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Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement [of 6 November 1925] concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Geneva, 2 July 1999)
Introductory Provisions
Article 1 - Abbreviated expressions
Article 2 - Applicability of other protection accorded by laws of Contracting Parties and by certain international treaties
Chapter I - International Application and International Registration
Article 3 - Entitlement to file an international application
Article 4 - Procedure for filing the international application
Article 5 - Contents of the international application
Article 6 - Priority
Article 7 - Designation fees
Article 8 - Correction of irregularities
Article 9 - Filing date of the international application
Article 10 - International registration, date of the international registration, publication and confidential copies of the international registration 1
Article 11 - Deferment of publication
Article 12 - Refusal
Article 13 - Special requirements concerning unity of design
Article 14 - Effects of the international registration
Article 15 - Invalidation
Article 16 - Recording of changes and other matters concerning international registrations
Article 17 - Initial term and renewal of the international registration and duration of protection
Article 18
Chapter II - Administrative Provisions
Article 19 - Common Office of several States
Article 20 - Membership of the Hague Union
Article 21 - Assembly
Article 22 - International Bureau
Article 23 - Finances
Article 24 - Regulations
Chapter III - Revision and Amendment
Article 25 - Revision of this Act
Articles 21, 22, 23 and 26 may be amended either by a revision conference or by the Assembly according to the provisions of Article 26.
Article 26 - Amendment of certain Articles by the Assembly
Chapter IV - Final Provisions
Article 27 - Becoming party to this Act
Article 28 - Effective date of ratifications and accessions
Article 29 - Prohibition of reservations
Article 30 - Declarations made by Contracting Parties
Article 31 - Applicability of the 1934 and 1960 Acts
Article 32 - Denunciation of this Act
Article 33 - Languages of this Act; Signature
Article 34 - Depositary
Regulations Under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Rule 1 - Definitions
Rule 2 - Communication with the International Bureau
Rule 3 - Representation before the International Bureau
Rule 4 - Calculation of time limits
Rule 5 - Irregularities in postal and delivery services
Rule 6 - Languages
Chapter 2 - International Applications and International Registrations
Rule 7 - Requirements concerning the international application
Rule 8 - Special requirements concerning the applicant
Rule 9 - Reproductions of the industrial design
Rule 10 - Specimens of the industrial design where deferment of publication is requested
Rule 11 - Identity of creator; Description; Claim
Rule 12 - Fees concerning the international application
Rule 13 - International application filed through an Office
Rule 14 - Examination by the International Bureau
Rule 15 - Registration of the industrial design in the International Register
Rule 16 - Deferment of publication
Rule 17 - Publication of the international registration
Chapter 3 - Refusals and Invalidations
Rule 18 - Notification of refusal
Rule 19 - Irregular refusals
Rule 20 - Invalidation in designated Contracting Parties
Chapter 4 - Changes and Corrections
Rule 21 - Recording of a change
Rule 22 - Corrections in the International Register
Chapter 5 - Renewals
Rule 23 - Unofficial notice of expiration
Rule 24 - Details concerning renewal
Rule 25 - Recording of the renewal; Certificate
Chapter 6 - Bulletin
Rule 26 - Bulletin
Chapter 7 - Fees
Rule 27 - Amounts and payment of fees
Rule 28 - Currency of payments
Rule 29 - Crediting of fees to the accounts of the Contracting Parties concerned
Chapter 8 - Miscellaneous
Rule 30 - Amendment of certain rules
Rule 31 - Administrative instructions
Rule 32 - Declarations made by Contracting Parties
Schedule of Fees - [Not reproduced here.]
Endnotes
Endnotes
Metadata
SiSU Metadata, document information
Manifest
SiSU Manifest, alternative outputs etc.
Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement [of 6 November 1925] concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Geneva, 2 July 1999)
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Introductory Provisions
Chapter IV - Final Provisions
(1) [Instruments to be taken into consideration]
For the purposes of this Article, only instruments of ratification or accession that are deposited by States or intergovernmental organizations referred to in Article 27(1) and that have an effective date according to Article 27(3) shall be taken into consideration.
(2) [Entry into force of this Act]
This Act shall enter into force three months after six States have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession, provided that, according to the most recent annual statistics collected by the International Bureau, at least three of those States fulfill at least one of the following conditions:
(i) at least 3,000 applications for the protection of industrial designs have been filed in or for the State concerned, or
(ii) at least 1,000 applications for the protection of industrial designs have been filed in or for the State concerned by residents of States other than that State.
(3) [Entry into force of ratifications and accessions]
(a) Any State or intergovernmental organization that has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession three months or more before the date of entry into force of this Act shall become bound by this Act on the date of entry into force of this Act.
(b) Any other State or intergovernmental organization shall become bound by this Act three months after the date on which it has deposited its instrument of ratification or accession or at any later date indicated in that instrument.
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