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IV.  L A W S  &  C O N V E N T I O N S

Current Legal Basis for Protection of Intellectual Property in the D.P.R. of Korea

Law on Inventions and Innovations of the  Democratic People's Republic of Korea
dated 13. May 1998, updated 11. March 1999

Law on Trademarks of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
dated 14. January 1998

Law on Industrial Designs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
dated 3. June 1998

International Conventions and Treaties that the D.P.R. of Korea is a member of

Convention  establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
(14. July 1967)
since 17. August 1974

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
(20. March 1883)
since 10. June 1980

Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and Protocol Relating to that Agreement
(14. April 1891)
since 10. June 1980

Patent Cooperation Treaty
(19. June 1970)
since 8. July 1980

The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
(6. November 1925)
since 27. May 1992

Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
(24. March 1971)
since 21. November 2002

Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
(28. April 1977)
since 21. February 2002


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