According to the provisions of the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement") and the Protocol Relevant to the Madrid Agreement on the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol"), member states may register in a Apply for protection within one country, multiple countries or all member countries. Member States of the Madrid System

Advantages of Madrid International Registration:

1) Saving costs

The cost of Madrid international registration of a trademark includes three parts, one is the basic registration fee, The second is the fee of the designated country, and the third is the fee of the national trademark authority. Applicants for international registration can designate one or more member states in one application to request protection for their applied trademarks, and only need to pay a basic registration fee. Therefore, the more countries you specify, the more cost-effective it is.

2) Save time

It usually takes about 6 months from the date when the applicant submits the application for international trademark registration to the trademark office of his or her country to obtain the certificate issued by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Certificate of international trademark registration. Counting from the international registration date, the agreement country will issue a protection or rejection notice within 12 months, and the agreed country will issue a protection or rejection notice within 18 months. The starting date of protection is the international registration date. In contrast, if you file a registration application directly with the China Trademark Office, it usually takes two and a half to three years from application to registration.

3) Simple procedures

Applicants can designate many countries to apply for protection by submitting an application to their home country’s trademark office, and the procedures are simple. Moreover, for subsequent changes to Madrid international registered trademarks, such as subsequent designation, transfer, change of name, address, renewal and other procedures, applicants for international trademark registration only need to submit one application to complete the changes in all designated countries.

Risk of Madrid International Registration:

Central Strike Principle

If within 5 years of Madrid international trademark registration, the domestic basic application or registered trademark is invalid, the entire international registration will also be invalid. was invalidated.

Risk of rejection

On the one hand, Madrid registration officials do not accept inquiries, and on the other hand, Madrid registration must be submitted based on domestic application or registration, so the chance of encountering a rejection response is higher.

Madrid International Registration Application Conditions:

1) The trademark applying for international registration must have started the trademark registration application process in my country.

2) The applied for trademark should be consistent with the trademark applied or registered in the base country;

3) The designated goods cannot exceed the scope of the basic applied or registered goods.

Madrid International Registration Application Process:

After receiving the applicant’s application documents, the International Office of the Trademark Office will submit the application documents (in English) to the International Bureau if the formal examination is correct. or French), the International Bureau receives the application documents submitted by the Trademark Office within two months. The date of receipt by the Trademark Office is the date of receipt by the International Bureau, which is the date of international registration of the trademark.

After receiving the international registration application from the Trademark Office, the International Bureau will register it in the International Register if the procedures are complete, and publish the application in the International Gazette called "International Trademarks". Then the competent authority of the country requesting the designated registration country in the application shall issue a notice of request for territorial extension application. Counting from the date of international registration, the agreement country will issue a protection or rejection notice within 12 months, and the agreed country will issue a protection or rejection notice within 18 months. If some countries do not issue a notification within this period, the trademark will automatically be protected in the designated country.

Information required for Madrid international registration application:

1.? A copy of the company's business license; or a copy of the personal ID card;

2. Acceptance A copy of the notice or a copy of the trademark registration certificate;

3. The trademark agency power of attorney is stamped with the company’s official seal;