Philippines joins DeisgnView

EUIPO reports about the accession of Philippines to the DesignView database. In this way, another 20 000 national designs will be added to the database which will give access to more than 10 million designs in total.

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Turkmenistan joins the Hague Agreement

WIPO reports about the accession of Turkmenistan to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs. The Agreement will enter into force, in respect of Turkmenistan, on March 16, 2016.

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Côte d’Ivoire joins Hague Agreement

WIPO reports about the accession of Côte d’Ivoire to the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs.
An additional declaration will indicate the date by which the Agreement enters into force for the country.