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{{Infobox treaty
| name                = Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
| long_name           = 
| image               =Parties to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks.svg
| image_width         =240
| caption             ={{legend|#00aa00|Parties}}
{{legend|#eeee00|Signed, but not ratified}}
{{legend|#ff1111|Parties, convention not in force}}
| type                =
| date_drafted        =
| date_signed         = 27 March 2006
| location_signed     = Singapore
| date_sealed         =
| date_effective      = 16 March 2009
| condition_effective = 10 ratifications
| date_expiration     =
| signatories         = 59
| parties             = 45
| ratifiers           = 
| depositor           = Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
| language            = 
| languages           = English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish
| wikisource          =
}}

The '''Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks''' was adopted in [[Singapore]] on March 27, 2006.<ref>WIPO, [http://www.wipo.int/edocs/prdocs/en/2006/wipo_pr_2006_442.html Negotiators adopt Singapore Treaty to facilitate international trademark registration''], Press Release 442, Geneva/Singapore, March 28, 2006.</ref> It entered into force on March 16, 2009,<ref>WIPO, [http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2008/article_0068.html ''Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks to Enter into Force in 2009''], PR/2008/581, Geneva, December 17, 2008.</ref> following the ratification or accession of ten countries, namely [[Singapore]], [[Switzerland]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Romania]], [[Denmark]], [[Latvia]], [[Kyrgyzstan]], [[United States]], [[Moldova]], and [[Australia]].<ref>[http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/singapore/ Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks] at the [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO). Consulted on December 25, 2008.</ref> The treaty establishes common standards for procedural aspects of [[trademark registration]] and [[licensing]].

As of July 2016, there are 45 contracting parties to the treaty, which includes 43 states plus the [[African Intellectual Property Organization]] and the [[Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property]].<ref>[[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO), [http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ShowResults.jsp?lang=en&treaty_id=30 Contracting Parties>Singapore Treaty] (as of January 8, 2014).</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/singapore/ Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks] in the [[WIPO Lex]] database — official website of [[WIPO]].
** The full text of the [http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/treaties/text.jsp?file_id=290019 Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks]{{ref-en}} 
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