At present, more and more people are targeting the market of registering international trademarks. Madrid trademarks are trademarks registered with members of the Madrid Union. Usually, registering an international trademark means registering a Madrid trademark. So what are the benefits of registering a Madrid trademark? What are the member countries of Madrid trademark registration?

1. Once registered, it can be used in multiple countries. If you register a Madrid trademark, you can use it in the member countries of the Madrid system. It is very convenient. You no longer have to worry about an identical trademark infringement abroad.

2. What are the member countries of Madrid trademark registration? The Madrid System has as many as 70 member countries and is still expanding, so the organization is very strong.

3. The fee required for a trademark applicant to apply for trademark registration in a category in all Madrid member states is 1/2 to 1/10 of the cost of applying for registration in each country, so the registration fee is Lower cost.

4. Save time. After submitting the application for Madrid international registration, you will generally receive the international registration certificate in about six months. Whether a trademark can be registered in each designated country shall be subject to the review of each designated country. The registration cycle generally takes about 12 to 18 months.

5. The procedure is very simple. Applicants for international trademark registration only need to submit an application to the trademark office of their home country. Later changes to the Madrid international registered trademark, such as subsequent designation, transfer changes, etc., can be completed through a series of procedures. Simple procedures are realized, and applicants for international trademark registration can submit one application with the international registration certificate to facilitate all changes.

Madrid trademark is a common way for cross-border e-commerce companies to register international trademarks. Applicants can apply for a one-time payment and apply to a member country of the Madrid Agreement to extend the protection of trademarks registered or applied for in their own country to that country. member states. Madrid trademarks are very popular among Chinese companies due to their large number of member states and wide coverage.

At the same time, there are also preferential policies for registering Madrid trademarks:

1. A subsidy of 5,000 yuan for each designated country or region below 5 (inclusive);

2. Designate more than 5 but not more than 10 (inclusive) countries or regions to receive a subsidy of RMB 10,000 per item;

3. Designate more than 10 countries or regions to receive a subsidy of RMB 15,000 for each item Yuan;

4. For newly registered trademarks in a single country (region), a subsidy of 5,000 yuan will be provided for each trademark. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will be rewarded 5,000 yuan, and an enterprise will receive a subsidy of 5,000 yuan for international trademark registration within one year. No more than 100,000 yuan.

Many Chinese companies will be very concerned about the trademark registration process, time and cost when registering a Madrid trademark, but will ignore some matters such as trademark registration qualifications. In fact, although these problems may seem small, if you do not pay attention to them, you may fail when registering a trademark. In order to help everyone register a Madrid trademark more smoothly, Dennet has compiled and summarized the issues that are easily overlooked in Madrid trademark registration as follows for your reference.

1. The applicant must have certain subject qualifications

Can the Madrid trademark be used directly in China? The applicant should have a real and effective industrial and commercial business office in my country; if not, he should have a residence in my country; if he does not have a residence, the applicant should have Chinese nationality. Nationals who are not members of the "Madrid Union" and have joint ventures or wholly-owned enterprises in my country can apply for international registration through the Trademark Office. In addition, legal persons or natural persons in Taiwan Province can apply for international registration through the Trademark Office. However, legal persons or natural persons in the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions cannot currently apply for international registration through the Trademark Office.

2. Trademarks applying for international registration must have started certain trademark registration application procedures in my country

Since September 1, 2008, the country designated by the applicant for protection is purely " If a member of the "Madrid Agreement", the trademark applying for international registration must have been registered in my country; the country designated by the applicant for protection is a pure member of the "Madrid Protocol", or a member of both the "Madrid Agreement" and the "Madrid Protocol" In China, the trademark applying for international registration can be a trademark that has applied for registration in my country, or it can be a registered trademark.

3. The international registration application should be consistent with the content of the national basic registration or basic application

The name of the international registration applicant should be completely consistent with the name of the domestic applicant or registrant; The address should be exactly the same as that of the domestic applicant or registrant; the trademark should be exactly the same as the domestically registered trademark, including the color; the reported goods and services should be the same as the domestically registered goods and services or not exceed the domestic application or Scope of registered goods and services. If the domestic application or registration is for the same trademark in different goods or service categories, when applying for international registration, you can submit an international registration application and fill in the international registration application in the order of categories of goods or services reported domestically. On the book.

4. Those who meet certain conditions can claim priority

When the applicant applies for international registration, if the time interval between the application for international registration and the domestic trademark registration application is not more than six months, then When applying for international trademark registration, the applicant may request priority, but must provide a copy of the domestic "Notification of Acceptance".

5. Applications for international registration that are not accepted

Any application that does not comply with Article 6-1, 2, 3 or any of the above, the Trademark Office will not accept the application for international registration of the trademark.

6. After the validity period of the international registration expires, if you want to continue to use it, you should renew the registration.

The above are the issues that are easily overlooked in Madrid trademark registration. Although they are small issues, a thousand-mile embankment is destroyed by an ant nest. I remind you not to lose a big thing for a small amount. If you have questions about trademark registration in Madrid, please feel free to consult a professional intellectual property consultant. Can Madrid trademarks be used directly in China? Madrid trademark registration