Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration

Lisbon Agreement

Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of October 31, 1958, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and as amended on September 28, 1979
Lisbon Agreement and Geneva act   Geneva act, but not Lisbon agreement   Lisbon agreement, but not Geneva act   covered by OAPI/EU's accession (Geneva act) and to Lisbon agreement   covered by OAPI/EU's accession (Geneva act) and party to Lisbon and/or Geneva act   covered by OAPI/EU's accession (Geneva act)
Signed	31 October 1958 (Lisbon) 14 July 1967 (Stockholm) 21 May 2015 (Geneva)
Location	Lisbon, Stockholm, Geneva
Effective	25 September 1966 (Lisbon) 31 October 1973 (Stockholm) 26 February 2020 (Geneva)
Signatories	11 (Lisbon) 5 (Stockholm) 11 (Geneva)
Parties	10 (Lisbon) 30 (Stockholm) 21 (Geneva)[1]
Depositary	Switzerland (Lisbon), Sweden (Stockholm), WIPO (Geneva)
Language	French (Lisbon, Stockholm)
Languages	Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish (Geneva)

The Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, signed on 31 October 1958, ensures that in member countries, appellations of origin receive protection when are protected in their country of origin. It lays down provisions for what qualifies as an appellation of origin, protection measures and establishes an International Register of Appellations of Origin, run by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The agreement came into force in 1966, and was revised at Stockholm (1967) and amended in 1979 and 2015. As of July 2022, 39 states are party to the convention and 1000 appellations of origin has been registered.^[2]

The agreements establish a Special Union under Article 19 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883).^[3] Some aspects of the agreement have been superseded by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

Geneva Act

In May 2015, the Geneva Act to the Agreement was adopted, formally extending protection to Geographical Indication and changing the name: Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. The act furthermore allows intergovernmental organisations to become parties. On 21 May 2015, the Act was signed by 13 states: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Congo, France, Gabon, Hungary, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Romania and Togo. It entered into force in 2020 following ratifications/accessions by 5 parties: Albania, Cambodia, European Union, North Korea and Samoa. As of 18 January 2024, the number of parties is 21.

Parties

The treaty applies mutually between the parties of the 1958 Lisbon Agreement and the 1967 Stockholm Act, but not between a party solely to the 1958 Agreement and another party solely to the 1967 Stockholm act. The Geneva Act entered into force in 2020, and only applies between the Geneva act parties. If a state is a party to multiple Lisbon instruments, then a registered appellation of origin registered under any of the instruments applies also to parties of the other instruments the state is a party to.

State	Lisbon Agreement[1]	Stockholm Act[1]	Geneva Act[1]	Registered AO[4]	Notes
Albania	8 May 2019	8 May 2019	26 February 2020	0
Algeria	5 July 1972	31 October 1973		19
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 July 2013	4 July 2013	Signed	4
Bulgaria	12 August 1975	12 August 1975		33	Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Burkina Faso	2 September 1975	2 September 1975	Signed	0	Also covered by Geneva act through OAPI accession
Cabo Verde			6 July 2022
Cambodia			26 February 2020	1
Congo	16 November 1977	16 November 1977	Signed	0
Costa Rica	30 July 1997	30 July 1997	Signed	2
Cuba	25 September 1966	8 April 1975		20
Czech Republic	1 January 1993	1 January 1993	2 September 2022	75	Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Dominican Republic	17 January 2020	17 January 2020
Czechoslovakia	25 September 1966- 1 January 1993	31 October 1973- 1 January 1993			Continued application by Czech Republic and Slovakia
European Union			26 February 2020	117	Only application to Geneva Act possible
France	25 September 1966	12 August 1975	21 April 2021	509	Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Gabon	10 June 1975	10 June 1975	Signed	0
Georgia	23 September 2004	23 September 2004		28
Ghana			3 February 2022
Greece	Signed				Covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Haiti	25 September 1966			0
Hungary	23 March 1967	31 October 1973	10 September 2021	28	Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Iran	9 March 2006	9 March 2006		64
Israel	25 September 1966	31 October 1973		1
Italy	29 December 1968	24 April 1977	Signed	175	Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Ivory Coast			15 March 2023		Also covered by Geneva act through OAPI accession
Laos			20 February 2021
Mali			Signed
Mexico	25 September 1966	26 January 2001		18
Moldova		5 April 2001	Signed	1
Montenegro	3 June 2006	3 June 2006		2
Morocco	Signed
Nicaragua	15 June 2006	15 June 2006	Signed
North Korea	4 January 2005	4 January 2005	26 February 2020	6
North Macedonia	6 October 2010	6 October 2010		5
OAPI			15 March 2023	0	Only application to Geneva Act possible
Oman			30 June 2021
Peru	16 May 2005	16 May 2005	18 October 2022	10
Portugal	25 September 1966	17 April 1991	18 January 2024	7	Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Russia			11 August 2023
Romania	Signed		Signed		Covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Samoa			26 February 2020
São Tomé and Príncipe			2 November 2023
Senegal			5 December 2023		Also covered by Geneva act through OAPI accession
Serbia	1 June 1999	1 June 1999		3
Slovakia	1 January 1993	1 January 1993		8	Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Spain	Signed				Covered by Geneva act through EU accession
Switzerland			31 August 2021
Togo	30 April 1975	30 April 1975	Signed		Also covered by Geneva act through OAPI accession
Tunisia	31 October 1973	31 October 1973	6 July 2023	8
Turkey	Signed

See also

Geographical indications

References

External links

• Treaty text of
  • Original 1958 Agreement (in French),
  • 1967 Stockholm Act (as revised in 1979 amendment)
  • 1979 amendment
  • 2015 Geneva act

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