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Key IP treaties - global snapshot

This information provides a simplified overview of some key international conventions and elements for patents and trade marks around the world. In a table of this nature, it is not practical to provide exact comprehensive information, so the table should be considered a guide only and the information verified by other sources before it is relied on.

Country WIPO code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Afghanistan AF No No n/a No 1st to register Afghan Persian, Dari Asia, South-central Albania AL Yes Yes 30 Yes 1st to register Albanian Europe, Southern Algeria DZ Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Arabic, French Africa, Northern Andorra AD Yes No n/a No 1st to register Catalan Europe, Southern Angola AO Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Portuguese Africa, Middle Antigua and Barbuda AG Yes Yes 30 Yes 1st to use English Latin America, Caribbean Argentina AR Yes No n/a No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, South America Armenia AM Yes Yes Eurasian 30 Yes 1st to register Armenian Asia, Western Australia AU Yes Yes 31 Yes 1st to use English Oceania, ANZ Austria AT Yes Yes Europe 30 Yes EU 1st to register German Europe, Western Azerbaijan AZ Yes Yes Eurasian 30 Yes 1st to register Azerbaijani Asia, Western Country WIPO code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Bahamas, The BS Yes No n/a No 1st to use English Latin America, Caribbean Bahrain BH Yes Yes GCC 30 Yes 1st to register Arabic Asia, Western Bangladesh BD Yes No n/a No 1st to use Bangla (Bengali) Asia, South-central Barbados BB Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register English Latin America, Caribbean Belarus BY Yes Yes Eurasian 30 Yes Belarusian, Russian Europe, Eastern Belgium BE Yes Yes Europe* 30 Yes EU, Benelux 1st to register Dutch, French, German Europe, Western Belize BZ Yes Yes 30 No From UK reg English Latin America, Central America Benin BJ Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Western Bhutan BT Yes No n/a Yes Cautionary notice Dzongkha Asia, South-central Bolivia BO Yes No n/a No 1st to register Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Latin America, South America Bosnia and Herzegovina BA Yes Yes 34 Yes Bosnian Europe, Southern Botswana BW Yes Yes ARIPO 30 Yes 1st to use English Africa, Southern Brazil BR Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Portugese Latin America, South America Brunei Darussalam BN Yes# No n/a No 1st to use Malay Asia, South-eastern Bulgaria BG Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes EU 1st to register Bulgarian Europe, Eastern Burkina Faso BF Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Western Burundi BI Yes No n/a No 1st to use Kirundi, French Africa, Eastern Country WIPO code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Cambodia KH Yes No n/a No Khmer Asia, South-eastern Cameroon CM Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register English, French Africa, Middle Canada CA Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use English, French Northern America Cape Verde CV No No n/a No Portugese Africa, Western Central African Republic CF Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Middle Chad TD Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French, Arabic Africa, Middle Chile CL Yes No n/a No 1st to use Spanish Latin America, South America China CN Yes Yes 30 Yes 1st to register Chinese (Cantonese) Asia, Eastern China (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) HK Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use Chinese (Cantonese), English Asia, Eastern China (Macau Special Administrative Region) MO Yes No n/a No Chinese (Cantonese) Asia, Eastern Colombia CO Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, South America Comoros KM Yes Yes 30 No Arabic, French Africa, Eastern Congo, Democratic Republic of The CD Yes No n/a No 1st to register French Africa, Middle Congo, Republic of the CG Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Middle Cook Islands CK No No n/a No Cautionary notice English Oceania, Polynesia Costa Rica CR Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, Central America Cote D'ivoire CI Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Western Croatia HR Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes Croatian