This guide is primarily intended for applicants for, and holders of, inetrnational registrations of marks, as well as officials of the competent administrations of the Member States of the Madrid Union. It leads them through the various steps of the international registration procedure and explains the essential provisions of the Madrid Agreement, the Madrid Protocol and the Common Regulations. WIPO Publication No. 455(F) 2007. "Updated April 2004.". Contains text of the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol.