Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration

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World Intellectual Property Organization treaty intellectual property treaty international treaty

The Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration is an international treaty that facilitates the protection of geographical names identifying products with specific qualities or characteristics linked to their place of origin across member countries.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
International Register of Appellations of Origin 1
Lisbon System for the International Registration of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications 1
Lisbon System for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World Intellectual Property Organization treaty ⓘ
intellectual property treaty ⓘ
international treaty ⓘ
administeredBy World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
administeredThrough Lisbon Union Assembly ⓘ
adoptedOn 1958-10-31 ⓘ
appliesTo appellations of origin for products ⓘ
geographical names identifying products ⓘ
concludedOn 1958-10-31 ⓘ
criterion link between product qualities and geographical environment ⓘ
depositary Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
enteredIntoForceCondition ratification or accession by a minimum number of states ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1966-09-25 ⓘ
establishes international registration system for appellations of origin ⓘ
field appellations of origin ⓘ
geographical indications ⓘ
intellectual property law ⓘ
formsPartOf Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lisbon System for the International Registration of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications
geographicalScope contracting parties to the Lisbon Agreement ⓘ
hasAmendment 1967 Stockholm Act of the Lisbon Agreement ⓘ
1979 amendments to the Lisbon Agreement ⓘ
hasSuccessorInstrument Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalNature binding on contracting parties under international law ⓘ
membershipType open to states party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ⓘ
obliges member states to protect registered appellations of origin against imitation ⓘ
member states to protect registered appellations of origin against translation ⓘ
member states to protect registered appellations of origin against usurpation ⓘ
protects appellations of origin recognized in the country of origin ⓘ
names of geographical areas used to designate products originating therein ⓘ
protectsAgainst use of protected appellations of origin for products not originating in the designated area ⓘ
use of protected appellations of origin that do not comply with applicable standards ⓘ
providesFor international register of appellations of origin ⓘ
notification of registrations to all member states ⓘ
possibility for member states to refuse protection within a specified time limit ⓘ
purpose to facilitate the international protection of appellations of origin ⓘ
to protect geographical names identifying products with qualities linked to their place of origin ⓘ
to provide a system for international registration of appellations of origin ⓘ
registrationAuthority World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
surface form: International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
registrationEffect protection in all member states unless refusal is notified ⓘ
relatedTo Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ⓘ
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ
surface form: TRIPS Agreement

geographical indications ⓘ
requires protection of registered appellations of origin in all member states ⓘ
shortName Lisbon Agreement ⓘ
signedAt Lisbon ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Intellectual Property Organization → administersTreaty → Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ⓘ
1967 Stockholm Act of the Lisbon Agreement → basedOn → Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ⓘ
Lisbon Agreement → establishesRegister → Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ⓘ
subject surface form: Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
this entity surface form: International Register of Appellations of Origin
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration → formsPartOf → Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lisbon System for the International Registration of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications
WIPO-administered treaties → includes → Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ⓘ
Director General of WIPO → oversees → Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lisbon System for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications
1967 Stockholm Act of the Lisbon Agreement → partOf → Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration ⓘ