International registration

The Republic of Belarus is a party to a number of international treaties with regard to intellectual property:

    Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization;
    Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property;
    Eurasian Patent Convention Patent Cooperation Treaty;
    Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;
    Madrid Protocol to the Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks;
    Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works;
    Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol;
    Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks;
    Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs;
    Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification;
    Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure;
    WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT);
    WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT);
    International Plant Protection Convention;
    Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms;
    Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations;
    Universal Copyright Convention.