Korea has joined various international endeavors for more improved IPR protection by becoming a member of the following treaties;

  • Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (2020)View PDF
  • Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (2015) View PDF
  • Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (STLT) (2016)View PDF
  • Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (Geneva Act 1999) (2014)View PDF
  • International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Rome Convention) (2009)View PDF
  • WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) (2009)View PDF
  • Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (1967)View PDF
  • Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1980) View PDF
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty (1984)View PDF
  • Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized
    Duplication of Their Phonograms (1987)View PDF
  • Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms
    for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1988)View PDF
  • WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1995)View PDF
  • Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1996)View PDF
  • Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification (1998)View PDF
  • Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services
    for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (1998)View PDF
  • Trademark Law Treaty (2002)View PDF
  • International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (2002)View PDF
  • Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration
    of Marks (2003)View PDF
  • WIPO Copyright Treaty (2004)View PDF
  • Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative
    Elements of Marks (2011) View PDF
  • Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs (2011) View PDF
  • Last updated 04 February 2021
  • Trade and Cooperation Division