Innowacje i własność intelektualna · 28.03.2003

Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) proposes to amend existing regulations and add new regulations to the rules of practice to implement the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act of 2002 (MPIA). The MPIA provides that: the owner of a U.S. application or registration may seek protection of its mark in any of the 57 countries party to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) by submitting a single international application through the Office to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (IB); and the owner of an application or registration in a country party to the Madrid Protocol may obtain an international registration from the IB and request an extension of protection of its mark to the United States.