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Madrid Trademark Registration
Advantage:
By the
international bureau of world intellectual property organization member states
to apply for registration to the Madrid agreement and protocol, procedures
simple convenient and save money. Applicants can a trademark, submit an
application to pay fees according to the number of countries, within the scope
of the Madrid agreement and protocol members designated trademark protection.
1. save
money: applicants pay in Swiss francs to calculate the fees, or according to
the "protocol" to pay charges and fees alone, without one by one to
each assigned to protect national fee respectively. Look from the amount, the
international registration fee is much lower than to the cost of each country
to apply for registration.
2. to
save time: the applicant from submitted to the trademark office of the date of
application for international registration of trademarks, if the formalities
are complete and shall pay fees according to regulations, generally can be
three or four months to obtain the trademark registration certificate.
According to the provisions of the "agreement" and
"protocol", should apply for registration of the international bureau
of the international registration of trademarks (agreement) or twelve months
from the date of 18 months (protocol), the applicant specified to protect
national competent authorities shall have the right to reject the application
for territorial extension, that is to say, the applicant in the 12 months or
eighteen months or so, can know their international registered trademark in the
relevant country are protected.
3. save
trouble: the applicant can be used in Chinese with an application to specify
one or more countries, in one or more of the goods and/or service categories on
the application for international registration of trademarks.
Madrid Trademark Registration
Conditions；
1. The
applicant must have a certain subject qualification.
1.1. The
applicant should be in when state-owned real and effective industrial and
commercial business address;
1.2. If
not, should be in when the border residence;
1.3. If
there is no residence, the applicant should have when the nationality.
If the
union member nation, Madrid when state-owned its joint ventures or wholly owned
enterprise, can apply for international registration of the application through
the trademark bureau. In addition, the legal person of Taiwan or nature may
apply for international registration of the application through the trademark
bureau.
2. Apply
for international registration of trademarks must have been when countries
start the application for trademark registration procedures.
2.1.
Designated for protection by the applicant countries is "Madrid
agreement" member, application for international registration of
trademarks must be registered in China;
2.2. The
applicant specifies the protection state is pure "the Madrid
protocol" member, application for international registration of the mark
may be have put forward the application for registration of the trademark in
China, and also can be registered or the registration of the trademark is put
forward.
3. For
the international registration shall conform to the national basic registration
or application content.
3.1. In
the name of the international registration of the applicant should be exactly
the same as that of domestic applicant or in the name of the registrant;
3.2. The
trademark should be registered with domestic trademark identical;
3.3. The
goods and services should be quoted the same as the registered domestic goods
and services or no more than the domestic application or registered scope of goods
and services. If domestic application or registration in different categories
of goods or service is the same trademark, when applying for the international
registration, may submit an application for international registration of a,
will be quoted for different categories of domestic goods or services in class
order fill in the application for international registration.
Madrid Trademark Registration
process and time:
1. The
local registration
To
through the Madrid international registration of trademarks, the applicant of
trademark must be already in their original territories (domestic) registered
trademark or trademark has gained acceptance letter.
2.
Submit an application
The
filing date of the international registration of trademarks, the trademark
office shall be the date the application form is received. Application
procedures are complete and fill in the application form in accordance with the
relevant provisions, a postal application number, the trademark office within
30 days will be application form (in English or French) the international
bureau.
3. The
international bureau
The
world intellectual property organization (WIPO), international bureau has
received the application for international registration of the think
formalities complete, name of goods and services category and fill in the
correct and shall be registered; Don't think the formalities complete, will
suspend registration, and notify the trademark office. The trademark office
within 15 days from the date of receipt of the international bureau notice
notify the applicant or agent complete procedures; After examination, conforms
to the requirements of the international bureau, and have been or are about to
submit the application to the specified countries after review will be issued
by the international registration of trademarks that time about six months.
The
international trademark registration certificate, trademark was not approved
registration certificate; its significance lies in the international
registration number and is followed by the applicant for trademark registration
day of later specify, alteration, transfer, renewal of the basis of a series of
activities.
4.
Specify the review
Trademark
can be allowed to register in the designated countries, will be subject to review
of the designated countries.
5.
Agreements and protocols
When the
application for international registration of trademarks protection specified
countries, according to their respective national law to decide whether or not
protected, and to the international bureau a statement the rejected. Agreement,
declaration to dismiss the time limit for a year at most, that is to say, if
the specified protection within the time limit of one year has not been
rejected, then the application automatically protected (according to the
provisions of the protocol, member states can according to need, will have the
right to dismiss the time limit extended to 18 months).Starting from the
international registration, if not received the agreements for 12 months or 18
months not received from the protocol countries refused to give notice of
rejection of trademark protection, indicates that the trademark has been in the
agreements or agreed the automatic protection.
With the
advantages of its application, the Madrid system can make the trademark owner
directly to their own national or regional trademark office submit one
application for international registration in Madrid union countries could
reduce its trademark protection. So registered international trademark is
equivalent to the applicant in each specific countries or organizations
directly for trademark registration or registration
Madrid Trademark Registration
require document：
1. when
the acceptance notice or registration certificate copy;
2. the
samples of the trademarks;
3.
trademark agent a power of attorney;
4.
application for international registration.
Madrid Trademark Registration
service fees:
Madrid
trademark a total of 92 members, each member fee is not the same, please
indicate which specified in several countries, we will give you formulate
relevant standards.
Contact
us
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you have further queries, please contact Tannet
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