Treaty

Trademark Law Treaty

PartiesParties with a link have a reservation.

Party Signature RatificationS=Signature without reservation or requirement of ratification R=Ratification, Acceptance, Approval or Notification A=Accession Su=Succession NK=Not Known Entry into force Renunciation Termination
Australia 21-10-1997 (A) 21-01-1998
Austria 28-10-1994
Bahamas 03-06-2025 (A) 03-09-2025
Bahrain 18-12-2006 (A) 18-03-2007
Belarus 28-10-1994
Belgium 28-10-1994 28-06-2004 (R) 11-08-2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina 28-10-1994 22-09-2006 (R) 22-12-2006
Burkina Faso 09-05-1997 (A)
Chile 05-05-2011 (A) 05-08-2011
China 28-10-1994
Colombia 13-01-2012 (A) 13-04-2012
Costa Rica 18-10-1995 17-07-2008 (R) 17-10-2008
Côte d'Ivoire 28-10-1994
Croatia 04-04-2006 (A) 04-07-2006
Cuba 28-10-1994
Cyprus 27-10-1995 17-01-1997 (R) 17-04-1997
Czech Republic 28-10-1994 03-04-1996 (R) 01-08-1996
Denmark 28-10-1994 28-10-1997 (R) 28-01-1998
Dominican Republic 28-10-1994 13-09-2011 (R) 13-12-2011
Egypt 07-07-1999 (A) 07-10-1999
El Salvador 14-08-2008 (A) 14-11-2008
Estonia 07-10-2002 (A) 07-01-2003
Eswatini 28-10-1994
EU (European Union) 30-06-1995
Finland 27-07-1995
France 12-04-1995 15-09-2006 (R) 15-12-2006
Gabon 17-10-1995
Germany 07-11-1994 16-07-2004 (R) 16-10-2004
Greece 14-11-1994
Guatemala 12-09-2016 (A) 12-12-2016
Guinea 05-08-1996 (A)
Honduras 22-01-2008 (A) 22-04-2008
Hungary 28-10-1994 26-08-1998 (R) 26-11-1998
Indonesia 28-10-1994 05-06-1997 (R) 05-09-1997
Ireland 13-07-1999 (A) 13-10-1999
Israel 28-10-1994
Italy 28-10-1994 26-01-2011 (R) 26-04-2011
Japan 01-01-1997 (A) 01-04-1997
Kazakhstan 07-08-2002 (A) 07-11-2002
Kenya 28-10-1994
Kyrgyzstan 15-05-2002 (A) 15-08-2002
Latvia 28-10-1994 28-09-1999 (R) 28-12-1999
Liechtenstein 08-03-1995 17-12-1997 (R) 17-03-1998
Lithuania 28-10-1994 27-01-1998 (R) 27-04-1998
Luxembourg 28-10-1994 11-05-2012 (R) 11-08-2012
Malta 28-10-1994
Mexico 28-10-1994
Moldova 28-10-1994 19-12-1995 (R) 01-08-1996
Monaco 28-10-1994 27-06-1996 (R) 27-09-1996
Montenegro 04-12-2006 (Su) 03-06-2006
Morocco 05-10-1995 06-04-2009 (R) 06-07-2009
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the 23-10-1995 19-09-1996 (R) 11-08-2012
Nicaragua 22-06-2009 (A) 22-09-2009
Oman 16-07-2007 (A) 16-10-2007
Panama 07-06-2012 (A) 07-09-2012
Peru 06-08-2009 (A) 06-11-2009
Poland 10-05-1995
Portugal 28-10-1994
Republic of Korea, the 25-11-2002 (A) 25-02-2003
Romania 28-04-1998 (A) 28-07-1998
Russian Federation 28-10-1994 11-02-1998 (R) 11-05-1998
Senegal 18-11-1994
Serbia 15-06-1998 (A) 15-09-1998
Slovakia 28-10-1994 09-04-1997 (R) 09-07-1997
Slovenia 28-10-1994 26-02-2002 (R) 26-05-2002
South Africa 28-10-1994
Spain 29-03-1995 17-12-1998 (R) 17-03-1999
Sri Lanka 06-03-1996 (A) 01-08-1996
Sweden 26-09-1995
Switzerland 28-10-1994 01-02-1997 (R) 01-05-1997
Togo 28-10-1994
Trinidad and Tobago 28-10-1994 16-01-1998 (R) 16-04-1998
Türkiye 28-10-1994 01-10-2004 (R) 01-01-2005
Ukraine 28-10-1994 30-01-1996 (R) 01-08-1996
United Kingdom 28-10-1994 01-05-1996 (R) 01-08-1996
United States of America 28-10-1994 12-05-2000 (R) 12-08-2000
Uruguay 28-10-1994
Uzbekistan 04-06-1998 (A) 04-09-1998

