1883 in International Relations - 1883 Treaties, States and Territories Established in 1883, Treaty of Hu (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1883 Treaties, States and Territories Established in 1883, Treaty of Hu, Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Tarapac Region, Treaty of Ancn, Intibuc Department, United States of Stellaland. Excerpt: The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on March 20, 1883, was one of the first intellectual property treaties . As a result of this treaty, intellectual property, including patents, of any contracting state are accessible to the nationals of other states party to the Convention.The "Convention priority right," also called "Paris Convention priority right " or "Union priority right," was also established by this treaty. It provides that an applicant from one contracting State shall be able to use its first filing date (in one of the contracting State) as the effective filing date in another contracting State, provided that the applicant files another application within 6 months (for industrial designs and trademarks ) or 12 months (for patents and utility models ) from the first filing.History After a diplomatic conference in Paris in 1880, the Convention was signed in 1883 by 11 countries: Belgium, Brazil, France, Guatemala, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, El Salvador, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland .The Treaty was revised at Brussels, Belgium, on December 14, 1900, at Washington, United States, on June 2, 1911, at The Hague, Netherlands, on November 6, 1925, at London, United Kingdom, on June 2, 1934, at Lisbon, Portugal, on October 31, 1958, and at Stockholm, Sweden, on July 14, 1967, and was amended on September 28, 1979.Contracting parties The Convention now has 173 contracting member countries, which makes it one of the most widely adopted treaties worldwide. Notably, Tai...