| Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property | |
|---|---|
| Signed | 20 March 1883 |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Effective | 7 July 1884 (1883 version) |
| Parties | 180 |
| Languages | French |
| Full text | |
 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) at Wikisource | |
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on 20 March 1883, was one of the first intellectual property treaties. It established a Union for the protection of industrial property. The convention is still in force in 2024. The substantive provisions of the Convention fall into three main categories: national treatment, priority right and common rules.[1]
- ^ "Summary of the Paris Convention". WIPO. Retrieved 6 December 2014.