Industrial Designs

Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Hague Agreement

(as in force on January 1, 2008)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part One: Definitions
Section 101: Abbreviated Expressions

Part Two: Communications with the International Bureau
Section 201: Communication in Writing; Several Documents in One Envelope
Section 202: Signature
Section 203: Communication by Telefacsimile
Section 204: Electronic Communications

Part Three: Requirements Concerning Names and Addresses
Section 301: Names and Addresses
Section 302: Address for Correspondence

Part Four: Reproduction of the Industrial Design; Disclaimer; Numbering

Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs

Adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on July 2, 1999

INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Article 1: Abbreviated Expressions
Article 2: Applicability of Other Protection Accorded by Laws of Contracting Parties and by Certain International Treaties<
CHAPTER I: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION AND INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION

Article 3: Entitlement to File an International Application
Article 4: Procedure for Filing the International Application
Article 5: Contents of the International Application
Article 6: Priority
Article 7: Designation Fees
Article 8: Correction of Irregularities

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs ( Complementary Act of Stockholm )

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs of November 6, 1925

Complementary Act of Stockholm of July 14, 1967

as amended on September 28, 1979

Article 1

[Definitions]

For the purposes of this Complementary Act:

"1934 Act"

shall mean the Act signed at London on June 2, 1934, of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs;

"1960 Act"

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs ( Additional Act of Monaco )

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs of November 6, 1925

Additional Act of Monaco of November 18, 1961

Article 1

(1)
Over and above the fees established in Article 15 of the Hague Agreement as revised at London, the following additional fees shall be payable in respect of the transactions hereinafter specified, that is to say:

1.
for the deposit of a single design and in respect of the first period of five years: 20 Swiss francs;

2.

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs ( Hague Act )

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs of November 6, 1925

The Hague Act of November 28, 1960

Article 1

(1)
The contracting States constitute a Special Union for the international deposit of industrial designs.

(2)
Only States members of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property may become party to this Agreement.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Agreement:

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (London Act)

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs of November 6, 1925

London Act of June 2, 1934

Article 1

Nationals of any of the contracting countries, as well as persons who, upon the territory of the restricted Union, have satisfied the conditions of Article 3 of the General Convention, may, in all the other contracting countries, secure protection for their industrial designs by means of an international deposit made at the International Bureau of Industrial Property at Berne.

Article 2

(1)

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