WIPO Convention

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The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO Convention, was signed at Stockholm, Sweden, on 14 July 1967 and entered into force on 26 April 1970. As its name suggests, it established the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).[1] As of May 2013, the WIPO Convention has 186 contracting Parties.[2] The Convention is written in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all texts being equally authentic.[3] The Convention was amended on 28 September 1979.

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  1. ^ Article 1 WIPO Convention
  2. ^ WIPO web site, Treaties Database, Contracting Parties, WIPO Convention, retrieved on 16 May 2013.
  3. ^ Article 20(1)(a)

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