(v) the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, signed at
Stockholm on July 14, 1967,
(vi) the Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on June 19, 1970,
(vii) the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol of 1981,
(viii) the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of
Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure of 1977,
(ix) the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of
December 2, 1961, as revised at Geneva on November 10, 1972, October 23, 1978, and
March 19, 1991,
(x) the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, including the
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, of April 15, 1994,
(xi) the Trademark Registration Treaty, done at Vienna on June 12, 1973,
(xii) the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms
and Broadcasting Organisations of 1961.
Having considered Article 4(iv) of the aforementioned Convention Establishing the
World Intellectual Property Organization, which provides that the Organization “... shall
encourage the conclusion of international agreements designed to promote the protection of
intellectual property”;
Having considered Article 19 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial
Property, which provides that “ ... the countries of the Union reserve the right to make
separately between themselves special agreements for the protection of industrial property, in
so far as these agreements do not contravene the provisions of this Convention,” and
Article 4A(2), which provides that “Any filing that is equivalent to a regular national filing
under the domestic legislation of any country of the Union or under bilateral or multilateral
treaties concluded between countries of the Union shall be recognized as giving rise to the
right of priority”;
Having considered Article 20 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary
and Artistic Works, which provides that “The Governments of the countries of the Union
reserve the right to enter into special agreements among themselves, in so far as such
agreements grant to authors more extensive rights than those granted by the Convention, or
contain other provisions not contrary to this Convention”;
Having considered Article 22 of the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers,
Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations of 1961;
Having considered Article XIX of the Universal Copyright Convention, as revised at
Paris on July 24, 1971, which provides that “This Convention shall not abrogate multilateral
or bilateral conventions or arrangements in effect between two or more Contracting States”;
Having considered Article 14 of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of
Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, which provides that “Any country
outside the Special Union which is party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of
Industrial Property may accede to this Act and thereby become a member of the Special
Union”;
Having considered Article 3(l) of the Patent Cooperation Treaty, which provides that
“Applications for the protection of inventions in any of the Contracting States may be filed as
international applications under this Treaty,” Article 45(l), which provides that “Any treaty
providing for the grant of regional patents (‘regional patent treaty’), and giving to all persons