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

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 May 2015, 30 states are party to the convention and 1000 appellations of origin has been registered.[1]

Lisbon Agreement
  Lisbon Agreement and Geneva act
  Geneva act, but not Lisbon agreement
  Lisbon agreement, but not Geneva act
  covered by EU's accession (Geneva act) and to Lisbon agreement
  covered by EU's accession (Geneva act)
Signed31 October 1958 (Lisbon)
14 July 1967 (Stockholm)
21 May 2015 (Geneva)
LocationLisbon, Stockholm, Geneva
Effective25 September 1966 (Lisbon)
31 October 1973 (Stockholm)
26 February 2020 (Geneva)
Signatories11 (Lisbon)
5 (Stockholm)
11 (Geneva)
Parties10 (Lisbon)
28 (Stockholm)
5 (Geneva)
DepositarySwitzerland (Lisbon), Sweden (Stockholm), WIPO (Geneva)
LanguageFrench (Lisbon, Stockholm)
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish (Geneva)

The agreements establishes a Special Union under Article 19 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883).[2] Some aspects of the agreement have been superseded by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.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 be become parties. On 21 May the Act was signed by 13 states: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Congo, France, Gabon, Hungary, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Romania and Togo. It enters into force following ratifications/accessions by 5 parties: Albania, Cambodia, European Union, North Korea and Samoa.

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 is not in force, but after it enters into force, it will only apply 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.

StateLisbon AgreementStockholm ActGeneva ActRegistered AONotes
 Albania8 May 201926 February 20200
 Algeria31 October 19737
 Bosnia and Herzegovina4 July 2013Signed0
 Bulgaria12 August 197534Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Burkina Faso2 September 1975Signed0
 Cambodia26 February 20200
 Congo16 November 1977Signed0
 Costa Rica30 July 19971
 Cuba25 September 19668 April 197520
 Czech Republic1 January 19931 January 199375Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Dominican Republic17 January 202017 January 2020
 Czechoslovakia25 September 1966-
1 January 1993		31 October 1973-
1 January 1993		continued application by Czech Republic and Slovakia
 European Union26 February 2020Only application to Geneva Act possible
 France25 September 196612 August 1975Signed509Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Gabon10 June 1975Signed0
 Georgia23 September 200428
 GreeceSignedCovered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Haiti25 September 19660
 Hungary23 March 196731 October 1973Signed28Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Iran9 March 200662
 Israel25 September 196631 October 19731
 Italy29 December 196824 April 1977175Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Ivory Coastacceded (2018)
 MaliSigned
 Mexico25 September 196626 January 200116
 Moldova5 April 20011
 MoroccoSigned
 Montenegro3 June 20062
 Nicaragua15 June 2006Signed
 North Korea4 January 200526 February 20206
 North Macedonia6 October 201026 February 20205
 Peru16 May 2005Signed10
 Portugal25 September 196617 April 19917Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 RomaniaSignedSignedCovered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Samoa26 February 2020
 Serbia1 June 19993
 Slovakia1 January 19931 January 19938Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 SpainSignedCovered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Togo30 April 1975Signed
 Tunisia31 October 19737
 TurkeySigned

See also

Geographic indications

References
  1. "About Lisbon Agreement". WIPO. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  2. "Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration]". WIPO. Retrieved 24 February 2012.


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