Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks

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WIPO-administered treaty intellectual property treaty international treaty

The Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks is an international treaty that created a standardized system for categorizing the visual components of trademarks to facilitate their registration and search worldwide.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Vienna Classification	2
International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks	1
Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks canonical	1
Vienna Classification Agreement	1

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Target entity: Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
Context triple: [WIPO-administered treaties, includes, Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks]

A. Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
The Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks is an international treaty that establishes a standardized classification system used worldwide for registering trademarks.
B. Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
The Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks is an international treaty that streamlines the process for trademark owners to obtain protection for their marks in multiple countries through a single registration system.
C. Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs is an international treaty that allows creators to secure design protection in multiple countries through a single, centralized registration system.
D. Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks is an international treaty that modernizes and supplements the Madrid system, making it easier and more flexible for trademark owners to obtain and manage protection in multiple countries through a single registration.
E. Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
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.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
Target entity description: The Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks is an international treaty that created a standardized system for categorizing the visual components of trademarks to facilitate their registration and search worldwide.

A. Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
The Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks is an international treaty that establishes a standardized classification system used worldwide for registering trademarks.
B. Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
The Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks is an international treaty that streamlines the process for trademark owners to obtain protection for their marks in multiple countries through a single registration system.
C. Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs is an international treaty that allows creators to secure design protection in multiple countries through a single, centralized registration system.
D. Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks is an international treaty that modernizes and supplements the Madrid system, making it easier and more flexible for trademark owners to obtain and manage protection in multiple countries through a single registration.
E. Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WIPO-administered treaty ⓘ intellectual property treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
adoptedOn	1973-06-12 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks ⓘ surface form: Vienna Classification Agreement
appliesTo	international trademark registrations ⓘ national trademark registrations ⓘ regional trademark registrations ⓘ
category	treaty concluded in 1973 ⓘ treaty entered into force in 1985 ⓘ
classificationStructure	classes ⓘ sections ⓘ subclasses ⓘ
classificationType	hierarchical classification ⓘ
concludedAt	Vienna ⓘ
concludedOn	1973-06-12 ⓘ
creates	Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks Vienna Union ⓘ
depository	Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1985-08-09 ⓘ
establishes	Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vienna Classification
governingBody	Committee of Experts of the Vienna Union ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalArea	industrial property ⓘ trademark law ⓘ
openTo	intergovernmental organizations meeting specified conditions ⓘ member states of WIPO ⓘ
partOf	WIPO-administered treaties ⓘ surface form: WIPO classification treaties
provides	obligation for contracting parties to indicate Vienna Classification symbols in official documents and publications of trademark registrations ⓘ
purpose	to establish a common international classification for the figurative elements of marks ⓘ to facilitate trademark registration ⓘ to facilitate trademark searches ⓘ
relatedTo	Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs ⓘ Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks ⓘ Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ
revisionMechanism	periodic revision of the Vienna Classification ⓘ
scope	classification of figurative elements appearing in trademarks and service marks ⓘ
shortName	Vienna Agreement ⓘ
signedAt	Vienna ⓘ
subject	figurative elements of marks ⓘ trademarks ⓘ
usedFor	harmonizing trademark examination practices ⓘ indexing figurative elements in trademark databases ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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WIPO-administered treaties → includes → Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks ⓘ

Nice Classification → relatedTo → Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Classification

Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks → creates → Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks

Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks → alsoKnownAs → Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vienna Classification Agreement

Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks → establishes → Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks self-linksurface differs ⓘ