Madrid Protocol

Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989

 

Article 1 - Membership in the Madrid Union

 

Article 2 - Securing Protection through International Registration

 

Article 3 - International Application

 

Article 3bis - Territorial Effect

 

Article 3ter - Request for "Territorial Extension"

 

Article 4 - Effects of International Registration

 

Article 4bis - Replacement of a National or Regional Registration by an International Registration

 

Article 5 - Refusal and Invalidation of Effects of International Registration in Respect of Certain Contracting Parties

 

Article 5bis - Documentary Evidence of Legitimacy of Use of Certain Elements of the Mark

 

Article 5ter - Copies of Entries in International Register; Searches for Anticipations; Extracts from International Register

 

Article 6 - Period of Validity of International Registration; Dependence and Independence of International Registration

 

Article 7 - Renewal of International Registration

 

Article 8 - Fees for International Application and Registration

 

Article 9 - Recordal of Change in the Ownership of an International Registration

 

Article 9bis - Recordal of Certain Matters Concerning an International Registration

 

Article 9ter - Fees for Certain Recordals

 

Article 9quater - Common Office of Several Contracting States

 

Article 9quinquies - Transformation of an International Registration into National or Regional Applications

 

Article 9sexies - Relations Between States Party to both this Protocol and the Madrid (Stockholm) Agreement

 

Article 10 - Assembly

 

Article 11 - International Bureau

 

Article 12 - Finances

 

Article 13 - Amendment of Certain Articles of the Protocol

 

Article 14 - Becoming Party to the Protocol; Entry into Force

 

Article 15 - Denunciation

 

Article 16 - Signature; Languages; Depositary Functions

 

 

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Text in force at 01-01-2020. The text can be verified at overheid.nl. Titles of articles have been added for convenience, but are lacking in the official text, IP-PorTal.