This article is about international trademark law. For the treaty establishing a colonial trading post in Singapore, see
Founding of modern Singapore .
Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks Parties
Signed, but not ratified
Signed 28 March 2006 Location Singapore Effective 16 March 2009 Condition 10 ratifications Signatories 59 Parties 54 Depositary Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization Languages English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish
The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks was adopted in Singapore on 28 March 2006.[1] It entered into force on 16 March 2009,[2] following the ratification or accession of ten countries, namely Singapore , Switzerland , Bulgaria , Romania , Denmark , Latvia , Kyrgyzstan , United States , Moldova , and Australia .[3] The treaty establishes common standards for procedural aspects of trademark registration and licensing .
The treaty was build on the Trademark Law Treaty of 1994 (TLT), however the Singapore Treaty was meant to have a wider scope of application and addresses more recent developments in the field of communication technologies.
As of May 2023, there are 54 contracting parties to the treaty, which includes 52 states plus the African Intellectual Property Organization and the Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property .[4]
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