Monday 6 October 2014

Kuwait acceds to the Berne and Paris Conventions

News from WIPO via a newsletter from early September that:

Paris Notification No. 220Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Accession by the State of Kuwait

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the State of Kuwait, on September 2, 2014, of its instrument of accession to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property of March 20, 1883, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and as amended on September 28, 1979 (Paris Convention).

The Paris Convention will enter into force, with respect to the State of Kuwait, on December 2, 2014. On that date, the State of Kuwait will become a member of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property ("Paris Union"), founded by the Paris Convention.

September 2, 2014

Berne Notification No. 268Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Accession by the State of Kuwait

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the State of Kuwait, on September 2, 2014, of its instrument of accession to the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works of September 9, 1886, as revised at Paris on July 24, 1971, and amended on September 28, 1979.

The Berne Convention will enter into force, with respect to the State of Kuwait, on December 2, 2014. On that date, the State of Kuwait will also become a member of the International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ("Berne Union"), founded by the Berne Convention.

September 2, 2014

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