Madrid System for International Registration of Marks and Recent Developments

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Madrid System for International Registration of
Marks and Recent Developments

• Mrs. Antonina StoyanovaSenior Information
  Officer
• Information and Promotion DivisionSector of
  Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical
  Indications

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Madrid System

• Is becoming increasingly global TM registration
  system, facilitating TM protection in export
  market through
• A simple, fast and cost effective procedure for
  central filing of applications and central
  management of registrations

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Quick Comparison

• Direct Filing
• different procedures
• different languages
• fees paid in differentlocal currencies
• renewal/changesseveral operations
• (usually) througha local agent

• vs International Route
• ? one procedure
• ? one language
• ? fees paid in only one currency
• ? renewal/changes a single operation
• ? local agent not required (unless there is
  a refusal)

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Who Can Use the System?

• you need

• an attachment to a Contracting Party -
  establishment - domicile -
  nationality
• a basic application ora basic registration in
  that Contracting Party

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The International Procedure

• overview

international application
Office of Origin
International Bureau
Offices of the Designated Contracting Parties
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Office of Origin

• tasks

certifies certain facts concerning the
relationship between the international
application and the basic application or
registration (e.g., same applicant, same mark) as
well as the date of the IA
Office of Origin
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International Bureau

• tasks

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Office of the Designated Contracting Party

• tasks

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Effects of the International Registration

• Article 4

• national application as from the date of
  the international registration
• national registration in the absence of a
  refusal or if the refusal is withdrawn

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Central Managementof the Trademark

• subsequent designations
• renewals
• modifications
• assignments
• changes of name or address (holder/representative)
  
• limitations, renunciations

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• Basic Features

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Basic Principles

• A need for a basic application or basic
  registration (basic mark) in a CP of the Madrid
  System
• Attachment necessary between the owner and that
  CP establishment, domicile, or nationality
• IA must designate one or more other CPs with
  common treaty
• A time limits for refusal
• Possibility of subsequent designation (SD)
• IR is dependent on basic mark for the first 5
  years
• Safeguard clause
• 10-year term of protection
• Centralized management of IR

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Madrid Protocol Article 9sexies

• Safeguard Clause

. . . the provisions of this Protocol shall have
no effect . . .
Treaty GoverningDesignation
Protocol
Agreement
Agreement
Designated Contracting Parties
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The Legal Basis

• Two treaties
• Madrid Agreement 1891
• revised six times between 1900 and 1967
• Madrid Protocol 1989
• in operation since 1996
• Common Regulations 2004
• Administrative Instructions- 2005
• The Trademark Law of each Contracting Party

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Comparison

• Agreement Protocol
• Members States States/Organizations
• Basic mark basic registration basic registration/
  application
• Languages French English, French, Spanish
• Fees supplementary and or individual fee option
• complementary
• Refusal 12 months or 18 months or 18
• months (opposition)
• options
• Dependency 5 years 5 years with possible
  transformation

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Membershipin the Madrid Protocol
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Madrid Union

• 79 Members

Madrid Protocol - 70Madrid Agreement - 56
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Madrid Union

• 79 members

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Prospective Accessions

• Most Promising
• India
• Israel
• Jordan
• South Africa
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Tajikistan
• Kazakhstan
• Presently party to the Agreement only

• Under Consideration
• Canada
• Indonesia
• New Zealand
• Thailand

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Share Within Global Trademark Activity

• over 200 different national/regional trademark
  jurisdictions worldwide
• some 700,000 trademark applications are filed by
  non-residents annuallyof which
• some 300,000 are filed through the Madrid System

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Designations 1996-2005

• in registrations subsequent designations

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Applications Filed 1996-2005

• and estimates for 2006

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Major User Contracting Parties

• applications filed from January to June 2006

• applications share
• Germany 2,748 15.2
• France 1,831 10.1
• United States 1,591 8.8
• Italy 1,476 8.1
• Benelux 1,381 7.6
• European Community 1,187 6.6
• Switzerland 1,166 6.4
• China 734 4.0
• Austria 569 3.1
• Australia 528 2.9
• United Kingdom 502 2.8

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Some SignificantFiling Increases

• January-June 2006(as compared to 2005)

• applications growth
• European Community 1,187 26.5
• Italy 1,476 25.9
• China 734 24.0
• Australia 528 31.3
• other than the top 20 1.719 23.1

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Most DesignatedContracting Parties

• January-June 2006(as compared to 2005)

• designations growth
• China 6,404 18.4
• Russian Federation 5,775 15.8
• Switzerland 5,742 7.2
• United States of America 5,539 25.7
• Japan 4,796 25.2
• European Community 3,948 115.3
• Norway 3,741 17.0
• Turkey 3,737 15.2
• Australia 3,706 23.4
• Germany 3,666 -12.0
• Ukraine 3,642 10.0
• Romania 3,410 10.2

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International Trademarksin Force

• as of September, 2006

• some 465,000 registrations in force
• over 5.1 million active designations
• around 150,000 different trademark owners

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Profile 2005
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Amount of Fees per Registrations

• in 2005

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Processing Time at WIPO

• Applicationsin 2005

Number of days
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Information Technology

• an essential tool

• International Bureau
• - a paperless office fully automated
• developing electronic communication
• - with the Offices of Contracting Parties
• - with users

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Electronic Communications

• rapidlyexpanding

• with the Offices of Contracting Parties
• seven offices (AU, BX, EM, KR, US, CH, JP)
  sending various communications to IB
  electronically
• 40 offices receiving various notifications from
  IB electronically
• with users
• electronic filing of renewals (since April 2006)
• notification of refusals and irregularities
  (planned)

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Information Productsand Services

• WIPO Gazette - paper and DVD subscription
• - online (free)
• Madrid Guide - paper publication
• - online (free)
• Fee calculator - online service (free)
• Madrid Express - online database (free)
• ROMARIN - DVD
• - online database (free)

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Our Role at WIPO

• To make the Madrid System ever more
• attractive, flexible, user friendly
• so as to continue to meet the expectations of
• users and
• Contracting Parties

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Thank You

• Information and Promotion DivisionSector of
  Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical
  Indications
• intreg.mail_at_wipo.int