Becoming Party to the Treaty
Published Jul 1, 2015United States Patent and Trademark Office
- (1) Any State member of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property may become party to this Treaty by:
- (i) signature followed by the deposit of an instrument of ratification, or
- (ii) deposit of an instrument of accession.
- (2) Instruments of ratification or accession shall be deposited with the Director General.
- (3) The provisions of Article 24 of the Stockholm Act of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall apply to this Treaty.
- (4) Paragraph (3) shall in no way be understood as implying the recognition or tacit acceptance by a Contracting State of the factual situation concerning a territory to which this Treaty is made applicable by another Contracting State by virtue of the said paragraph.