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USPTO Alert

Seeking input on WIPO Design Law Treaty

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is requesting input from interested parties on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Riyadh Design Law Treaty (RDLT), adopted by WIPO member states on November 22, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The RDLT aims to streamline the global system for protecting designs and helping designers to more easily obtain protection from their designs, both in home markets and abroad.

A Request for Comments (RFC) will be published on March 13, 2026, in the Federal Register. The USPTO is especially interested in comments on whether the United States should become a party to the RDLT, whether the RDLT is consistent with existing U.S. patent law, and comments describing any impacts of implementing the RDLT.

Written comments are due June 11, 2026. Additional details on the treaty and the comment process can be found in the RFC.

For more information, please contact Keith Mullervy with the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs at keith.mullervy@uspto.gov.

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