The Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol relating to that Agreement : Objectives, main features, advantages

Introduction; Objectives; Who may use the Madrid system?; The international application; Examination by the Office of a designated contracting part; refusal of protection; Effects of the international registration; Dependence on the basic mark; Replacement of a National Regional registration by an international registration; Subsequent designation; Changes in the international register; cancellation; licenses duration of registration; renewal; Advantages of the system.