Foreign trademark registration refers to the Madrid international trademark registration. According to the relevant laws and regulations, the international registration of trademarks mentioned in the national standard law of China refers to the international registration of Madrid trademarks in accordance with the provisions of the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol.

Legal Basis

Article 34 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China

The international registration of trademarks stipulated in Article 21 of the Trademark Law refers to the international registration of Madrid trademarks in accordance with the provisions of the madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks (hereinafter referred to as the Madrid Agreement), the relevant protocols of madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks (hereinafter referred to as the Madrid Protocol) and the Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks and the relevant protocols of the Agreement.

Madrid's application for international registration of trademarks includes the application for international registration of trademarks with China as the country of origin, the application for territorial extension of designated China and other related applications.

Article 35

Anyone who applies for international registration of a trademark with China as the country of origin shall have a real and effective business office in China, or a domicile in China, or have China nationality.