Perspectives, insights, historical background, and more on WIPO’s Madrid System for the international registration of marks – featuring experts and practitioners.
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January 25, 2024 – Continuing our journey into the evolution of WIPO’s Madrid System in the 20th century, in this episode we take a look at how the Madrid Agreement managed to survive – and even flourish in the aftermath of – two world wars. [Transcript]
October 9, 2023 – Taking a closer look at some of the milestone and pivotal 20th century revisions to the Madrid Agreement that helped to reshape and streamline procedures for the international registration of trademarks. [Transcript]
May 3, 2023 – In this episode, we will discuss the first of the six revision of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks that took place in Brussels, Belgium in 1900. These revisions added more detail, sophistication, and clarity to the operation of the legal mechanism. [Transcript]
February 16, 2023 – Tune in to learn more about early trademark laws and regulations in, and some of the oldest brands from, pioneer states of the Madrid Agreement, including Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. [Transcript]
October 31, 2022 – In this episode, we talk about the first States that joined the Madrid Agreement, and some of the trademarks – registered back in the 19th century – that are still in force today. [Transcript]
References: State Archives of Belgium – 19th and 20th century | Benelux Office for Intellectual Property – The five oldest trademarks in Benelux
July 19, 2022 – Taking a closer look at the Madrid Agreement for the International Registration of Marks. [Transcript]
Reference: L'empreinte du chocolatier Philippe Suchard (in French)
May 3, 2022 – Exploring the Madrid Conferences of 1890 and 1891, during which the Madrid Agreement for the International Registration of Marks was approved. [Transcript]
Reference: Madrid At Night In The Late Nineteenth Century (1890) (in Spanish)
February 7, 2022 – From the Paris conference on industrial property of 1880, we explore a series of historical events which eventually led to the Madrid conferences on industrial property. [Transcript]
December 6, 2021 – From pre-history to the industrial revolution, explore the history of trademarks through the Ancient World, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, all the way to the Paris Convention of 1883. [Transcript]
References:
Petite histoire des marques: de l’Antiquité à nos jours, 2018, French, Juliette Tallobre, Dépôt-De-Marque.com
Marks and the Medici, 2020, English, Robert Fredona, University of York,
Expositions Universelles, French, Christiane Demeulenaere-Douyère, Encyclopædia Universalis