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Frequently-Cited Treaties & Other International Instruments

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Intellectual Property Treaties

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Apr. 15, 1994
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1C, 1869 U.N.T.S. 3; 33 I.L.M. 1197 (1994)
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, September 9, 1886, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967
828 U.N.T.S. 221
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, September 9, 1886, revised at Paris July 24, 1971
1161 U.N.T.S. 3
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Sept. 9, 1886, as revised at Paris on July 24, 1971 and amended in 1979
S. Treaty Doc. No. 99-27 (1986) [The 1979 amended version does not appear in U.N.T.S. or I.L.M.]
Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, Nov. 14, 2001
WT/MIN(01)/DEC/2
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, Dec. 2, 1961
S. Treaty Doc. No. 104-17 (1991)
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, as last revised at the Stockholm Revision Conference, Mar. 20, 1883
21 U.S.T. 1583; 828 U.N.T.S. 305
Patent Cooperation Treaty, June 19, 1970
28 U.S.T. 7645; 1160 U.N.T.S. 231; 9 I.L.M. 978 (1970)
Universal Copyright Convention, September 6, 1952
6 U.S.T. 2731; T.I.A.S. 3324; 216 U.N.T.S. 132.
Universal Copyright Convention, as revised at Paris, July 24, 1971
25 U.S.T. 1341; TIAS 7868; 943 U.N.T.S. 178.
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, Dec. 20, 1996
S. Treaty Doc. No. 105-17 (1997); 2186 U.N.T.S. 203; 36 I.L.M. 76 (1997)
WIPO Copyright Treaty, Dec. 20, 1996
S. Treaty Doc. No. 105-17 (1997); 2186 U.N.T.S. 121; 36 I.L.M. 65 (1997)

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