The Kingdom of Spain Ratifies the Singapore Treaty

Singapore Treaty Ratification by the Kingdom of Spain.

Spain has agreed to join the list of nations that has signed the Singapore Treaty; the treaty will enter into force in Spain on 18 May 2009.

The list of signatories to this important treaty regarding trademarks is below, along with the current status of the treaty in that country.

CONTRACTING PARTY TREATY STATUS ENTRY INTO FORCE DETAILS
Australia Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Austria Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Belgium Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Bosnia and Herzegovina Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Bulgaria Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Burkina Faso Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Cameroon Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Central African Republic Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
China Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Congo Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Costa Rica Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Croatia Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Czech Republic Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Democratic Republic of the Congo Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Denmark Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Dominican Republic Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Estonia Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Finland Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
France Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Ghana Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Guinea Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Haiti Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Hungary Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Iceland Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Italy Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Kenya Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Kyrgyzstan Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Latvia Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Lebanon Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Lithuania Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Luxembourg Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Madagascar Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Mali Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Mauritania Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Mexico Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
New Zealand Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Papua New Guinea Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Portugal Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Republic of Moldova Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Romania Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Russian Federation Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Senegal Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Singapore Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Spain Singapore Treaty In Force May 18, 2009 Details
Switzerland Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Tajikistan Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Togo Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Turkey Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Ukraine Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
United Kingdom Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
United States of America Singapore Treaty In Force March 16, 2009 Details
Uruguay Singapore Treaty Signature   Details
Uzbekistan Singapore Treaty Signature   Details

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks to Enter into Force in 2009

Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks to Enter into Force in 2009.

This is good news for trademark owners worldwide. The Singapore Treaty, administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), will open the way for the branded goods industry to register and manage trademark rights cost-effectively and efficiently. The treaty “… standardizes procedural aspects of trademark registration and licensing and enables owners of trademarks and national trademark authorities to take advantage of efficiencies in using modern communications technologies to process and manage evolving trademark rights.” The USA ratified the Singapore Treaty on 1 October 2008.

Australia ratified the treaty on 16 December 2008. Australia was the tenth country to do so; therefore, according to its terms, the Singapore Treaty will go into full effect on 16 March 2009, three months after the tenth ratification. The ratifying nations are:

Singapore
Switzerland
Bulgaria 
Romania
Denmark
Latvia
the Kyrgyz Republic
USA
Moldova
Australia

Over time, other WIPO countries will, we hope, join with these first ten under the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks to help to standardize trademark law throughout the world and make registration across international boundaries more and more seamless. More information about the Singapore Treaty can be found on the Singapore Treaty’s webpage on the WIPO site.