Multilateral Treaties

 B-8: PROTOCOL ON THE INTER-AMERICAN REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS                 


        ADOPTED AT: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES                             

              DATE: 02/20/29

CONF/ASSEM/MEETING: PAN AMERICAN TRADE MARK CONFERENCE                          

  ENTRY INTO FORCE:   /  /  ,  FOR EACH CONTRACTING STATE ON THE DATE OF DEPOSIT
                               OF THEIR INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION, IN          
                               ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 19 OF THE PROTOCOL.      

        DEPOSITORY: GENERAL SECRETARIAT, OAS (ORIGINAL INSTRUMENT AND           
                    RATIFICATIONS).                                             
                            ,           ,
              TEXT: OAS, TREATY SERIES, NO. 15.                                 

   UN REGISTRATION:   /  /    No.         Vol.       

      OBSERVATIONS:     The Protocol ceased to be in force on November 18, 1946.
                    The Inter-American Trade Mark Bureau created by the Protocol
                    was terminated on  November 2, 1949.                        
                                                                                
                        See also the following Conventions: Convention on       
                    Patents of Invention, Drawings and Industrial Models, Trade 
                    Marks, and Literary and Artistic Property, 1906 (A-12);     
                    Convention on the Protection of Trade Marks, 1910 (A-15);   
                    Convention for the Protection of Commercial, Industrial, and
                    Agricultural Trade Marks and Commercial Names, 1923 (A-20), 
                    and the Convention of 1929 (B-7).                           
                                                                                

               GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE TREATY: B-8
COUNTRY SIGNATURE RATIFICATION/ACCESSION DEPOSIT INFORMATION*
Antigua y Barbuda - - - -
Argentina - - - -
Bahamas - - - -
Barbados - - - -
Belize - - - -
Bolivia 02/20/29 - - -
Brazil 02/20/29 - - -
Canada - - - -
Chile - - - -
Colombia 02/20/29 - - -
Costa Rica 02/20/29 - - -
Cuba 02/20/29 03/12/30 04/02/30 RA -
Dominica - - - -
Ecuador 02/20/29 - - -
El Salvador - - - -
Grenada - - - -
Guatemala - - - -
Guyana - - - -
Hait� 02/20/29 06/29/31 08/14/31 RA Yes
Honduras 02/20/29 10/19/35 11/29/35 RA Yes
Jamaica - - - -
M�xico 02/20/29 - - -
Nicaragua 02/20/29 - - -
Panam� 02/20/29 01/30/35 04/08/35 RA Yes
Paraguay 02/20/29 - - -
Per� 02/20/29 09/23/36 10/26/36 RA Yes
Dominican Republic 02/20/29 - - -
St. Kitts & Nevis - - - -
St. Lucia - - - -
St. Vincent & Grenadines - - - -
Suriname - - - -
Trinidad & Tobago - - - -
United States 02/20/29 02/11/31 02/17/31 RA Yes
Uruguay - - - -
Venezuela 02/20/29 - - -
*DECLARATIONS/RESERVATIONS/DENUNCIATIONS/WITHDRAWLS
United States:                                                           
                                                                              
     Denounced on September 29, 1944.  Effective September 29,                
1945.                                                                         
                                                                              
Haiti:                                                                   
                                                                              
     Denounced on November 27, 1944.  Effective November 27,                  
1945.                                                                         
                                                                              
Peru:                                                                    
                                                                              
     Denounced on May 1, 1945.  Effective May 1,                              
1946.
Panama: Denounced 11/18/46
Honduras: Denounced 02/13/45

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