Iran joins Vienna and Strasbourg Agreements
Iran has acceded to the Vienna and Strasbourg Agreements on intellectual property (IP) classification, becoming a party to all international treaties in this field.
Ali Bahreini, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, met with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Daren Tang on Monday to deposit Iran’s instruments of accession and ratification of the two agreements, according to a post by the Iranian mission on X.
The post added that Bahreini and Tang “highlighted the pivotal role of intellectual property in national and global development and reaffirmed their commitment to deepening cooperation.”
The Strasbourg Agreement was adopted in 1971, establishing the International Patent Classification (IPC) system. The IPC provides a uniform way to categorize inventions and technical information in patent documents, making it easier for countries to search, compare, and share patent data.