Europe, Southern Cuba CU Yes Yes 30 Yes 1st to register Spanish Latin America, Caribbean Cyprus CY Yes Yes Europe* 31 Yes EU 1st to use Turkish, Greek Asia, Western Czech Republic CZ Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes EU 1st to register Czech Europe, Eastern Denmark DK Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes EU Danish Europe, Northern Denmark (Faroe Islands) FO Yes Yes 30 No Danish, Faroese Europe, Northern Denmark (Greenland) GL Yes Yes 30 No Danish, Greenlandic Northern America Djibouti DJ Yes No n/a No 1st to register Arabic, French Africa, Eastern Dominica DM Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use English Latin America, Caribbean Dominican Republic DO Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, Caribbean Country WIPO code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Ecuador EC Yes Yes 31 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, South America Egypt EG Yes Yes 30 No Arabic Africa, Northern El Salvador SV Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, Central America Equatorial Guinea GQ Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French, Spanish Africa, Middle Eritrea ER No No n/a No Arabic, Italian Africa, Eastern Estonia EE Yes Yes Europe 30 Yes EU 1st to register Estonian Europe, Northern Ethiopia ET No No n/a No Cautionary notice Amharic Africa, Eastern Fiji FJ Yes# No n/a No 1st to use English Oceania, Melanesia Finland FI Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes EU 1st to register Finnish Europe, Northern France FR Yes Yes Europe* 30 Yes EU 1st to register French Europe, Western Gabon, The GA Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Middle Gambia GM Yes Yes ARIPO 30 No 1st to use English Africa, Western Georgia GE Yes Yes 31 Yes Georgian Asia, Western Germany DE Yes Yes Europe 30 Yes EU 1st to register German Europe, Western Ghana GH Yes Yes ARIPO 30 Yes 1st to use English Africa, Western Greece GR Yes Yes Europe* 31 Yes EU 1st to register Greek Europe, Southern Grenada GD Yes Yes 30 No English Latin America, Caribbean Guatemala GT Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, Central America Guinea GN Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Western Guinea Bissau GW Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register Portugese Africa, Western Guyana GY Yes No n/a No 1st to use English Latin America, South America Country WIPO code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Haiti HT Yes No n/a No 1st to use French Latin America, Caribbean Holy See (Vatican City) VA Yes No n/a No Italian, Latin Europe, Southern Honduras HN Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, Central America Hungary HU Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes EU 1st to register Hungarian Europe, Eastern Iceland IS Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes Either Icelandic Europe, Northern India IN Yes Yes 31 No 1st to use English, Sanskrit, Hindi Asia, South-central Indonesia ID Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Indonesian Asia, South-eastern Iran, Islamic Republic of IR Yes No n/a Yes 1st to register Persian Asia, South-central Iraq IQ Yes No n/a No 1st to register Arabic Asia, Western Ireland IE Yes Yes Europe* 31 Yes EU 1st to use English, Irish Europe, Northern Israel IL Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use Hebrew, Arabic Asia, Western Italy IT Yes Yes Europe* 31 Yes EU 1st to register Italian Europe, Southern

Country WIPO code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Jamaica JM Yes No n/a No 1st to use English Latin America, Caribbean Japan JP Yes Yes 30 Yes 1st to register Japanese Asia, Eastern Jordan JO Yes No n/a No 1st to use Arabic Asia, Western Kazakstan KZ Yes Yes Eurasian 31 No Kazakh, Russian Asia, South-central Kenya KE Yes Yes ARIPO 30 Yes 1st to use English Africa, Eastern Kiribati KI No No n/a No From UK reg English Oceania, Micronesia Korea, Democratic People's Republic (North) KP Yes Yes 30 Yes 1st to register Korean Asia, Eastern Korea, Republic of (South) KR Yes Yes 31 Yes 1st to register Korean Asia, Eastern Kuwait KW Yes# No GCC n/a No 1st to register Arabic Asia, Western Kyrgyzstan KG Yes Yes Eurasian 31 Yes Kirghiz, Russian Asia, South-central Lao People's Democratic Republic LA Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Lao Asia, South-eastern Latvia LV Yes Yes Europe* 31 Yes EU 1st to register Latvian