The Paris Convention for the Protection of…

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed in Paris, France, on March 20, 1883, is one of the first intellectual property treaties.

It establishes a Union for the protection of industrial property.

The Convention is signed by eleven countries: Belgium, Brazil, France, Guatemala, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, El Salvador, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland.

As of December 2011, the Convention had one hundred and seventy-four contracting member countries, which makes it one of the most widely adopted treaties worldwide.

The Convention is still in force as of 2012.