Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

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WIPO-administered treaty intellectual property treaty international treaty

The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks is an international treaty that modernizes and supplements the Madrid system, making it easier and more flexible for trademark owners to obtain and manage protection in multiple countries through a single registration.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks	1
Madrid system for the international registration of marks	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WIPO-administered treaty ⓘ intellectual property treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	World Intellectual Property Organization ⓘ
adoptedOn	1989-06-27 ⓘ
allows	international application based on a national or regional trademark application or registration ⓘ
areaOfLaw	industrial property ⓘ trademark law ⓘ
centralAttackPeriod	5 years from the date of international registration ⓘ
citationForm	Madrid Protocol ⓘ surface form: Madrid Protocol (1989)
depository	Director General of WIPO ⓘ surface form: Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
enteredIntoForceOn	1996-12-01 ⓘ
feature	centralized filing of trademark applications for multiple jurisdictions ⓘ centralized management of renewals and changes in ownership ⓘ designation of multiple contracting parties in a single application ⓘ individual fees payable to designated contracting parties ⓘ longer refusal period for offices of designated contracting parties ⓘ possibility of subsequent designation of additional countries ⓘ transformation of an international registration into national or regional applications in case of central attack ⓘ
governingBody	Madrid Union Assembly ⓘ
governs	relationship between international registrations and national or regional trademark offices of contracting parties ⓘ
implementedBy	WIPO International Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
officeOfOrigin	trademark office of a contracting party of which the applicant is a national ⓘ trademark office of a contracting party where the applicant has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment ⓘ trademark office of a contracting party where the applicant has domicile ⓘ
openTo	intergovernmental organizations with a regional trademark office ⓘ states ⓘ
partOf	Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Madrid system for the international registration of marks
provides	centralized record of changes in name, address, or ownership of the mark ⓘ centralized record of limitations and cancellations of goods and services ⓘ single international registration number valid across designated contracting parties ⓘ
purpose	to facilitate international protection of trademarks through a single registration ⓘ to modernize and make more flexible the Madrid system ⓘ
refusalPeriodMaximum	18 months ⓘ
regionalOfficeExample	European Union Intellectual Property Office ⓘ
registrationEffect	international registration has the same effect as a national or regional application in each designated contracting party ⓘ
registrationRenewable	indefinitely in 10-year periods ⓘ
registrationTerm	10 years ⓘ
relationship	coexists with the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ forms part of the Madrid Union treaties ⓘ
requires	basic application or basic registration in the office of origin ⓘ
shortName	Madrid Protocol ⓘ
signedAt	Madrid ⓘ
subjectMatter	international registration of trademarks ⓘ
supplements	Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Madrid Agreement → formsPartOf → Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks

WIPO-administered treaties → includes → Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ

Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks → partOf → Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madrid system for the international registration of marks

Madrid Agreement → relatedInstrument → Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ

Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks → relatedInstrument → Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ

Nice Agreement → relatedTo → Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ

Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks → relatedTo → Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks ⓘ