Intellectual property in the United States

Intellectual Property

National Organisations: United States Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office
Regional Organisations: UNECA (UN Economic Commission for Africa)
APEC (Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation)
UNECE (UN Economic Commission for Europe)
ECLAC (UN Ecomomic Commission for Latin America & the Caribean)
ESCWA (UN Ecomomic and Social Commission for Western Asia)
International Membership: Member of the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
Signatory to the Paris Convention For the Protection of Intellectual Property
Membership to the TRIPS agreement - Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Type of property and law	Validity	International Agreements Signed
Patent United States Code Title 35	20 years	Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
Trademark U.S. trademark law	20 years, renewed for periods of ten years, unless previously cancelled or surrendered.	Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Design Industrial Designs	15 years
Copyright Copyright Law	During the life of the author, plus an additional 50 or 70 years	Berne convention For the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms Rome ConventionFor the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations WIPO Copyright Treaty WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Industrial Models United States Code Title 35	Indefinite

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