Madrid Protocol and CTM

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Madrid Protocol and CTM - a link to the
future Geneva, October 7, 2004
Ernesto Rubio Assistant Director General, WIPO
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towards a global registration system for
trademarks

• Madrid Agreement of 1891
• Madrid Protocol of 1989

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Membership (77)
Madrid Agreement - 56Madrid Protocol - 66
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(No Transcript)
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Madrid Protocoland regional systems

• Madrid Protocol Article 14(1)(b)
• European Community Trademark
• African Industrial Property Organization (OAPI)

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Madrid Protocolin operation since 1996

• December 1, 1995 - entry into force
• China, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom
• April 1996 - beginning of operations
• (also in April 1996 - the Community Trade Mark
  comes into operation)

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Madrid Protocol - CTMbuilding a link (1996-2004)

• Legal questions to be addressed
• language regime
• seniority claims
• opting back
• Consultations and informal meetings
• Amendments to the Madrid Regulations (2003)

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Madrid Protocol - CTMbuilding a link (1996-2004)

• WIPO - OHIM preparatory work (2003 -
  2004)
• coordination on procedures
• forms
• information notices
• electronic communication
• Instrument of accession by EC
• Accession into effect - October 1, 2004

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Madrid Protocol - CTMthe link established

• Designation of the EC
• in international applications originating in any
  Protocol country (including EC Member States)
• indication of a second language
• seniority
• possibility of opting-back in case the
  designationof the EC drops
• OHIM as Office of origin

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Madrid filingsJanuary-September 2004
CY - IE - GR - EE - LT - LV - PT0
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Designations by designated CPfirst half 2004
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International RegisterJanuary-September 2004

• Registrations 17,544 (6.77)
• Subsequentdesignations 7,445 (16.56)
• Renewals 5,731 (15.61)

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Filing increases in selected countriesfirst half
2004
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Registrations by Category of Right-Holderby end
of August 2004
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Madrid Challenges

• cope with growth while maintaining quality
• offer additional services
• further enlarge geographical scope
• expand use in all members
• keep legal framework up to date

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Final remarks