Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks was adopted in Singapore on 28 March 2006.[1] It entered into force on 16 March 2009,[2] following the ratification or accession of ten countries, namely Singapore, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Denmark, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, United States, Moldova, and Australia.[3] The treaty establishes common standards for procedural aspects of trademark registration and licensing.

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
  Parties
  Signed, but not ratified
Signed28 March 2006
LocationSingapore
Effective16 March 2009
Condition10 ratifications
Signatories59
Parties51
DepositaryDirector-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish

As of August 2020, there are 51 contracting parties to the treaty, which includes 49 states plus the African Intellectual Property Organization and the Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property.[4]

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