On 29 August 2014, Iraq deposited its instrument of accession with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks adopted on 27 March 2006. The Singapore Treaty will enter into force, with respect to Iraq, on 29 November 2014. The objective of the Singapore Treaty, which is open to members of WIPO and to certain intergovernmental organizations, is to create a modern and dynamic international framework for the harmonization of administrative trademark registration procedures. The Treaty is applicable to all types of marks including non-traditional marks that are registrable under the law of a Contracting Party and includes provisions on the recording of trade mark licenses and the creation of an Assembly of the Contracting Parties. (wipo.int; 29 August 2014)
