List of International and Regional Agreements / Treaties in Intellectual Property Rights

• 1886 Berne convention for the Protection of Literacy and Artistic Works
• 1891 Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source of Goods .
• 1891 Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• 1891 Registration of Marks
• 1925 Hague Agreement concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs
• 1957 Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpose of the Registration of Marks
• 1958 Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration
• 1961 Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
• 1968 Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classi fication for Industrial Design
• 1970 Patent convension Treaty ("PCT")
• 1971 Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
• 1971 Geneva Conventin for the Protection of Producers of Phanagrams Against Unauthorised Duplication of Their Phonograms
• 1973 Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classi fication of the Figurative Elements of Marks
• 1974 Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite
• 1977 Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the purpose of Patent procedure
• 1981 Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
• 1989 Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits
• 1989 Protocol Relacting to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• 1994 Trademark Law Treaty ("TLT") (1994)
• 1994 Trade Related Intellectual property Rights ("TRIPs")
• 1996 Community Trademarks (1996)
• 1996 Documents of the Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Questions (Geneva, December 2-20,)
• 1996 WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
• 1996 WIPO performance and phonagrams Treaty (WPPT)