251 (E) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Signed at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization GENEVA 1985 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Signed at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 KIPO World Intellectual Property Organization GENEVA 1985 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Signed at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 and as amended on October 2, 1979 The Contracting Parties, Desiring to contribute to better understanding and cooperation among States for their mutual benefit on the basis of respect for their sovereignty and equality, Desiring, in order to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world, Desiring to modernize and render more efficient the administration of the Unions established in the fields of the protection of industrial property and the protection of literary and artistic works, while fully respecting the independence of each of the Unions, Agree as follows: Article 1 Establishment of the Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization is hereby established. Article 2 For the purposes of this Convention: (i) Organization" shall mean the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); (ii) "International Bureau" shall mean the International Bureau of Intellectual Property; (iii) "Paris Convention" shall mean the Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property signed on March 20, 1883, including any of its revisions; 66 (iv) Berne Convention" shall mean the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works signed on September 9, 1886, including any of its revisions; (v) "Paris Union" shall mean the International Union established by the Paris Convention; (vi) "Berne Union" shall mean the International Union established by the Berne Convention; (vii) "Unions" shall mean the Paris Union, the Special Unions and Agreements established in relation with that Union, the Berne Union, and any other international agreement designed to promote the protection of intellectual property whose administration is assumed by the Organization according to Article 4 (iii); (viii) "intellectual property" shall include the rights relating literary, artistic and scientific works, performances of performing artists, phonograms, and broadcasts, inventions in all fields of human endeavor, scientific discoveries, industrial designs, trademarks, service marks, and commercial names and designations, protection against unfair competition, and all other rights resulting from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary or artistic fields. Article 3 Objectives of the Organization The objectives of the Organization are: (i) to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with any other international organization, (ii) to ensure administrative cooperation among the Unions. Article 4 In order to attain the objectives described in Article 3, the Organization, through its appropriate organs, and subject to the competence of each of the Unions: (i) shall promote the development of measures designed to facilitate the efficient protection of intellectual property throughout the world and to harmonize national legislation in this field; (ii) shall perform the administrative tasks of the Paris Union, the Special Unions established in relation with that Union, and the Berne Union; (iii) may agree to assume, or participate in, the administration of any other international agreement designed to promote the protection of intellectual property; (iv) shall encourage the conclusion of international agreements designed to promote the protection of intellectual property; (v) shall offer its cooperation to States requesting legaltechnical assistance in the field of intellectual property; (vi) shall assemble and disseminate information concerning the protection of intellectual property, carry out and promote studies in this field, and publish the results of such studies; |