14Free Information ProductsPatents – Comic bookPublication no.: 485Available in: A, C, E, F, R, S<strong>WIPO</strong> Patent Information Services forDeveloping CountriesPublication no.: 493Available in: E, F, SProtecting Your Inventions Abroad:Frequently Asked Questions about the PatentCooperation Treaty (PCT)Publication no.: 433Available in: A, C, E, F, R, SPCT Wheel 2006-2007For quick calculation of key dates related tothe filing of a PCT applicationPublication no.: WheelAvailable in: English onlyReseña Histórica del Tratado de Cooperaciónen Materia de Patentes (1966-1995)Publication no.: 886Available in: Spanish only<strong>WIPO</strong> Patent Information Services forDeveloping Countries – LeafletPublication no.: 493.1Available in: E, SThe International Patent System in 2006 –PCT Yearly ReviewPublication no.: 901Available in: E, F, SAdvantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty(PCT) for Patent Agents in DevelopingCountriesPublication no.: 905Available in: E, SInternational Patent Classification (IPC):General InformationPublication no.: 409Available in: E, F, S<strong>WIPO</strong> Patent Report – Statistics onWorldwide Patent Activities(Version 2007)Publication no.: 931Available in: E, F, SPatentscope – Access to the World of TechnologyPublication no.: L434/1Available in: E, F, J, KLearn from the Past, Create the Future:Inventions and PatentsPublication no.: 925Available in: E, F, SWhat is the PLT?Publication no.: L450PLTAvailable in: C, E, F, R, SStriking a Balance: The Patent System andAccess to Drugs and Health CarePublication no.: 491Available in: A, C, E, F, P, R, SA=Arabic – C=Chinese – D=Dutch – E=English – F=French – G=German – I=Italian – J=Japanese – K=Korean – P=Portuguese – R=Russian – S=Spanish
15MARKSTreaties and ConventionsMadrid Agreement Concerning the InternationalRegistration of Marks; Protocol Relating to the MadridAgreement Concerning the International Registrationof Marks; Common Regulations; AdministrativeInstructions of April 14, 1891 as revised at Brussels onDecember 14, 1900, at Washington on June 2, 1911, at the Hagueon November 6, 1925, at London on June 2, 1934, at Nice on June15, 1957, and at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 and as amended onSeptember 28, 1979; the Protocol Relating to the MadridAgreement Concerning the International Registration of Marksadopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989; and as amended on October3, 2006; the Regulations and the Administrative Instructions as inforce on January 1, 2008.The system of international registration ofmarks is governed by the MadridAgreement. The Protocol relating to thatAgreement aims at rendering the Madridsystem more flexible and more compatiblewith the domestic legislation of certaincountries which had not been able toaccede to the Agreement.Publication no.: 204 • Pages: 146 • Price: 20 Sfr.ISBN version 2008 E: 978-92-805-1672-2F: 978-92-805-1673-9 •S:978-92-805-1674-6version 2005 G: 978-92-805-1389-9version 2004 A: 978-92-805-0286-2C: 978-92-805-0675-4 • R:978-92-805-0674-7Nice Agreement Concerning the InternationalClassification of Goods and Services for the Purposesof the Registration of Marks of June 15, 1957, as revised atStockholm on July 1967, and at Geneva on May 13, 1977 andamended on September 28, 1979.The Agreement establishes a classification ofgoods and services for the purposes ofregistering trademarks and service marks.The trademark offices of the contractingStates must indicate, in connection witheach registration, the symbols of the classes.Publication no.: 292 • Pages: 19 • Price: 15 Sfr.ISBN A: 978-92-805-0435-4E: 978-92-805-0433-0 •F:978-92-805-0309-8R: 978-92-805-0436-1 •S:978-92-805-0434-7Trademark Law Treaty and Regulations done in Geneva onOctober 27, 1994.ISBNThe aim of the TLT is to make national andregional trademark registration systemsmore user-friendly. This is achieved throughthe simplification and harmonization ofprocedures thus making the procedure safefor the owners of marks and theirrepresentatives.Publication no.: 225 • Pages: 68 • Price: 15 Sfr.A: 978-92-805-0571-9 • C:978-92-805-0572-6E: 978-92-805-0568-9 • F: 978-92-805-0569-6R: 978-92-805-0573-3 • S: 978-92-805-0570-2Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks,Regulations Under the Singapore Treaty on the Law ofTrademarks and Resolution by the Diplomatic ConferenceSupplementary to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks andthe Regulations Thereunder, done at Singapore on March 27, 2006Publication no.: 259Pages: 140Price: 20 Sfr.ISBNE: 978-92-805-1563-3F: 978-92-805-1564-0S: 978-92-805-1565-7Vienna Agreement Establishing an InternationalClassification of the Figurative Elements of Marksdone at Vienna on June 12, 1973, as amended on October 1, 1985.The Vienna Agreement establishes aclassification for marks which consist of orcontain figurative elements. The competentoffices of the contracting States mustindicate in the official documents andpublications relating to registrations andrenewals of marks the appropriate symbolsof the Classification.Publication no.: 266 • Pages: 20 • Price: 15 Sfr.ISBN E: 978-92-805-0424-8 • F: 978-92-805-0468-2S: 978-92-805-0742-3Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symboladopted at Nairobi on September 26, 1981.All States which are party to the Treaty areunder the obligation to protect the Olympicsymbol—five interlaced rings—against usefor commercial purposes (in advertisements,on goods, as a mark, etc.) without theauthorization of the International OlympicCommittee.Publication no.: 297 • Pages: 31 • Price: 15 Sfr.ISBN Multilingue E/F/R/S 978-92-805-0632-7Joint Recommendation Concerning Provisions on theProtection of Well-Known Marks adopted by the Paris UnionAssembly and the <strong>WIPO</strong> General Assembly at the 34 th series ofmeetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of <strong>WIPO</strong>(September 24-29, 1999).The Recommendation is the firstimplementation of <strong>WIPO</strong>’s policy to adapt tothe pace of change in the field of industrialproperty by considering new options foraccelerating the development ofinternational harmonized commonprinciples. It provides a set of guidelines forthe protection of well-known marks that arerecommended to States.Publication no.: 833 • Pages: 28 • Price: 15 Sfr.ISBN A: 978-92-805-0928-1 • C: 978-92-805-0929-8E: 978-92-805-0858-1 • F: 978-92-805-0880-2R: 978-92-805-0930-4 • S: 978-92-805-0881-9A=Arabic – C=Chinese – D=Dutch – E=English – F=French – G=German – I=Italian – J=Japanese – K=Korean – P=Portuguese – R=Russian – S=Spanish