Geneva Spring set to sweep Tajikistan

By The Hague Notification No. 112: Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, the World Intellectual Property Organization has the pleasurable task of notifying Class 99 readers, and indeed others, of the deposit by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, towards the tail-end of last year, of its instrument of accession to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.  Good news for anyone seeking protection in Tajikistan is that the Geneva Act will enter into force, in respect of the Republic of Tajikistan, on 21 March 2012.

For the record, the Class 99 weblog is accessed by readers from over 100 countries. These include Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, The Maldives and Cambodia -- but up till now we've never had a hit from Tajikistan. Naturally the Class 99 team assumes that, from 21 March onwards, all this will change. Meanwhile, if you happen to find yourself in the capital -- Dushanbe -- Khujad, Kulob or Qurghonteppa, if you find yourself near a computer linked to the outside world, please feel free to click on us so we can add to our list of conquests.