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International Trademark Registration

– Register International Trademark with Ease

– Won’t Cost a Fortune in Fees

– Maintain Your Brand at Peace

Trademark Registration

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Why do I register for an International Trademark?

A trademark is used to distinguish your goods and services from those of other businesses. A good trademark helps your business stand out in the marketplace, with symbols of ™ or ®. It may also be referred to as Brand.

By getting your trademark registered, you protect your brand legally.

Trademark registration in a specific country is applicable to only that country. But to protect your trademark in other countries, you will need to apply to each country separately. You need to be registered under that country’s law and according to the prescribing regulations.

If you are planning to take your business global, you will end up filing separate trademark applications for each country.

Or you can take the attractive route of the Madrid Protocol. It prescribes a methodology of filing one international application, for about 115 countries around the world. It can be filed in either English, French or Spanish.

The Madrid Convention provides a cost-effective, efficient way, and user-friendly procedures for trademark holders. And protect the brands in multiple countries by filing a single application with a single office, with one set of fees, in one currency.

**Apply for your International Trademark Today, to make your branding strategy successful.

About Madrid Protocol

The Madrid Union currently has 116 members, including both States and intergovernmental organisations that are Contracting Parties to the Protocol. They represent over 80% of world trade flows with attractive markets.

The Madrid Protocol is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The Convention allows you to obtain and maintain protection for your brand around the world by providing user-friendly, expeditious and cost-effective set of procedures for the central filing of trademark applications and the central management of trademark registrations with effects in all or some of the member countries. The application is forwarded to WIPO for examination, registration, and publication. Next, the particulars of the international registration are notified by WIPO to each of the designated Members of the Convention. The members have to decide, within strict time limits, whether they can grant protection to your mark in their territories. In case, a designated member does not raise & communicate any objection within 18 months from the date of notification of the international registration to it, the mark under international registration is deemed protected. In the territory of that member. Same as if it was registered directly with the IP office of that member.

The International Trademark depends on the national trademark for a period of 5-years from the date of registration of your International Mark
In this 5-years, the invalidation of the national trademark will correspondingly invalidate the International Registration.

Filing For International Trademark under Madrid Convention

International Trademark registration can be applied by a physical person, legal entity resident, or a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in a member state of the Madrid Protocol.

Step 1: Applying Through your National Trademark Office (Office of Origin)

Before filing an international application, you need to be already registered, or filed an application, in the Trademark & IP office of the country you are based in. This application is known as the Basic Trademark Application. Next, you need to apply for International Trademark through this same Office, which will certify and forward it to WIPO.

Step 2: Formal Examination by WIPO

WIPO only conducts a formal examination of your application. Once approved, your international mark is recorded in the International Register and published in the WIPO Gazette of International Marks. Then, WIPO will send you a certificate of your international registration and notify the IP Offices in all the territories where you have applied to have your mark protected. As mentioned in your application.

Do note that the scope of protection of an international registration is not defined at this stage in the process. It is only determined after substantive examination and decision by the IP/Trademark Offices in those territories.

Step 3: Examination by National Offices (Offices of the Territories or Contracting Parties)

The IP Offices of the territories, where you want your mark protected, shall decide, within the applicable time limit (12 or 18 months) following their legislation. WIPO will register the decisions of the Trademark Offices in the International Register and notify you.

If an IP Office refuses to protect your mark, either wholly or partially, this decision does not affect the decisions of other Offices. You can contest a refusal decision directly before this Trademark Office concerned under its legislation. If an Office accepts to protect your mark, it will issue a statement of grant of protection.

This International Trademark is valid for 10-years. You can renew the registration at the end of 10-years directly with WIPO with effect in the designated Contracting Parties concerned.

Process of Filing International Trademark

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Benefits of International Trademark Registration

An International Trademark allows the holder of a national registration (or even application) to extend, with a unified filing procedure, the trademark rights to other countries adhering to the Madrid Agreement.

Global Market

By registering your trademark in the Madrid System, you will be a part of the world-wide market representing over 80% of international trade. If your business operations are online, your products may more easily be reached to global customers.

Effective Brand Management

By registering your brand internationally through the Madrid Convention the brand can be easily managed through a centralized system, and the business expanded into new markets.

One-time Application & Fees

File a single application in one language and pay one set of fees to apply for trademark protection in multiple countries. Changes and renewal of trademark are also convenient.

Save Cost & Time

It provides a convenient, cost-effective way of trademark protection, internationally. Filing a single application saves on time as well. In case no objection is raised, the Trademark can get registered within 18 to 20 months.

Changes and Renewal

An International Trademark is valid for 10-years from the date of registration. However, changes and renewal facilities are also easily available. One can renew the same with a simple application form submitted to WIPO. And it can be renewed countless times for periods of 10 years.

Protecting your Brand in Export/Import

Protect your brand from counterfeits. You can take action against infringing parties or others from impersonating your trademark.

Multiple Modes

An International Trademark can be used as licensing agreements (allowed for all or part of the territories designated), sales contracts (allowed only for subjects that may require an international trademark) or used simply to secure your brand.

Why LegalRaasta

LegalRaasta team strives to make the process of registering an International Trademark easy, seamless, cheapest, and quickest. We are constantly endeavouring to assist in all business-related issues of our Indian, as well as international clients. Be it incorporation, compliance, audits & accountancy, and/or management consultancy.

Get in touch with us for International Trademark registration. Whether through the Madrid Protocol or not.

Experienced Legal Team

Our dedicated team of expert legal practitioners is well-qualified and experienced with the knowledge and acumen to take appropriate measures according to the situation.

Customized Services

The combination of professionalism in the team means that each client gets a tailor-made and trusted protection plan. Customized to their advantage.

Collaborative Relationships with Key Associates

Due to our healthy relationships with all crucial associates — including global online authorities, government registration sites, and other platforms — our inquiries are taken seriously and sorted in time.

International Influence

With over 50 nationalities on our list of clients, we are able to communicate in a language you are comfortable in. And provide insight into local procedures with a global perspective.

Get registered with us, NOW, to protect your brand.

Cost of Applying for International Trademark

For Applying Trademark Registration

For applying for a trademark Registration separately in each country, our fee starts at $49 + Govt. charges
To Apply via the Madrid Protocol

The price would include:

Clearance fee of that specific country where your business is based. And we apply for Basic Trademark.

International fees the international application fees to WIPO. This is to be paid in your country itself. But in Swiss francs. The amount takes into account how many countries you have selected in your application and how many classes of goods and services you have applied for.

Timelines

Processing time in each country are different, but none takes longer than 18 months, generally. If the trademark doesn’t get rejected within this period, it is considered registered in the country concerned.

Your application will get processed in each of the territories you have chosen. The authorities will inform you if the trademark has either been deemed valid or refused registration in their countries. A letter of refusal will contain information about the changes required in the application or other reasons for refusal. And a time limit within which to complete the changes. Different countries would have different practices about what is acceptable in the specification of goods and services.