International Treaties - Trademarks

Treaties governing general standards of protection to be provided by States

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. The first major international agreement covering patents, designs and marks. [Article 6ter of this Convention covers State Emblems, Names, Abbreviations and Emblems of International Intergovernmental Organizations]
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol

Treaties governing registration systems for obtaining protection

• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

Treaties governing international classification systems

• Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks