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NIGERIA’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, IP, TREATIES – BY SAM ELEANYA

Nigeria has entered into many international agreements relating specifically or incidentally to intellectual property regulation or administration. Below is a list of multilateral treaties at the global, regional and other categories.

NIGERIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TREATIES FRAMEWORK

TREATIES – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BASIC TREATIES (with Nigeria’s Date of Entry into force)
Patent Cooperation Treaty (May 8, 2005) Patent Law Treaty (April 28, 2005)	Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO (April 9, 1995)
TREATIES – WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, WIPO, ADMINISTERED TREATIES (with Nigeria’s Date of Entry into force)
Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (October 29, 1993)	Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (September 14, 1993) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (September 2, 1963)
TREATY: ECONOMIC BLOC/GROUPS’ INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TREATIES (With Nigeria’s Date of Entry into force)
Global System of Trade Preferences among Developing Countries (April 19, 1989)	The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the “ACP Group”), since 1975 (ACP) (February 12, 1976)
TREATY: IP-RELATED MULTILATERAL TREATIES(With Nigeria’s Date of Entry into force)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 24, 2010) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (October 24, 2010) Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (January 2, 2009) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (April 21, 2008) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (April 20, 2006) Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (January 21, 2006) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (January 18, 2006) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (March 10, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (August 22, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (October 13, 2003) United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (October 6, 1997) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) – Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) Convention on Biological Diversity (November 27, 1994) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (November 27, 1994)United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (November 16, 1994)	International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (October 29, 1993) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (April 10, 1989) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (April 10, 1989) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (December 17, 1975) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (April 24, 1972) Convention and Statute on Freedom of Transit (February 1, 1968) Convention on Transit Trade of Land-locked States (June 9, 1967) Universal Copyright Convention of 6 September 1952, with Appendix Declaration relating to Article XVII and Resolution concerning Article XI (February 14, 1962) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 5, 1961) Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (September 5, 1961) Convention on International Civil Aviation (December 14, 1960) Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials (October 1, 1960) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (October 1, 1960) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (October 1, 1960) Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (October 1, 1960) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (October 1, 1960)
TREATIES (REGIONAL)– AFRICA-WIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TREATIES(with Nigeria’s Date of Entry into Force)
Cultural Charter for Africa (September 19, 1990) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001)	Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (May 12, 1994)
TREATIES (REGIONAL)– WEST AFRICA-WIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TREATIES (with Nigeria’s Date of Entry into Force)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) (August 23, 1995)	·
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TREATIES – NOT SIGNED OR RATIFIED BY NIGERIA
1. Madrid Agreement (Indications of Source) 2. Madrid Agreement (Marks) 3. Madrid Protocol 4. Hague Agreement 5. Geneva Act of Hague 6. Nice Agreement 7. Lisbon Agreement 8. Locarno Agreement 9. Strasbourg Agreement 10. Phonograms Convention 11. Vienna Agreement	12. Budapest Treaty 13. Brussels Convention 14. Nairobi Treaty 15. Trademark Law Treaty 16. WIPO Copyright Treaty 17. WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty 18. Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances 19. Washington Treaty 20. Singapore Treaty 21. Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled

NIGERIA – WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION, WIPO, TREATIES’ NOTIFICATION STATUS

No 179	WIPO Convention	Accession by the Federal Republic of Nigeria	January 10, 1995
No 12	Patent Law Treaty	Entry into Force	January 28, 2005
No 6	Patent Law Treaty	Ratification by the Federal Republic of Nigeria	December 19, 2002
No 1	Patent Law Treaty	Signatories	June 1, 2001
No 169	Patent Cooperation Treaty	Accession by the Federal Republic of Nigeria	February 8, 2005
No 147	Berne Convention	Accession by the Federal Republic of Nigeria	June 14, 1993
No 2	WIPO Copyright Treaty	Signatories	January 5, 1998

Credit: World Intellectual Property Organisation, WIPO.

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION, WIPO TREATIES: NIGERIA’S MEMBERSHIP STATUS

Membership	1. WIPO Convention 2. Paris Convention 3. Berne Convention 4. Patent Cooperation Treaty	5. Patent Law Treaty 6. Rome Convention 7. United Nations (UN) 8. Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Non-Membership	1. Madrid Agreement (Indications of Source) 2. Madrid Agreement (Marks) 3. Madrid Protocol 4. Hague Agreement 5. Geneva Act of Hague 6. Nice Agreement 7. Lisbon Agreement 8. Locarno Agreement 9. Strasbourg Agreement 10. Phonograms Convention 11. Vienna Agreement	12. Budapest Treaty 13. Brussels Convention 14. Nairobi Treaty 15. Trademark Law Treaty 16. WIPO Copyright Treaty 17. WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty 18. Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances 19. Washington Treaty 20. Singapore Treaty 21. Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled

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