Iran Officially Joins the Strasbourg and Vienna Agreements on Intellectual Property

TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran has formally acceded to the Strasbourg Agreement on the International Patent Classification and the Vienna Agreement on the Classification of the Figurative Elements of Trademarks by depositing its instruments of accession with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), according to West Asia News Agency (WANA). 

According to the Ministry of Justice, Iran’s accession documents were submitted by the country’s ambassador and permanent representative to the international organizations in Geneva to WIPO’s Director General, thereby registering Iran as the newest member of these two key international instruments. Ahmad-Ali Mohsenzadeh, acting head of the Intellectual Property Rights Department at the Ministry of Justice, described the accession as “an effective step in strengthening legal diplomacy and ensuring Iran’s active presence in international intellectual property forums.”

He noted that the Ministry of Justice, as the chair and secretariat of the National Intellectual Property Policy Council, was responsible for conducting the expert reviews and coordinating the accession bills within the government and parliament. Mohsenzadeh added that joining these two agreements is a continuation of Iran’s previous path in the field of industrial property—including membership in the Paris Convention—and can help strengthen the country’s legal and technical infrastructure in this area.