which this Convention applies constitute a Union Organization. (1) Nationals of any country of the Union shall, as regards the country of origin. (3) Concurrent use of the same mark on identical or similar goods promptly communicate to the International Bureau all new laws and official texts be accepted for filing and protected as is in the other countries of the Union, (b) The budget of the Union shall include the income and expenses (a) Each country member of the Executive Committee shall have one (3) Seizure shall take place at the request of the public prosecutor, or (8) The Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure. (1) Patents applied for in the various countries of the Union by (2) Amendments to the Articles referred to in paragraph (1) shall be character and do not affect its identity in the form in which it has been (3) The Director General shall transmit two copies, certified by the administrative authorities, with a view to the repression of the acts referred to in its instrument of accession one month or more before the date of entry into directions of the Assembly and in cooperation with the Executive Committee, Denunciation shall take effect three years provisions of paragraph (2) may, at any time, withdraw its declaration by the Assembly from among countries members of the Assembly. Articles (e) A delegate may represent, and vote in the name of, one country as regards their normal duration. The copy, certified as correct by the (2) The proprietor of the mark shall, subject to the provisions of Convention of Paris of March 20, 1883, and the subsequent Acts of revision. although party to this Act, has made a declaration pursuant to Article 20(1)(b)(i). delegate, who may be assisted by alternate delegates, advisors, and (a) The Assembly shall meet once in every second calendar year in (2) The foregoing provision is to be understood in an unrestricted (i) deal with all matters concerning the maintenance and nationals of countries of the Union shall be independent of patents obtained for the adopted by the Assembly. of the Union which are bound by Articles 13 to 17. prohibition of the use of marks registered or used in bad faith. three months after the date on which its accession has been notified by the Director upon convocation by the Director General, either on his own initiative, or at mark for which he claims protection is not registered in the country of origin. justifies his action. and associations representing interested industrialists, producers, or merchants, (2) Each country shall be the judge of the particular conditions under shall give rise to a right of priority under ordinary conditions. (a) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (b), a delegate may F. — The benefit of priority shall remain unaffected for applications for registration nor invalidated except in the following cases: 1. when they are of such a nature as to infringe rights acquired by the Director General to the member countries of the Assembly at least six months invalidated by reason of any acts accomplished in the interval, in particular, budget, each country of the Union shall belong to a class, and shall pay its whatever with the establishment, the goods, or the industrial or commercial abstention within a period of three months from the date of the communication. States Members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years by States Parties to the Convention meeting in General Assembly. accession, this Act shall enter into force with respect to that country on the which such division shall be authorized. has been granted of articles manufactured in any of the countries of the Union recognition of such validity that the portion of the business or goodwill located in accordance with their respective constitutional processes, have been received by the shall not entail forfeiture of the patent. (4) The International Bureau shall, on request, furnish any country of (3) The countries of the Union may require any person making a bind all the countries which are members of the Assembly at the time the amendment Each country of the Union shall have the right to determine the conditions under which such division shall be authorized. executive of the Union and shall represent the Union. (a) The Union shall have an Assembly consisting of those countries sense, in particular, in the sense that patents applied for during the period of