1. Basic registration application
To apply for international registration of a trademark through Madrid, the applicant’s trademark must be a trademark that has been registered in its country of origin (i.e. home country) or has Trademarks that have been notified of acceptance.
2. Submit an application
The application date for international trademark registration shall be the date when the Trademark Office receives the application documents. If the application procedures are complete and the application documents are filled in as required, an application number will be assigned, and the Trademark Office will send the application documents (in English or French) to the International Bureau within thirty days;
3. Review by the International Bureau
p>After receiving the international registration application, the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) deems that the procedures are complete and the categories and names of goods and services are filled in correctly, it will be registered; if it deems that the procedures are not complete, the registration will be suspended and Notify the Trademark Office.
The Trademark Office will notify the applicant or agent to complete the procedures within 15 days after receiving the notice from the International Bureau; upon review, it meets the requirements of the International Bureau, and the application has been or is about to be submitted to each designated country. After the review, a trademark international registration certificate will be issued, which usually takes about 6 months.
This international trademark registration certificate is not proof that the trademark has been approved for registration; its significance is that the international registration number and international registration date are the subsequent designation, change, transfer, and renewal of the trademark by the applicant. basis for a series of activities.
4. Review in designated countries
Whether a trademark can be registered in each designated country shall be subject to review in each designated country.
5. Review by Agreement Countries and Protocol Countries
Each country designated for protection when applying for international trademark registration will decide whether to grant protection according to their respective national laws and must declare to the International Bureau should be dismissed.
Counting from the date of international registration, if a refusal notice from an agreement country or a protocol country refusing to grant trademark protection is received within 12 months or within 18 months, it means that the trademark has been registered. It is automatically protected in the countries that have entered into the agreement.
6. Madrid trademark registration information
(1), notice of acceptance from the country or copy of registration certificate
(2), trademark drawing
p>(3), Trademark Agency Power of Attorney
(4), International Registration Application