1. German trademarks are members of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks, the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpose of Trademark Registration, and the World Intellectual Property Organization; currently , Germany is a member state of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Trademarks, the Nice Agreement on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purpose of Trademark Registration, and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Germany recognized the " Protocol to the Madrid Agreement, which entered into force in Germany on April 1, 1996.