1. Opening of the Session1
2. Adoption of the Agenda
See the present document.
3. Election of the Chair and two Vice-Chairs for MM/LD/WG/24.
4. Amendments to the Regulations
(i) Proposed Amendments to the Regulations Under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks Introducing a Requirement to Issue a National or Regional Certificate
See document MM/LD/WG/23/2.
(ii) Other Proposed Amendments to the Regulations Under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
See document MM/LD/WG/23/3.
(iii) Continued Discussions on the Proposal by the Delegation of the Republic of Moldova
See document MM/LD/WG/22/4.
5. Proposal by the Delegation of the United Kingdom
See document MM/LD/WG/23/4.
6. Dependency
(i) Findings of the Survey on the Incidence of Bad Faith in the Madrid System and the Use of Central Attack in Respect Thereof
See document MM/LD/WG/23/5.
(ii) Report on Intersessional Informal Consultations on the Proposals in Documents MM/LD/WG/20/5, MM/LD/WG/21/8 Rev.2, MM/LD/WG/22/5 Rev. and MM/LD/WG/22/14 and Other Relevant Issues to Identify Possible Elements of Convergence
See document MM/LD/WG/23/6.
(iii) Continued Discussions on Dependency
See documents MM/LD/WG/20/5, MM/LD/WG/21/8 Rev.2, MM/LD/WG/22/5 Rev. and MM/LD/WG/22/14.
7. Languages
(i) Updated Statistics Concerning Document MM/LD/WG/22/6 Rev.
See document MM/LD/WG/23/7.
(ii) Updated Cost Estimates for the Possible Enhancement of the Terminology Database
See document MM/LD/WG/23/8.
(iii) Detailed Explanation of the Unified Goods & Services Database (Formerly the Unified Terminology Database)
See document MM/LD/WG/23/9.
(iv) Report on the Introduction of a Differentiated Translation Practice
See document MM/LD/WG/23/10.
(v) Comments on the "International Registration Language Option" Contained in Document MM/LD/WG/22/13 Rev.
See document MM/LD/WG/23/11.
(vi) Technical Assessment of the Possible Implementation of the "International Registration Language Option" Contained in Document MM/LD/WG/22/13 Rev. and Continued Discussions Thereof
See documents MM/LD/WG/22/13 Rev. and MM/LD/WG/23/12.
(vii) Continued Discussions on the Possible Introduction of New Madrid System Languages, Including Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Japanese, Portuguese and German
See documents MM/LD/WG/16/7, MM/LD/WG/16/9 Rev., MM/LD/WG/17/10, MM/LD/WG/21/7, MM/LD/WG/22/6 Rev., MM/LD/WG/22/10, MM/LD/WG/22/11 and MM/LD/WG/22/12.
8. Madrid Working Group Roundtable2
9. Summary by the Chair
10. Closing of the Session
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[1] Note by the Secretariat: the session will take place in hybrid mode, following the usual meeting hours, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. [Geneva time]. To allow broad online participation, the following tentative program is proposed:
- − Monday, September 22, 2025: items 1 to 6.
- − Tuesday, September 23, 2025: items 6 (continued) and 7.
- − Wednesday, September 24, 2025: item 7 (continued).
- − Thursday, September 25, 2025: item 8 (Roundtable).
- − Friday, September 26, 2025: items 9 and 10.
[2] A separate Provisional Program will be published in due course.