The Hague Agreement governs the international registration of industrial designs. First adopted in 1925, the Agreement effectively establishes an international system – the Hague System – that allows industrial designs to be protected in multiple countries or regions with minimal formalities.
Members
Additional information
Hague Agreement milestones
- Adopted: The Hague - November 6, 1925
- Revised:
○ London - June 2, 1934
○ The Hague - November 28, 1960 - Supplemented: Monaco - November 18, 1961
- Revised:
○ Stockholm - July 14, 1967
○ Geneva - August 29, 1975 - Amended: September 28, 1979
- Revised: Geneva - July 2, 1999
Treaty, acts and other texts in force
Treaty and Acts
- The Hague Act (1960)
- Protocol to the Hague Act (1960)
- Complementary Act of Stockholm (1967) (as amended on September 28, 1979)
- Geneva Act (1999)
Regulations
Administrative instructions
Agreed statements
Historical archives
Treaty and Acts
- Protocol of Geneva (1975)
- Complementary Act of Stockholm (1967)
- Additional Act of Monaco (1961)
- London Act (1934)
- Hague Agreement (1925)
Regulations
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on April 1, 2023)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2022)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on February 1, 2021)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2019)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2017)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2015)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2014)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2012)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on April 1, 2010)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act and the 1960 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2010)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act, the 1960 Act and the 1934 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2009)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act, the 1960 Act and the 1934 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2008)
- Common Regulations Under the 1999 Act , the 1960 Act and the 1934 Act of the Hague Agreement (as in force on April 1, 2004)
- Regulations Under the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs (as in force on January 1, 2002)
- Regulations Under the Geneva Act of Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (as adopted on July 2, 1999)
Administrative instructions
- Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2019)
- Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Hague Agreement (as in force on July 1, 2014)
- Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2014)
- Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2012)
- Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2008)
- Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Hague Agreement (as in force on April 1, 2004)
- Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Hague Agreement (as in force on January 1, 2002)