Paris Convention Article 12 — Special National Industrial Property Services

Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024

• (1) Each country of the Union undertakes to establish a special industrial property service and a central office for the communication to the public of patents, utility models, industrial designs, and trademarks.
• (2) This service shall publish an official periodical journal. It shall publish regularly:
  • (a) the names of the proprietors of patents granted, with a brief designation of the inventions patented;
  • (b) the reproductions of registered trademarks.