One registration condition.

Applicants applying to register a Madrid trademark must have certain subject qualifications. And the trademark applying for international registration must have started certain trademark registration application procedures in my country. (And the trademark has been registered or the registration application has been submitted and accepted)

Registered country by country. Registration in most countries around the world does not require a trademark, based on registration in the home country. Enterprises are relatively free to apply for trademarks and determine the categories of goods or services.

2. Registration procedures

Currently, the Madrid Union*** has 104 contracting states. An application for international trademark registration can designate all countries at the same time. And after the registration application is approved, the trademark will be protected in all countries. The registration procedure is very simple. Also because the number of contracting countries in the Madrid Union is limited, if you want to apply for an international trademark in countries that are not in the Madrid Union, you still need to register it country by country.

Register country by country. Applicants need to apply for registration one by one according to the specific regulations of each country and region. The registration procedures are relatively complicated.

3. Registration time.

Applicants who apply to the Trademark Office will generally receive the international trademark registration certificate from the International Bureau in about six months. Within 12 months, they can know whether the registration application is successful and the total *** It takes about 18 months to complete the Madrid international trademark registration.

Register country by country. The time to register an international trademark can be long or short country by country, and the review time is long, such as in Brazil. India. The Philippines and other countries are basically more than three years old. The review time is short. Such as Switzerland. Singapore. Germany. France can wait almost a year to complete.

4. Registration risks

An application for international trademark registration specifies multiple countries at the same time, and the specific regulations in each country and region are different, so there is a possibility of rejection. The larger the value, the higher the risk of registration failure.

When registering international trademarks in each country, a trademark registration inquiry will generally be conducted in that country to understand the registration status of the international trademark to be registered, such as squatting and infringement. It can effectively reduce the risk of registration failure.

5. Trademark Management

Each internationally registered trademark has only one registration number. After that, all subsequent management operations for the trademark include changes, transfers, deletions, and renewals. , cancellation, etc. are all based on this registration number. The International Bureau will register the various stages of each internationally registered trademark. Enterprises can also use the registration number. Search through the International Bureau website and get the latest status of the trademark in each Madrid Union country.

There are different registration certificates in different countries and regions, and the registration status in each country needs to be queried separately. The management of international trademarks requires a lot of time and energy.

6. Trademark protection

Within five years of national trademark registration. If the trademark is not protected in whole or in part by law in this country, the international trademark is also not protected in whole or in part by law in the contracting country.

In which country is an international trademark registered and protected by the laws of that country? In addition to the serious violation of the country's trademark laws by the rights holder. The country's trademark use rights remain stable during the validity period.

7. Registration fee

The registration fee is much cheaper than registering country by country. In the case of batch registration, the registration fee is even more than half cheaper. The Madrid international trademark registration fee specifically includes two items: the registrar fee of the domestic trademark office and the agency fee of the domestic trademark agency.

In addition to the trademark registration fees and agency fees of domestic trademark agencies required by various countries and regions, there will also be agency fees of foreign trademark agencies. Because according to the legal requirements of various countries, applicants usually need to entrust local agencies in each country to submit registration applications.