Europe, Northern Lebanon LB Yes No n/a No 1st to register Arabic Asia, Western Lesotho LS Yes Yes ARIPO 30 Yes 1st to use English Africa, Southern Liberia LR Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register English Africa, Western Libyan Arab Jamahiriya LY Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Arabic Africa, Northern Liechtenstein LI Yes Yes Europe 30 Yes 1st to register German Europe, Western Lithuania LT Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes EU 1st to register Lithuanian Europe, Northern Luxembourg LU Yes Yes Europe 30 Yes EU, Benelux 1st to register French, German Europe, Western Country WIPO code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of MK Yes Yes 31 Yes EU Macedonian Europe, Southern Madagascar MG Yes Yes 30 No English, French Africa, Eastern Malawi MW Yes Yes ARIPO 30 No 1st to use English Africa, Eastern Malaysia MY Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use Malay Asia, South-eastern Maldives MV Yes# No n/a No Cautionary notice Dhivehi Asia, South-central Mali ML Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Western Malta MT Yes Yes Europe* 31 No+ EU 1st to use English, Italian Europe, Southern Marshall Islands MH No No n/a No Cautionary notice English Oceania, Micronesia Mauritania MR Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register Arabic, French Africa, Western Mauritius MU Yes No n/a No 1st to use English Africa, Eastern Mexico MX Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, Central America Micronesia FM No No n/a No Cautionary notice English Oceania, Micronesia Moldova, Republic of MD Yes Yes Eurasian 31 Yes Moldovan Europe, Eastern Monaco MC Yes Yes Europe* 31 Yes 1st to use French Europe, Western Mongolia MN Yes Yes 31 Yes 1st to register Mongolian Asia, Eastern Montenegro ME Yes Yes 30 Yes Serbian Europe, Southern Morocco MA Yes Yes 30 Yes 1st to register Arabic, French Africa, Northern Mozambique MZ Yes Yes ARIPO 31 Yes Portugese Africa, Eastern Myanmar MM Yes# No n/a No 1st to use Burmese Asia, South-eastern

Country WIPO code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Namibia NA Yes Yes ARIPO 30 Yes 1st to use English Africa, Southern Nauru NR No No n/a No English Oceania, Micronesia Nepal NP Yes No n/a No 1st to register Nepali Asia, South-central Netherlands NL Yes Yes Europe* 31 Yes EU, Benelux 1st to register Dutch Europe, Western Netherlands (Antilles) AN Yes Yes Europe* 31 Yes 1st to use Latin America, Caribbean New Zealand NZ Yes Yes 31 No Either English Oceania, ANZ Nicaragua NI Yes Yes 30 No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, Central America Niger NE Yes Yes OAPI* 30 No OAPI 1st to register French Africa, Western Nigeria NG Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use English Africa, Western Niue NU No No n/a No Oceania, Polynesia Norway NO Yes Yes Europe 31 Yes 1st to register Norwegian Europe, Northern Oman OM Yes Yes GCC 30 Yes 1st to register Arabic Asia, Western Pakistan PK Yes No n/a No Either English Asia, South-central Palau PW No No n/a No 1st to use English Oceania, Micronesia Panama PA Yes No n/a No 1st to use Spanish Latin America, Central America Papua New Guinea PG Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use English Oceania, Melanesia Paraguay PY Yes No n/a No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, South America Peru PE Yes No n/a No 1st to register Spanish Latin America, South America Philippines PH Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use Filipino Asia, South-eastern Poland PL Yes Yes Europe 30 Yes EU 1st to register Polish Europe, Eastern Portugal PT Yes Yes Europe 30 Yes EU 1st to register Portugese Europe, Southern Qatar QA Yes No GCC n/a No 1st to register Arabic Asia, Western Country WIPO Code Priority (Paris convention or direct#) PCT Regional patent National phase entry deadline (months) Madrid Protocol Regional trade mark TM notes Official languages Regional location (UN) Romania RO Yes Yes Europe 30 Yes EU 1st to register Romanian Europe, Eastern Russian Federation RU Yes Yes Eurasian 31 Yes 1st to register Russian Europe, Eastern Rwanda RW Yes No n/a No 1st to use English, French Africa, Eastern Saint Kitts and Nevis KN Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use English Latin America, Caribbean Saint Lucia LC Yes Yes 30 No 1st to use English Latin America, Caribbean Saint Vincent & the Grenadines VC Yes Yes 30