The Hague Agreement 1960
Print this pageThe Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
as amended on September 28, 1979 by the Complementary Act of Stockholm of July 14, 1967 [editor IP-PorTal]
Article 1 - Establishment of a Union
Article 2 - Definitions
Article 3 - Right to Make International Deposits
Article 4 - Deposit with the International Bureau or Through National Offices
Article 5- Form of Deposit; Contents of Application
Article 6 - International Design Register; Date of Registration; Publication; Deferral of Publication; Public Access to Archives
Article 7 - Legal Effect of Registered Deposits
Article 8 - Refusal of Legal Effect by National Offices; Remedies Against Refusal; Possible Additional Requirements to be Complied with in National Offices
Article 9 - Right of Priority
Article 10 - Renewal of Deposit
Article 11 - Duration of Protection
Article 12 - Changes in Ownership
Article 13 - Renunciation of Deposit
Article 14 - Marking; International Design Notice
Article 15 - Fees
Article 16 - Fees Belonging to Contracting States
Article 17 - Regulations
Article 18 - Applicability of Protection Accorded by National Laws and by Copyright Treaties
Article 19 - [Repealed by Complementary Act of Stockholm]
Article 20 - [Repealed by Complementary Act of Stockholm]
Article 21 - [Repealed by Complementary Act of Stockholm]
Article 22 - [Repealed by Complementary Act of Stockholm]
Article 23 - Signature; Ratification
Article 24 - Accession
Article 25 - Application of the Agreement Under National Law
Article 26 - Entry into Force
Article 27 - Territories
Article 28 - Denunciation
Article 29 - Revision
Article 30 - Regional Groups
Article 31 - Applicability of the 1925 or 1934 Acts
Article 32 - Annexed Protocol
Article 33 - Signature; Certified Copies
Text in force at 01-01-2020. The text of the Hague Agreement can be verified here. The text of the Complementary Act of Stockholm can be found here. Titles of articles have been added for convenience, but are lacking in the official text, IP-PorTal.
