Appendix II - Intellectual property conventions

	IP		Trademarks			Patents		Designs	Copyright
Country	Paris Convention	WTO¹ (Trip's)²	Madrid Agreement	Madrid Protocol	EUTM³	PCT⁴	EPC⁵	Hague Agreement	Berne Agreement
Afghanistan	X	X		X
African Intellectual Property Organisation (OAPI)				X				X
Albania	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Algeria	X	O	X	X		X			X
Andorra	X	O							X
Angola	X	X				X
Antigua and Barbuda	X	X		X		X			X
Argentina	X	X							X
Armenia	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
Australia	X	X		X		X			X
Austria	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Azerbaijan	X	O	X	X		X		X	X
Bahamas	X	O							X
Bahrain	X	X		X		X			X
Bangladesh	X	X							X
Barbados	X	X				X			X
Belarus	X	O	X	X		X			X
Belgium	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Belize	X	X				X		X	X
Benin	X	X				X		X	X
Bhutan	X	O	X	X					X
Bolivia	X	X							X
Bosnia and Herzegovina	X	O	X	X		X	E	X	X
Botswana	X	X		X		X		X	X
Brazil	X	X				X			X
Brunei	X	X		X		X		X	X
Bulgaria	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Burkina Faso	X	X				X			X
Burundi	X	X							X
Cambodia	X	X		X		X	V	X
Cameroon	X	X				X			X
Canada	X	X		X		X		X	X
Cape Verde		X							X
Central African Republic	X	X				X			X
Chad	X	X				X			X
Chile	X	X				X			X
China	X	X	X	X		X			X
Colombia	X	X		X		X			X
Comoros	X	O				X			X
Congo	X	X				X			X
Cook Islands									X
Costa Rica	X	X				X			X
Côte d’Ivoire	X	X				X		X	X
Croatia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Cuba	X	X	X	X		X			X
Cyprus	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Czech Republic	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	X		X	X		X		X	X
Democratic Republic of the Congo	X	X							X
Denmark	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Djibouti	X	X				X			X
Dominica	X	X				X			X
Dominican Republic	X	X				X			X
Ecuador	X	X				X			X
Equatorial Guinea	X	O				X			X
Egypt	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
El Salvador	X	X				X			X
Estonia	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Ethiopia		O
European Communities		X		X				X
Fiji		X							X
Finland	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
France	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gabon	X	X				X		X	X
Gambia	X	X		X		X			X
Georgia	X	X		X		X		X	X
Germany	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ghana	X	X		X		X		X	X
Greece	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Grenada	X	X				X			X
Guatemala	X	X				X			X
Guinea	X	X				X			X
Guinea-Bissau	X	X				X			X
Guyana	X	X							X
Haiti	X	X							X
Honduras	X	X				X			X
Hong Kong		X
Hungary	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Holy See	X	O							X
Iceland	X	X		X		X	X	X	X
India	X	X		X		X			X
Indonesia	X	X		X		X			X
Iran, (Islamic Republic of)	X	O	X	X		X
Iraq	X	O
Ireland	X	X		X	X	X	X		X
Israel	X	X		X		X		X	X
Italy	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Jamaica	X	X							X
Japan	X	X		X		X		X	X
Jordan	X	X				X			X
Kazakhstan	X	X	X	X		X			X
Kenya	X	X	X	X		X			X
Kiribati									X
Kuwait	X	X				X			X
Kyrgyzstan	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
Laos	X	X		X		X			X
Latvia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lebanon	X	O							X
Lesotho	X	X	X	X		X			X
Liberia	X	X	X	X		X			X
Libya	X	O				X			X
Liechtenstein	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Lithuania	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Luxembourg	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Macao		X
Madagascar	X	X		X		X			X
Malawi	X	X		X		X			X
Malaysia	X	X		X		X			X
Maldives		X
Mali	X	X				X		X	X
Malta	X	X			X	X	X		X
Mauritania	X	X				X			X
Mauritius	X	X							X
Mexico	X	X		X		X		X	X
Micronesia									X
Monaco	X		X	X		X	X	X	X
Mongolia	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
Montenegro	X	X	X	X		X	E	X	X
Morocco	X	X	X	X		X	V	X	X
Mozambique	X	X	X	X		X			X
Myanmar		X
Namibia	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
Nauru									X
Nepal	X	X							X
New Zealand	X	X		X		X			X
Nicaragua	X	X				X			X
Niger	X	X				X		X	X
Nigeria	X	X				X			X
Niue									X
Norway	X	X		X		X	X	X	X
Oman	X	X		X		X		X	X
Pakistan	X	X							X
Panama	X	X				X			X
Papua New Guinea	X	X				X
Paraguay	X	X							X
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Customs Territory other than Taiwan)		X
Peru	X	X				X			X
Philippines	X	X		X		X			X
Poland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Portugal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Qatar	X	X				X			X
Republic of Korea	X	X		X		X		X	X
Republic of Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Republic of Moldova	X	X	X	X		X	V	X	X
Romania	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Russian Federation	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
Rwanda	X	X		X		X		X	X
Saint Kitts and Nevis	X	X				X			X
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	X	X				X			X
Saint Lucia	X	X		X		X			X
Samoa	X	X				X		X	X
San Marino	X		X	X		X	X	X
Sao Tome and Prince	X	O		X		X		X	X
Saudi Arabia	X	X				X			X
Senegal	X	X				X		X	X
Serbia	X	O	X	X		X	X	X	X
Seychelles	X	X				X
Sierra Leone	X	X	X	X		X
Singapore	X	X		X		X		X	X
Solomon Islands		X							X
Somalia		O
Slovakia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Slovenia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
South Africa	X	X				X			X
South Sudan		O
Spain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Sri Lanka	X	X				X			X
Sudan	X	O	X	X		X			X
Suriname	X	X						X	X
Swaziland	X	X	X	X		X			X
Sweden	X	X		X	X	X	X		X
Switzerland	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Syria	X	O		X		X		X	X
Tajikistan	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
Thailand	X	X		X		X			X
The Netherlands	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Timor-Leste		O
Togo	X	X				X			X
Tonga	X	X							X
Trinidad and Tobago	X	X				X			X
Tunisia	X	X		X		X	V	X	X
Turkey	X	X		X		X	X	X	X
Turkmenistan	X			X		X		X	X
Tuvalu									X
Uganda	X	X				X
Ukraine	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
United Arab Emirates	X	X				X			X
United Kingdom	X	X		X	X[1]	X	X	X	X
United Republic of Tanzania	X	X				X			X
United States of America	X	X		X		X		X	X
Uruguay	X	X							X
Uzbekistan	X	O		X		X			X
Vanuatu		X							X
Venezuela	X	X							X
Viet Nam	X	X	X	X		X		X	X
Yemen	X	X							X
Zambia	X	X		X		X			X
Zimbabwe	X	X		X		X			X

¹WTO: World Trade Organization

²TRIP’S: Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

³EUTM: European Union Trademark (formerly Community trademark)

⁴PCT: Patent Cooperation Treaty

⁵EPC: European Patent Convention

⁶E: Non-Member States that have executed extension agreements with the European Patent Organization

⁷O: Observer Governments which should commence negotiations for adhesion within 5 years of becoming observers.

⁸V: Non-Member States in which a European patent may be validated.