single-country application refers to an individual or enterprise applying for a trademark of a certain country through independent application and agency.

second type: multi-country application for madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks

Madrid Trademark Registration Agreement is a special agreement concluded under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Its purpose is to eliminate the cumbersome procedures stipulated in the Paris Convention for the international registration of trademarks. According to the agreement, nationals of the contracting States (including those with domicile or business office in the contracting States) can apply to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization for international registration of trademarks through their own trademark authorities after obtaining trademark registration, so as to obtain trademark protection for goods or services in the contracting States of the agreement. After receiving the application for trademark registration, the International Bureau shall immediately register, publish and notify the signatory selected by the applicant.

the third type: multi-country applications for the European Regulations on Identical Trademarks

Applicants can independently or entrust an agency to submit their applications to relevant EU departments. If they pass the application, they can get trademark protection in all member countries without having to register one by one.

fourth: multi-country application for African Intellectual Property Organization

The African Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a regional alliance for the protection of intellectual property rights, which is composed of countries whose official languages are French, Belize and the offshore company registration process language, and manages the trademark affairs of all member countries in a unified way, with its headquarters in Yaoundé, Cameroon.