Saturday, 9 November 2024

Saudi Arabia to host Design Law Treaty Diplomatic Conference

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A diplomatic conference will take place in Riyadh between 11 and 22 Nov 2024 to conclude and adopt a design law treaty.   Although art 5quinquies of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property requires industrial designs to be protected by all countries of the Paris Union how they are protected varies greatly from country to country.  Countries like the UK and EU member states provide a system of design registration.  Other countries like the USA grant design patents.  The purpose of the proposed treaty is to harmonize and facilitate the registration procedure.

A draft treaty and implementing regulations have already been proposed.  The proposed treaty consists of 32 articles covering abbreviations, general principles, filing, grace periods, publication, terms of protection, renewal, regulations and governance.  An agenda, timetable and social programme have also been published.  The proposed treaty will not affect contracting parties' obligations under the Hague Agreement or Section 4  of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ("TRIPs").

Further information on the conference can be contained from the World Intellectual Property Office and the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property websites.  Anyone wishing to discuss this article may call me on +44 (0)20 7404 5252 during UK office hours or send me a message through my contact page,

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