Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks is a treaty adopted by the World Intellectual Property Organization in Singapore on 28 March 2006. It entered into force on 16 March 2009, following the ratification or accession of ten countries, namely Singapore, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Denmark, Latvia, Kyrgyzstan, United States, Moldova, and Australia. The treaty establishes common standards for procedural aspects of trademark registration and licensing.

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

Parties   Signed, but not ratified
Signed	28 March 2006
Location	Singapore
Effective	16 March 2009
Condition	10 ratifications
Signatories	59
Parties	54
Depositary	Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
Languages	English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish

The treaty was built on the Trademark Law Treaty of 1994 (TLT), however the Singapore Treaty was meant to have a wider scope of application and addresses more recent developments in the field of communication technologies.

As of May 2023, there are 54 contracting parties to the treaty, which includes 52 states plus the African Intellectual Property Organization and the Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property.

See also

• Patent Law Treaty
• Design Law Treaty

External links

• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks in the WIPO Lex database — official website of WIPO.
  • The full text of the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks(in English)