The Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs : main innovations compared with the present system provided for in the 1934 and 1960 Acts of the Agreement.

Why a new Act of the Hague Agreement?
The name of the Hague Agreement
Who can accede to the Geneva Act?
Entitlement to file an international application
Definition, identification and designation of "the applicant's Contracting Party"
International application procedure
Filing date of the international application
Contents of the international application
Special requirements
Standard and individual designation fees
Publication
Deferment of publication
Confidential copy of an international registration
Period for refusal
Effects of international registration
Term of protection
Relations between the Contracting Parties and States party to the 1934 or the 1960 Act.