Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

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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
Parties54
DepositaryDirector-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish

The treaty was built on the Trademark Law Treaty of 1994 (TLT), however the Singapore Treaty was meant to have a wider scope of application and addresses more recent developments in the field of communication technologies.

As of May 2023, there are 54 contracting parties to the treaty, which includes 52 states plus the African Intellectual Property Organization and the Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Negotiators Adopt Singapore Treaty to Facilitate International Trademark Registration". www.wipo.int. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ WIPO, Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks to Enter into Force in 2009, PR/2008/581, Geneva, December 17, 2008.
  3. ^ Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Consulted on December 25, 2008.
  4. ^ World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Contracting Parties > Singapore Treaty (Total Contracting Parties : 54) (as of May 2023).
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