Madrid system is a convenient and cost-effective solution for global trademark registration and management. You can apply for protection in as many as 125 countries by submitting an application and paying a set of fees. Through a centralized system, global trademarks can be changed, renewed or expanded. Next, we will focus on the registration process of Madrid trademark, the information required for registration, the time of obtaining the license and related matters needing attention.

1. Registration process

(1) Submit

the trademark application documents and submit the application to the International Office of the Trademark Office;

(2) review

The form review of the application documents by the International Office;

(3) Submit it to the International Bureau

and submit it to the International Bureau for formal examination after it has passed the formal examination;

(4) issuance of certificate

The application procedures for international registration of trademarks are complete, and the International Bureau will issue a certificate of international registration of trademarks in about 6 months (the effect is equivalent to that of China's acceptance notice);

(5) examination by the designated country

The International Bureau provides the application to the designated protecting country for examination;

(6) Designating countries to approve and protect the application for international registration of

trademarks Designated countries decide whether to protect them according to their respective national laws.

2. Registration information

(1) Name and address of the applicant in Chinese and English;

(2) the email address of the applicant;

(3) Basic application/registration number;

(4) trademark design;

(5) which countries are clearly designated;

(6) Business license and power of attorney (with company official seal and color scanned copy);

(7) If the United States is designated, it is also necessary to submit the MM18 form (signed by the relevant person in charge of the applicant company, and a scanned copy is enough).

3. license cycle

after submitting the application and paying the fee on time, you can get the international trademark registration certificate in about 6 months. If the designated country fails to send a rejection notice to the International Bureau within 12 months (the member country of the Agreement) or 18 months (the member country of the Protocol) from the date when the International Bureau registers this international trademark, the trademark will be automatically protected in the designated country.

4. Precautions

(1) The applicant must meet the following conditions: the applicant should be an individual, enterprise or other organization that is a party to the Madrid system, and can also file an application with the World Intellectual Property Organization on the basis of the registered trademark in China; The basic trademark can be a trademark that has been accepted or registered in China.

(2) The name and address of the Madrid applicant should be consistent with the basic application/registration;

(3) The scope of goods/services applied for in Madrid can be less than or equal to the scope of goods/services applied for in the basic application, but it cannot exceed the scope of the original basic application;

(4) Because some member countries use their own goods/services classification table (usually more detailed than the classification of Nice Code) on the basis of the classification of Nice Code, it is easy to issue review opinions due to the description of goods.