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Inter. Route For IP protection APP



Protection of IP comprises of three

level or routes; namely

a) The National Route

b) The Regional Route

c) The International Route



The National Route: Provides protection to

the IP in the holder’s own country by

applying directly to their national industrialor IP Offices(IPOs)



The Regional Route: some countries have

established regional agreement for obtainingIP protection for an entire region with a

single application. The regional office includes:

•

African intellectual property organization (OAPI)•African regional industrial property organization

(APRIO)

•Eurasian patent office

•European patent office

•Office for harmonization in the internal market



The International Route: provides international

protection to the IP in a large number of countries

with a single application. Like:

•Patent Cooperation Treaty

•Madrid Agreement•Hague Agreement

•Lisbon Agreement

•Budapest Treaty



Patent Cooperation Treaty

PCT, Patent Cooperation Treaty helps to

protect IP simultaneously in all theinternational countries that are ‘Contracting

Parties 'to it.



Madrid Agreement

The Madrid system for the international

registration of marks (the Madrid system)

established in 1891 functions under the Madrid

Agreement (1891), and the Madrid Protocol

(1989). It is administered by the International

Bureau of WIPO located in Geneva, Switzerland.



Hague Agreement The Hague System for the International

Registration of Industrial Designs provides a

mechanism for registering a design in countriesand/ or intergovernmental organizations

member of the Hague Agreement. It is

administered by the International Bureau of WIPOlocated in Geneva, Switzerland.



Lisbon AgreementWIPO administers the Lisbon System established

under the 1958 Lisbon Agreement for the Protectionof Appellations of Origin and their International

Registration (Lisbon Agreement) in order to

facilitate the international protection of appellationsof origin (AOs).

The Lisbon system offers a means of obtaining

protection for an AO in the contracting parties to

the Lisbon Agreement through a single registration.

Registrations are published in the official Bulletin

and can be searched through the Lisbon Express

database.

http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/treaties/en/documents/pdf/lisbon.pdf



TRIPS

Came to effect in January 1995

Copyrights, trademarks, GIs, industrial

designs, patents etc.

Main features:

Standards

Enforcement

Dispute Settlement



Standards- Gives minimum standards of

protection that each government has to give to

the fellow WTO members.Enforcement- The second main set of

provisions deals with domestic procedures and

remedies for the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Dispute Settlement- The Agreement makes

disputes between WTO Members about the

respect of the TRIPS obligations subject to the

WTO's dispute settlement procedures.

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