Netherlands

Holland Profile

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which includes 12 provinces in northwestern Europe and 3 islands in the Caribbean. The European part of the Netherlands is bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, sharing maritime borders with Belgium, Germany, and the United Kingdom. It is a parliamentary constitutional monarchy and is a unitary state. The national capital is Amsterdam and the seat of government is The Hague. The Netherlands is occasionally called the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a member of the Benelux Union and the European Community.

Dutch Intellectual Property Legal System

• "Patent Law"
• Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property Rights (Trademarks and Designs)
• European Patent Convention

International Organization/Agreement

• Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
• Trademark Law Treaty
• Patent Law Treaty
• WIPO Copyright Treaty
• WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
• Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
• Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms
• Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations
• Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
• Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks
• Patent Cooperation Treaty
• Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
• Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
• The Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification
• "Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization"
• Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
• Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
• Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property