April 11, 2007 at the WIPO Headquarters in Geneva

What is the Seminar About?  

The increasing globalisation of trade is making it more and more necessary to acquire an international application for the protection of industrial designs in a timely and cost-effective manner. The Hague system of international registration of industrial designs was created to meet this need. At present, the Hague system is governed by the 1934 Act, the 1960 Act and the 1999 Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs. The most recent Act of the Hague Agreement, the Geneva Act, adopted in July 1999, became operational on April 1, 2004.

The Hague system is simple, inexpensive and efficient. It enables its users to obtain protection for their industrial designs in several countries by means of a single application made with the International Bureau of WIPO. Currently 45 States are members of the Hague Union. Thus a good knowledge of the system is important for those working in the field of industrial designs, whether in industry or in the private sector.

The Provisional Program of the seminar and further information on the seminar,  are available at:
www.wipo.int/hague/en/meetings/2007/04