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Working Group Reviews Regulations for InternationalTrademark Registration

Geneva, June 21, 2001
Press Updates UPD/2001/137

Trademark specialists agreed last week on a set of measures to simplify certain aspects of the international trademark registration system (the Madrid system) administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The Working Group on the Modification of the Common Regulations Under the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to the Agreement, met in Geneva from June 11 to 15, 2001 and was attended by 30 member states of the Madrid Union, six other states, two intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and six international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) representing users of the system.

The Madrid system is an attractive option for businesses operating in international markets as it offers applicants the possibility of obtaining trademark protection in some or all of the 68 countries that currently belong to the system by submitting a single "international application" to WIPO. In the absence of this system, applicants would need to approach the national trademark authorities of each of those countries in which it sought protection for its trademarks.

Negotiators at the meeting undertook a full review of the Common Regulations which govern the procedures under the system. This is the first time that such a comprehensive revision of these regulations, which have been in force since April 1, 1996, has been undertaken.

The modifications proposed by the Working Group are designed to respond to the needs of users by making the system simpler and more flexible and user-friendly. In particular, it was agreed to provide for the possibility for users to record trademark licenses in the International Register maintained by WIPO. At present, it is only possible to do this with the respective national authorities.

The amendments approved by the Working Group will now be submitted for adoption by the Assembly of the Madrid Union in September.

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