Features of the Paris Convention

Paris Convention ensures the following to its signatories:

National treatment

Right of priority

Independence of patents

Parallel importation

Protection against false indications and unfair competition

Additionally there are a number of international conventions and treaties, which are open only to the members of the Paris Convention. Some of these are enlisted below:

• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• Budapest Treaty
• UPOV
• Madrid Agreement
• Madrid Protocol
• Hague Agreement