Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks; Regulations; Administrative Instructions; Schedule of Fees.

adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989,as amended on October 3, 2006,and on November 12, 2007 Regulations Under the Protocol Relatingto the Madrid Agreement Concerning theInternational Registration of Marks (as in force on February 1, 2023) Administrative Instructions for the Application ofthe Protocol Relating to the Madrid AgreementConcerning the International Registration of Marks (as in force on February 1, 2023) Schedule of Fees (as in force on February 1, 2023) ProtocolRelating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning theInternational Registration of Marks adopted atMadrid on June 27, 1989,as amended on October 3, 2006,and on November 12, 2007 RegulationsUnder the Protocol Relating to the Madrid AgreementConcerning the International Registration of Marks as in forceonFebruary1,2023 Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Protocol Relatingto the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registrationof Marks as in force onFebruary1,2023 Schedule of Fees as in force onFebruary1,2023 WIPO2023 Preface The present publication contains the texts of the Protocol Relating totheMadridAgreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks(hereinafter referred to as the “Protocol”) (1989), as amended in 2006 andin2007,the Regulations under the Protocol Relating to the MadridAgreementConcerning the International Registration of Marks,theAdministrativeInstructions for the Application of the Protocol and theSchedule of Fees. Contents Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerningthe International Registration of Marks____________________________5 Regulations Under the Protocol Relating to the MadridAgreementConcerning the International RegistrationofMarks___________________________________________________39 AdministrativeInstructions for the Application of theProtocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerningthe International Registration of Marks__________________________139 Schedule of Fees___________________________________________151 Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning theInternational Registration of Marks adopted at Madridon June 27, 1989,as amended on October 3, 2006,and on November 12, 2007 List of the Articles of the Protocol Article 1:Membership in the Madrid UnionArticle 2:Securing Protection through International RegistrationArticle 3:International ApplicationArticle 3bis:Territorial EffectArticle 3ter:Request for “Territorial Extension”Article 4:Effects of International RegistrationArticle 4bis:Replacement of a National or Regional Registration byan International RegistrationArticle 5:Refusaland Invalidation of Effects of InternationalRegistration in Respect of Certain Contracting PartiesArticle 5bis:Documentary Evidence of Legitimacy of Use of CertainElements of the MarkArticle 5ter:Copies of Entries in International Register;Searchesfor Anticipations; Extracts from International RegisterArticle 6:Periodof Validity ofInternationalRegistration;Dependenceand Independence of InternationalRegistration Protocol Article 7:Renewal of International Registration Fees for InternationalApplication and Registration Article 9:Recordalof Change in the Ownership of anInternational Registration Article 9bis:Recordal of Certain Matters Concerning an InternationalRegistration Article 9ter:Fees for Certain Recordals Article 9quater: Article 9quinquies:Transformation of an International Registration intoNational or Regional Applications Article 9sexies:Relations Between States Party to both this Protocoland the Madrid (Stockholm) Agreement Article 10: Article 11: Finances Article 12: Article 13: Article 14: Article 15: Denunciation Article 1Membership in the Madrid Union The States party to this Protocol (hereinafter referred to as “theContractingStates”), even where they are not party to the Madrid Agreement Concerningthe International Registration of Marks as revised at Stockholm in 1967 andas amended in 1979 (hereinafter referred to as “the Madrid (Stockholm)Agreement”), and the organizations referred to in Article14(1)(b) which arepartyto this Protocol(hereinafter referred to as“the ContractingOrganizations”) shall be members of the same Union of which countries partyto the Madrid (Stockholm) Agreement are members1.Any reference in thisProtocol to “Contracting Parties” shall be construed as a reference to bothContracting States and Contracting Organizations. Article 2Securing Protection through International Registration (1)Where an application for the registration of amark has been filed withthe Office of a Contracting Party, or where a mark has been registeredin the register of the Office of a Contracting Party, the person in whosenamethat application(hereinafter referred to as“the basicapplication”) or that registration (hereinafter referred to as “the basicregistration”) stands may, subject to the provisions of this Protocol,secure protection for his mark in the territory of the ContractingParties, by obtaining the registration