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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]

References

^ "Negotiators Adopt Singapore Treaty to Facilitate International Trademark Registration". www.wipo.int. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ WIPO, Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks to Enter into Force in 2009, PR/2008/581, Geneva, December 17, 2008.
^ Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Consulted on December 25, 2008.
^ World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Contracting Parties > Singapore Treaty (Total Contracting Parties : 54) (as of May 2023).

External links

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks in the WIPO Lex database — official website of WIPO.
- The full text of the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks(in English)

Trademark law

Concepts

Treaties

Country

Types

Standard	Registered trademark Service mark Trade dress Unregistered trademark Wordmark
Non-standard	Certification marks Chartered marks Collective trademarks Defensive trademarks Electronic registration marks Font trademark Ghost marks Geographical indication Protected designation of origin
Non-conventional	Colour trademarks Hologram trademarks Motion trademarks Scent trademarks Shape trademarks Sound trademarks
Related	Brand Emblem Logo

Bodies

Symbols

Disputes

WIPO Administered Treaties
IP protection treaties	Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods Marrakesh VIP Treaty Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property Patent Law Treaty Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks Trademark Law Treaty Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Global protection system treaties	Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks Patent Cooperation Treaty
Classification treaties	Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Treaty_on_the_Law_of_Trademarks