International Trademark Registration

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International Trademark Registration

All you need to know

What is International Trademark registration under Madrid Protocol?

The Madrid Protocol offers you an attractive route, to protect your brand in up to 124 countries around the world, by making available cost-effective and user-friendly procedures to acquire and manage your trade mark rights abroad. An International application may be filed for trademark registration in English, French or Spanish Languages.

The Madrid Protocol provides a cost-effective and efficient way for trademark holders to ensure protection for their marks in multiple countries through the filing of one application with a single office, in one language, with one set of fees, in one currency. Using the Madrid Protocol today, is an essential component of any successful branding strategy.

Why should you go for International Trademark Registration through Madrid Protocol?

The Madrid Protocol is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which is a specialized agency of the United Nations, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. The Protocol offers you early brand presence at a global level and helps you rapidly acquire international reputation and generate goodwill for your trademarks abroad. The Protocol ensures the legal protection of your brand against competitors in export markets, increases franchising opportunities, opens partnership possibilities and facilitates integration to global supply chains.

It gives you an opportunity of having a single registration to cover a wide range of countries that are covered under Madrid Protocol and it gives and advantages, both in terms of portfolio management and cost savings, as opposed to a portfolio of independent national registrations. It protects your Trademark on Social Media, paid Search Engine and also in E-commerce Marketplace.It supports you throughout the life-cycle of your trademark, from application through to renewal.

caagrawalkanhere.com is an eminent business platform and a progressive concept, which helps end-to-end incorporation, compliance, advisory, and management consultancy services to clients in India and abroad. Registering an International Trademark is easy, seamless, cheapest and quickest with us. Contact caagrawalkanhere, International Trademark through Madrid Protocol for International Trademark Registration online. Register trademark India in quick steps. Find out how to register a trademark in India online. Trademark registration protects your brand and provides you with the tools to prevent someone using similar signs and riding on the back of your business. You may get in touch with our compliance manager on 07552761432 or email info@caagrawalkanhere.com for free consultation.

In the upcoming section, we have covered detailed requirements for filing an International Trademark under Madrid Protocol. This will give you a complete idea on what are the pre requisites.

Advantages of International Trademark Registration

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Single Application/ one set of fees

Applying for trademark protection in numerous jurisdictions only requires filing one application in one language and paying one set of fees. There are other simple options for trademark revisions and renewals.

Effective Brand Management

By registering your trademark globally using the Madrid Protocol, you may simply grow your business into new regions while managing your brand through a centralised system.

Easy changes and Renewal

A global trademark is valid for ten years after it is registered. But, there is also a facility for simple modifications and renewals. A straightforward application form should be filed to WIPO in order to renew the same.

Cost effective / less time consuming

By submitting a single application, it offers a practical, affordable, and less time-consuming method of protecting trademarks internationally. The trademark can be registered in 18 to 20 months if there are no objections presented.

Global customers & market

By registering your trademark in the areas covered by the Madrid System, you will gain access to the international market, which accounts for more than 80% of all trade. Your products may be more accessible to buyers throughout the world if you run an internet business.

Protecting your Brand in Export Markets

By utilising the Madrid Protocol, an international agreement that India adopted in 2013, you as an Indian can benefit from a desirable, affordable, and simple path to get and manage your trade mark rights abroad.

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Documents Required for International Trademark Registration

Quick Checklist

  • Proof of Business or registration
  • Aadhar Card and PAN card of applicant
  • Logo (if any)
  • MSME Registration (No Need MSME certificate in case of Sole Proprietor/Individual)
  • Trademark Registration Certificate or Trademark Application number (if Trademark is pending in India)

Steps for International Trademark Registration

5 Easy Steps

1

Complete a Simple Checklist

2

Take a Search and Finalise Class

3

Submit Documents

4

Application for Trademark Registration

5

Start Using “TM”

Fill a Simple Checklist

A Compliance Manager will contact you to request your details and to provide a brief checklist. This checklist must be completed and submitted with your supporting documents for processing. Documents will be checked by our knowledgeable team, and the application process will continue. Your committed Compliance Manager will keep you informed of the status of the international trademark registration process at all times.

Search & Finalize Class

Your compliance manager will check to see if the name or logo you've proposed is available. If a name or logo that already exists is discovered in the registry, we will make a suitable suggestion for changing the name or application. By doing this, the likelihood of objections will be reduced. Each application must be submitted under a certain class. We will work with you to choose the most advantageous class (or classes) for your international trademark application.

Trademark Application

We will submit your international trademark application online after a suitable class (or classes) have been determined. You will receive an acknowledgment receipt with a trademark number right away from the registry. For two reasons, the trademark number is significant. One is that it makes it easier for you to track your application, and two is that it gives you immediate permission to use the TM symbol next to your international trademark.

FAQs On International Trademark Registration

Get answers to all your queries

An International Registration (IR) is the designation for a registration secured under the Madrid System.
It is a system for International registration of Marks.
A natural person or a legal entity which has a real and effective industrial or commertial establishment.
Once you hold an international registration, you may designate additional “Contracting parties” in a subsequent designation. What is subsequent designation ? It’s a request made by you to the holder for an extension of protection of your original international registration. Such requests for amendments can be made directly to the World Intellectual Property Office through their Subsequent Designation System.
An International registration lasts for10 years from the date of registration. You are permitted up to 5 years before proof of use may be required where such use id not a requirement of registration in any contracting regions. It may be renewes for additional 10 year periods for a renewal fee.
WIPO will formally examine your trademark application, however, each contracting party (country) in which you apply to register will have the opportunity to examine the application under their system. You may still end up dealing with a number of contracting offices in different countries.
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