The latest revision of the Hague Guide took place on January 6, 2017.

The revisions refer mainly to:

• the termination of the 1934 Act on October 18, 2016;
• amendments to Rule 5 of the Common Regulations, which entered into force on January 1, 2017;
• the submission of priority documents to the Offices of Japan and the Republic of Korea;
• the Guidance on Preparing and Providing Reproductions in Order to Forestall Possible Refusals on the Ground of Insufficient Disclosure of an Industrial Design by Examining Offices;
• optional declarations;
• modifications to the E-filing interface.