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{{Infobox treaty
| name                = WIPO Convention
| long_name           = Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization
| image               = 
| image_width         =
| caption             = 
| type                = [[intellectual property]]
| date_drafted        =
| date_signed         = 14 July 1967
| location_signed     = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| date_sealed         =
| date_effective      = 26 April 1970
| condition_effective = 10 ratifications by [[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property|Paris Union]] states plus seven ratifications by [[Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|Berne Union]] states
| date_expiration     =
| signatories         = 50
| parties             = 189
| depositor           = Director General of the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]]
| language            =
| languages           = English, French, Russian, and Spanish
| website             =
| wikisource          =
}}
The '''WIPO Convention''' (formally, the '''Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization''') is the [[multilateral treaty]] that established the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO).

The Convention was signed at [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], on 14 July 1967 and entered into force on 26 April 1970. As of August 2016, the convention has 189 parties: 186 [[UN member states]] plus the [[Cook Islands]], the [[Holy See]] and [[Niue]].<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=1 WIPO-Administered Treaties; Contracting Parties > WIPO Convention (Total Contracting Parties : 189)], retrieved on 7 August 2016.</ref> The seven UN member states that have not ratified the WIPO Convention are:
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*{{flag|East Timor}}
*{{flag|Marshall Islands}}
*{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}
*{{flag|Nauru}}
*{{flag|Palau}}
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*{{flag|South Sudan}}
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The Convention is written in English, French, Russian and Spanish, all texts being equally authentic.<ref>Article 20(1)(a)</ref> The Convention was amended on 28 September 1979.

==See also==
*[[Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property]]
*[[Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/convention/index.html Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization], on the WIPO web site
** The full text of the [http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/text.jsp?file_id=283854 Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization] {{ref-en}} in the [[WIPO Lex]] database — official website of [[WIPO]].

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