The Riyadh Design Law Treaty Was Successfully Concluded

Release Time：2024-11-29 13:59Author：Views：273

From November 11th to 22nd, the Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty on Designs, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), was held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. At the conference, the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (hereinafter referred to as the "Treaty") was successfully concluded.

Negotiations on the Treaty on Designs have spanned nearly 20 years before reaching a conclusion. The Treaty aims to harmonize and unify the procedures and formalities for industrial design applications among countries, including provisions related to application documents, representation, determination of the filing date, grace period, amendment or division of applications, publication, renewal, time limit remedies, restoration of rights, and other relevant aspects. This will enable designers to protect their designs more conveniently, swiftly, and economically in both domestic and overseas markets.

Although both the Hague Agreement and the Treaty are WIPO treaties in the field of industrial design procedures and formalities, they have no formal or direct connection. The Treaty aims to simplify and unify the procedures and formalities for industrial designs stipulated by national/regional offices to narrow the differences among Contracting Parties, while the Hague Agreement establishes a centralized and standardized registration system for industrial designs at the international level. Pursuing different goals, the two treaties operate fully autonomously, independently of each other, and neither has priority over the other.

Information source:

1. https://www.cnipa.gov.cn/art/2024/11/23/art_53_196268.html

2. https://www.wipo.int/diplomatic-conferences/en/design-law/

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