Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs

of November 6, 1925 Geneva Act(1999) adoptedat Genevaon July 2, 1999 Regulations (as in force on January 1, 2025and Administrative Instructions (as in force on January 1, 2025) HAGUE AGREEMENT CONCERNINGTHEINTERNATIONALREGISTRATIONOF INDUSTRIALDESIGNSof November 6, 1925 Geneva Act (1999)adoptedat Geneva on July 2, 1999 Regulations(as in force on January 1, 2025)and Administrative Instructions(as in force on January 1, 2025) World Intellectual Property OrganizationGeneva 2025 PREFACE The present publication contains the texts of theGenevaAct(1999)of the Hague AgreementConcerningtheInternationalRegistrationofIndustrial Designs, the Regulations under the GenevaAct (1999) of the Hague Agreement Concerning theInternational Registration of Industrial Designs andthe Administrative Instructions for the Application ofthe Hague Agreement. Geneva Act of July 2, 1999 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONSArticle 1:Abbreviated ExpressionsArticle 2:Applicability of Other Protection Accorded by Laws ofContracting Parties and by Certain International Treaties CHAPTER I:INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION ANDINTERNATIONAL REGISTRATIONArticle 3:Entitlement to File an International ApplicationArticle 4:Procedure for Filing the International ApplicationArticle 5:Contents of the International ApplicationArticle 6:PriorityArticle 7:Designation FeesArticle 8:Correction of IrregularitiesArticle 9:Filing Date of the International ApplicationArticle 10:International Registration, Date of the InternationalRegistration, Publication and Confidential Copies of theInternational RegistrationArticle 11:Deferment of PublicationArticle 12:RefusalArticle 13:Special Requirements Concerning Unity of DesignArticle 14:Effects of the International RegistrationArticle 15:InvalidationArticle 16:Recording of Changes and Other Matters ConcerningInternational RegistrationsArticle 17:Initial Term and Renewal of the InternationalRegistration and Duration of ProtectionArticle 18:Information Concerning Published InternationalRegistrations CHAPTER II:ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONSArticle 19:Common Office of Several StatesArticle 20:Membership of the Hague UnionArticle 21:AssemblyArticle 22:International BureauArticle 23:FinancesArticle 24:Regulations CHAPTER III:REVISION AND AMENDMENTArticle 25:Revision of This ActArticle 26:Amendment of Certain Articles by the AssemblyCHAPTER IV:FINAL PROVISIONSArticle 27:Becoming Party to This ActArticle 28:Effective Date of Ratifications and AccessionsArticle 29:Prohibition of ReservationsArticle 30:Declarations Made by Contracting PartiesArticle 31:Applicability of the 1934 and 1960 ActsArticle 32:Denunciation of This ActArticle 33:Languages of This Act; SignatureArticle 34:Depositary INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS Article 1Abbreviated Expressions For the purposes of thisAct:(i)“the Hague Agreement”means the Hague AgreementConcerningthe International Deposit of Industrial Designs,henceforthrenamed the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration ofIndustrial Designs;(ii)“this Act” means the Hague Agreement as established bythe present Act;(iii)“Regulations” means the Regulations under this Act;(iv)“prescribed” means prescribed in the Regulations;(v)“Paris Convention” means the Paris Convention for theProtection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on March20,1883, asrevised and amended;(vi)“internationalregistration”meanstheinternationalregistration of an industrial design effected according to this Act;(vii)“international application”means an application forinternational registration;(viii)“International Register”means the official collection of dataconcerning international registrations maintained by the International Bureau,which data this Act or the Regulations require or permit to be recorded,regardless of the medium in which such data are stored;(ix)“person” means a natural person or a legal entity;(x)“applicant”means the person in whose name aninternational application is filed;(xi)“holder” means the person in whose name an internationalregistration is recorded in the International Register;(xii)“intergovernmentalorganization”meansanintergovernmentalorganization eligible to become party to this Act inaccordance with Article27(1)(ii);(xiii)“Contracting Party” means any State or intergovernmentalorganization party to this Act;(xiv)“applicant’s Contracting Party” means the Contracting Partyor one of the Contracting Parties from which the applicant derives itsentitlement to file an international application by virtue of satisfying, inrelation to that Contracting Party, at least one of the conditions specified in Article3;where there are two or more Contracting Parties from which theapplicant may, under Article3, derive its entitlement to file an internationalapplication, “applicant’s Contracting Party” means the one which, amongthose Contracting Parties, is indicated as such in the international application;(xv)“territory of a Contracting Party”means,where the Contracting Party is a State, the te