Any State member of the International Union for
the Protection of Industrial Property may become
party to this Treaty by:
(i)
signature followed by the deposit of an
instrument of ratification, or
(ii)
deposit of an instrument of accession.
(2)
Instruments of ratification or accession shall be
deposited with the Director General.
(3)
The provisions of Article 24 of the Stockholm Act
of the Paris Convention for the Protection of
Industrial Property shall apply to this Treaty.
(4)
Paragraph (3) shall in no
way be understood as implying the recognition or
tacit acceptance by a Contracting State of the
factual situation concerning a territory to which
this Treaty is made applicable by another
Contracting State by virtue of the said
paragraph.