Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 8

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property

 

Article 18

(1) This Convention shall be submitted to revision with a view to the
introduction of amendments designed to improve the system of the Union.

(2) For that purpose, conferences shall be held successively in one of the
countries of the Union among the delegates of the said countries.

(3) Amendments to Articles 13 to 17 are governed by the provisions of
Article 17.

Article 19

It is understood that the countries of the Union reserve the right to make
separately between themselves special agreements for the protection of
industrial property, in so far as these agreements do not contravene the
provisions of this Convention.

Article 20

(1) (a) Any country of the Union which has signed this Act may ratify it,
and, if it has not signed it, may accede to it. Instruments of ratification
and accession shall be deposited with the Director General.

(b) Any country of the Union may declare in its instrument of ratification
or accession that its ratification or accession shall not apply:

(i) to Articles 1 to 12, or
(ii) to Articles 13 to 17.

(c) Any country of the Union which, in accordance with subparagraph (b),
has excluded from the effects of its ratification or accession one of the
two groups of Articles referred to in that subparagraph may at any later
time declare that it extends the effects of its ratification or accession
to that group of Articles. Such declaration shall be deposited with the
Director General.

(2) (a) Articles 1 to 12 shall enter into force, with respect to the first
ten countries of the Union which have deposited instruments of ratification
or accession without making the declaration permitted under paragraph (1)
(b) (i), three months after the deposit of the tenth such instrument of
ratification or accession.

(b) Articles 13 to 17 shall enter into force, with respect to the first ten
countries of the Union which have deposited instruments of ratification or
accession without making the declaration permitted under paragraph (1) (b)
(ii), three months after the deposit of the tenth such instrument of
ratification or accession.

(c) Subject to the initial entry into force, pursuant to the provisions of
subparagraphs (a) and (b), of each of the two groups of Articles referred
to in paragraph (1) (b) (i) and (ii), and subject to the provisions of
paragraph (1) (b), Articles 1 to 17 shall, with respect to any country of
the Union, other than those referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b), which
deposits an instrument of ratification or accession or any country of the
Union which deposits a declaration pursuant to paragraph (1) (c), enter
into force three months after the date of notification by the Director
General of such deposit, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the
instrument or declaration deposited. In the latter case, this Act shall
enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus indicated.

(3) With respect to any country of the Union which deposits an instrument
of ratification or accession, Articles 18 to 30 shall enter into force on
the earlier of the dates on which any of the groups of Articles referred to
in paragraph (1) (b) enters into force with respect to that country
pursuant to paragraph (2) (a), (b), or (c).

Article 21

(1) Any country outside the Union may accede to this Act and thereby become
a member of the Union. Instruments of accession shall be deposited with the
Director General.

(2) (a) With respect to any country outside the Union which deposits its
instrument of accession one month or more before the date of entry into
force of any provisions of the present Act, this Act shall enter into
force, unless a subsequent date has been indicated in the instrument of
accession, on the date upon which provisions first enter into force
pursuant to Article 20(2) (a) or (b); provided that:

(i) if Articles 1 to 12 do not enter into force on that date, such
country shall, during the interim period before the entry into force
of such provisions, and in substitution therefor, be bound by
Articles 1 to 12 of the Lisbon Act,

(ii) if Articles 13 to 17 do not enter into force on that date, such
country shall, during the interim period before the entry into force
of such provisions, and in substitution therefor, be bound by
Articles 13 and 14(3), (4), and (5), of the Lisbon Act.

If a country indicates a subsequent date in its instrument of accession,
this Act shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date
thus indicated.

(b) With respect to any country outside the Union which deposits its
instrument of accession on a date which is subsequent to, or precedes by
less than one month, the entry into force of one group of Articles of the
present Act, this Act shall, subject to the proviso of subparagraph (a),
enter into force three months after the date on which its accession has
been notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has been
indicated in the instrument of accession. In the latter case, this Act
shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus
indicated.

(3) With respect to any country outside the Union which deposits its
instrument of accession after the date of entry into force of the present
Act in its entirety, or less than one month before such date, this Act
shall enter into force three months after the date on which its accession
has been notified by the Director General, unless a subsequent date has
been indicated in the instrument of accession. In the latter case, this Act
shall enter into force with respect to that country on the date thus
indicated.

Article 22

Subject to the possibilities of exceptions provided for in Articles 20 (1)
(b) and 28(2), ratification or accession shall automatically entail
acceptance of all the clauses and admission to all the advantages of this
Act.

Article 23

After the entry into force of this Act in its entirety, a country may not
accede to earlier Acts of this Convention.

 

Conclusion

Notes

See Also

References and Further Reading

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