Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property was adopted in 1883 and was one of the first intellectual property treaties. It established a Union for the protection of industrial property. It applies to a wide range of industrial property including patents, trademarks, utility models, industrial designs, trade names, service marks, geographical indications as well as the ‘repression of unfair competition’. The Paris Convention was the first international agreement to protect the works of creators in other countries.