Trademark Application on WIPO

Trademark Application on WIPO

Madrid Protocol provides application for a Trademark in 91 member countries with only one application filed before WIPO, established in Geneva of Switzerland. It also provides the record of transactions made on Trademark in International registration.

This application relies on the trademark application filed in the country of origin and the international registration bound to the registration of origin for 5 years.

Advantages

  • Able to choose the countries between members with one application
  • Only one language usage
  • Only one currency usage
  • Opportunity to file from Turkey
  • Able to gain the registration certificate in 3 months of time
  • Able to apply for subdesignation(s)
  • Goods/services can be limited according to the countries applied
  • Transactions of assignment, change in name can be made with only one application 
List of Member Countries of the Madrid Protocol
  • Albania
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bhutan
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Bulgaria
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • Denmark
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
  • European Union
  • Finland
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Madagascar
  • Mexico
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Republic of Korea
  • Republic of Moldova
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • The former Yugoslav  Republic of Macedonia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America
  • Uzbekistan
  • Viet Nam
  • Zambia
  • Rwanda*(will become a member on 17.08.2013)
 
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