The Madrid Treaty was jointly concluded by 53 member states including Albania, Algeria, and Armenia. It is the abbreviation of the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks. The content is an international agreement on simplifying the registration procedures for trademarks in other countries. Signed in Madrid on April 14, 1891, and came into effect in July 1892.

List of member states of the Madrid Agreement and Protocol and charging standards of each country (screenshot)

The objects protected by the Madrid Treaty are trademarks and service marks. The main content includes the application, validity, renewal, fees, etc. of trademark international registration. Regulations: The international registration procedure for trademarks is that nationals of member states of the agreement, or nationals of non-member states who have domicile or real and effective business offices in a member country, first obtain trademark registration in the country where they belong or the member country where they live or have no business office. Then, through the country's trademark authority, an application for international registration of the trademark is submitted to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva. If the application is approved, the International Bureau will announce it and notify the relevant member states where the applicant requested protection. These member states can declare within one year that the trademark will not be protected, but they need to explain the reasons; the applicant can file a complaint with the country’s competent authority or court. If a declaration of refusal of registration is not submitted to the International Bureau within one year, it can be deemed that the trademark registration has been agreed. Trademarks registered by the International Bureau are valid for 20 years and can be renewed an unlimited number of times. The Agreement facilitates nationals of its member countries to obtain trademark registrations in other member countries of the Agreement.

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