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This protection is ensured by International Conventions to which Tunisia is signatory, in particular :

•Convention establishing the World Organization of the Intellectual Property
•Convention of Paris on the protection of industrial property
•The Hague agreement on the registration of plans and industrial models
•The agreement of Vienna establishing an international classification of the figurative elements of the trademarks

The National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property (INNORPI) is the Tunisian agency with which foreign patents, trademarks, as well as drawings and industrial model should be registered.

The duration of protection varies from 5 to 20 years.

Conventions signed by Tunisia

•Signature of the Paris Convention on patent inventions protection.
•Signature of the UNCTAD agreement related to licenses and registered trade marks protection.
•Member of the World Intellectual Property Organization, WIPO.
• Member of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, ICSID.