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The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a
Patent Law Treaty
in the
Patent Law Treaty
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The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent
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law multilateral treaty
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concluded on 1 June 2000 in Geneva
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, Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, by 53 States and the European Patent Organisation
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(an intergovernmental organization
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). It aims at harmonizing formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a patent application
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, the form and content of a patent application, and representation.
As of May 2021, the PLT had 43 contracting states, while 59 states and the European Patent Organisation
The European Patent Organisation (sometimes abbreviated EPOrg in order to distinguish it from the European Patent Office, one of the two organs of the organisation) is a public international organisation created in 1977 by its contracting states t ...
have signed the treaty.
History
France
Prior to the entry into force of the treaty in France, a bill was submitted on 14 January 2009 at theFrench Senate
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proposing the ratification of the PLT by France. In March 2009, a report from French Senator Rachel Mazuir recommended the ratification of the PLT, as soon as possible, by France. On 24 July 2009, the government was authorized to ratify the PLT. The PLT then entered into force for France on 5 January 2010.
United States
The Treaty was ratified by the United States on 18 September 2013. Parts of the PLT were applied to U.S. patent law with the passage of the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012.Mexico
Article 20(7)(3) of the proposed new NAFTA, in December 2019, stated that "Each Party shall give due consideration to ratifying or acceding to the PLT, or, in the alternative, shall adopt or maintain procedural standards consistent with the objective of the PLT".See also
*Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on 20 March 1883, was one of the first intellectual property treaties. It established a Union for the protection of industrial property. The convention is c ...
*Patent Cooperation Treaty
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...
(PCT)
* Substantive Patent Law Treaty (SPLT)
* European Convention relating to the Formalities required for Patent Applications (1953)
References
External links
Patent Law Treaty
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