 From April 25 to 27, the SCT, the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks Industrial Designs and Geographic Indications, held its 35th session. The main item that was considered was work on a future design law treaty. The Vibeau General Assembly actually had asked the SCT to complete its discussion on two items, two outstanding items, namely work on technical assistance and on an issue that is being referred as disclosure requirement is based on a proposal by the group of African states. Over the course of the three days, the SCT held lengthy formal and informal discussions but was not able to find a common position on that matter, so it could not take a decision to convene the diplomatic conference and the issue will now be reverted to the Vibeau General Assembly, which will have to take a decision in October of this year. Besides the DLT, the SCT also considered other topics, in particular a proposal for future work on the design protection of graphic use interfaces, so-called GUIDs, which will now kick off with a questionnaire to be prepared and sent to member states. The SCT will also work on the review of the so-called digital access system for prior priority documents. It will also consider future work for geographic indications and for the protection of country names against unauthorized use and registration as train marks.