Lisbon Agreement
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration of October 31, 1958, as revised at Stockholm on July 14, 1967, and as amended on September 28, 1979
  Lisbon Agreement and Geneva act
  Geneva act, but not Lisbon agreement
  Lisbon agreement, but not Geneva act
  covered by OAPI/EU's accession (Geneva act) and to Lisbon agreement
  covered by OAPI/EU's accession (Geneva act) and party to Lisbon and/or Geneva act
  covered by OAPI/EU's accession (Geneva act)
Signed31 October 1958 (Lisbon)
14 July 1967 (Stockholm)
21 May 2015 (Geneva)
LocationLisbon, Stockholm, Geneva
Effective25 September 1966 (Lisbon)
31 October 1973 (Stockholm)
26 February 2020 (Geneva)
Signatories11 (Lisbon)
5 (Stockholm)
11 (Geneva)
Parties10 (Lisbon)
30 (Stockholm)
21 (Geneva)[1]
DepositarySwitzerland (Lisbon), Sweden (Stockholm), WIPO (Geneva)
LanguageFrench (Lisbon, Stockholm)
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish (Geneva)

The Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, signed on 31 October 1958, ensures that in member countries, appellations of origin receive protection when are protected in their country of origin. It lays down provisions for what qualifies as an appellation of origin, protection measures and establishes an International Register of Appellations of Origin, run by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The agreement came into force in 1966, and was revised at Stockholm (1967) and amended in 1979 and 2015. As of July 2022, 39 states are party to the convention and 1000 appellations of origin has been registered.[2]

The agreements establish a Special Union under Article 19 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883).[3] Some aspects of the agreement have been superseded by the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

Geneva Act

In May 2015, the Geneva Act to the Agreement was adopted, formally extending protection to Geographical Indication and changing the name: Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications. The act furthermore allows intergovernmental organisations to become parties. On 21 May 2015, the Act was signed by 13 states: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Congo, France, Gabon, Hungary, Mali, Nicaragua, Peru, Romania and Togo. It entered into force in 2020 following ratifications/accessions by 5 parties: Albania, Cambodia, European Union, North Korea and Samoa. As of 18 January 2024, the number of parties is 21.

Parties

The treaty applies mutually between the parties of the 1958 Lisbon Agreement and the 1967 Stockholm Act, but not between a party solely to the 1958 Agreement and another party solely to the 1967 Stockholm act. The Geneva Act entered into force in 2020, and only applies between the Geneva act parties. If a state is a party to multiple Lisbon instruments, then a registered appellation of origin registered under any of the instruments applies also to parties of the other instruments the state is a party to.

StateLisbon Agreement[1]Stockholm Act[1]Geneva Act[1]Registered AO[4]Notes
 Albania8 May 20198 May 201926 February 20200
 Algeria5 July 197231 October 197319
 Bosnia and Herzegovina4 July 20134 July 2013Signed4
 Bulgaria12 August 197512 August 197533Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Burkina Faso2 September 19752 September 1975Signed0Also covered by Geneva act through OAPI accession
 Cabo Verde6 July 2022
 Cambodia26 February 20201
 Congo16 November 197716 November 1977Signed0
 Costa Rica30 July 199730 July 1997Signed2
 Cuba25 September 19668 April 197520
 Czech Republic1 January 19931 January 19932 September 202275Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Dominican Republic17 January 202017 January 2020
 Czechoslovakia25 September 1966-
1 January 1993		31 October 1973-
1 January 1993		Continued application by Czech Republic and Slovakia
 European Union26 February 2020117Only application to Geneva Act possible
 France25 September 196612 August 197521 April 2021509Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Gabon10 June 197510 June 1975Signed0
 Georgia23 September 200423 September 200428
 Ghana3 February 2022
 GreeceSignedCovered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Haiti25 September 19660
 Hungary23 March 196731 October 197310 September 202128Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Iran9 March 20069 March 200664
 Israel25 September 196631 October 19731
 Italy29 December 196824 April 1977Signed175Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Ivory Coast15 March 2023Also covered by Geneva act through OAPI accession
 Laos20 February 2021
 MaliSigned
 Mexico25 September 196626 January 200118
 Moldova5 April 2001Signed1
 Montenegro3 June 20063 June 20062
 MoroccoSigned
 Nicaragua15 June 200615 June 2006Signed
 North Korea4 January 20054 January 200526 February 20206
 North Macedonia6 October 20106 October 20105
  OAPI15 March 20230Only application to Geneva Act possible
 Oman30 June 2021
 Peru16 May 200516 May 200518 October 202210
 Portugal25 September 196617 April 199118 January 20247Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Russia11 August 2023
 RomaniaSignedSignedCovered by Geneva act through EU accession
 Samoa26 February 2020
 São Tomé and Príncipe2 November 2023
 Senegal5 December 2023Also covered by Geneva act through OAPI accession
 Serbia1 June 19991 June 19993
 Slovakia1 January 19931 January 19938Also covered by Geneva act through EU accession
 SpainSignedCovered by Geneva act through EU accession
  Switzerland31 August 2021
 Togo30 April 197530 April 1975SignedAlso covered by Geneva act through OAPI accession
 Tunisia31 October 197331 October 19736 July 20238
 TurkeySigned

See also

Geographical indications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "9. Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration" (PDF). WIPO. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "About Lisbon Agreement". WIPO. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration]". WIPO. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Search Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indication. Structured search". WIPO. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
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