Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
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The Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, signed on 31 October 1958, ensures that in member countries, appellations of origin receive protection when are protected in their country of origin. It lays down provisions for what qualifies as an appellation of origin, protection measures and establishes an International Register of Appellations of Origin, run by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The agreement came into force in 1966, and was revised at Stockholm (1967) and amended in 1979 and 2015. As of July 2022, 39 states are party to the convention and 1000 appellations of origin has been registered.[2]
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of October 31, 1958, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and as amended on September 28, 1979 | |
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Signed | 31 October 1958 (Lisbon) 14 July 1967 (Stockholm) 21 May 2015 (Geneva) |
Location | Lisbon, Stockholm, Geneva |
Effective | 25 September 1966 (Lisbon) 31 October 1973 (Stockholm) 26 February 2020 (Geneva) |
Signatories | 11 (Lisbon) 5 (Stockholm) 11 (Geneva) |
Parties | 10 (Lisbon) 30 (Stockholm) 21 (Geneva)[1] |
Depositary | Switzerland (Lisbon), Sweden (Stockholm), WIPO (Geneva) |
Language | French (Lisbon, Stockholm) |
Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish (Geneva) |
The agreements establish a Special Union under Article 19 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883).[3] Some aspects of the agreement have been superseded by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.