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Article: Message to the Senate transmitting the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.(Week Ending Friday, November 17, 2006)
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- November 20, 2006
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November 13, 2006
To the Senate of the United States:
With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (the "Agreement"), adopted in Geneva on July 2, 1999, and signed by the United States on July 6, 1999. I also transmit, for the information of the Senate, a report of the Department of State with respect to the Agreement.
This Agreement promotes the ability of U.S. design owners to protect their industrial designs by allowing them to obtain multinational design protection through a single deposit procedure. Under ...