Extensions

United Kingdom

Extended to Entry into force Termination
Gibraltar 01-01-2021
Man, Isle of 01-08-1996

Parties with reservations, declarations and objections

Party Reservations / Declarations Objections
Burkina Faso Yes No
Denmark Yes No
Guatemala Yes No
Guinea Yes No
Japan Yes No
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the Yes No
Spain Yes No
Sri Lanka Yes No

Burkina Faso

09-05-1997

Depositary communication.
Burkina Faso being a Member State of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Burkina Faso, three months after the date on which OAPI deposits its instrument of accession to the said Treaty.

Denmark

28-10-1997

Until later decision, the Treaty will not be applied to the Faroe Islands or to Greenland.

Guatemala

12-09-2016

For the Republic of Guatemala, pursuant to the provisions of its domestic law, the Treaty shall apply to marks consisting of visible signs, including three-dimensional marks, which relate to products or services, or to both products and services. However, it shall not apply to holograms, sound or scent marks, or collective and certification marks.

Guinea

05-08-1996

Depositary communication.
Guinea being a Member State of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Guinea, three months after the date on which OAPI deposits its instrument of accession to the said Treaty.

Japan

01-01-1997

A declaration, in accordance with Article 21(1) of the Trademark Law Treaty, that the provisions of Articles 3(1)(a), (1)(b) and (2), 5(1) and (4), 7(2), 11 and 13(1)(a), (1)(c), (2), (4), (6) and (7) shall not apply to defensive marks, and by the declaration referred to in Article 22(6) of the said Treaty.

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

23-06-2011

The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a Member State of the Benelux Trademark Office with respect to the European part of the Netherlands.
Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) can be, and indeed are, bound to the Treaty without all Benelux States having ratified it.

Spain

17-12-1998

Reservation, pursuant to Article 21(1), that, notwithstanding Article 11, derivative marks or applications for such marks may not be assigned independently but only with the principal mark, the assignment or licence of which shall constitute also that of the marks derived from it.
Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(1)(a), that, notwithstanding Article 3(5), an application may be filed only in respect of goods or services which belong to one class of the Nice Classification;
Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(1)(c), that, notwithstanding Article 7(1), no application may be divided;
Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(2), that, notwithstanding Article 4(3)(b), a power [of representation] may only relate to one application or one registration;
Declaration, pursuant to Article 22(5), that, notwithstanding Article 13(4)(iii), the furnishing of a declaration and evidence concerning use of the mark may be required on the occasion of renewal.


Sri Lanka

06-03-1996

(i) With reference to Article 22(1)(a) thereof, that notwithstanding Article 3(5), an application may be filed with the Office only in respect of goods or services which belong to one class of the Nice Classification.
(ii) With reference to Article 22(1)(c) thereof, that notwithstanding Article 7(1), no application may be divided.
(iii) With reference to Article 22(2) thereof, that notwithstanding Article 4(3)(b), a power of attorney may only relate to one application or one registration.
(iv) With reference to Article 22(4) thereof, that notwithstanding Article 10(1)(e), (2) and (3), Article 11(1)(h) and (3) and Article 12(1)(e) and (2), a request for the recordal of a change in name and/or address, a request for the recordal of a change in ownership and a request for the correction of a mistake may only relate to one application or one registration.

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