105. Under the Community Trademark system, the holder of a mark which has already been registered in a Member State of the European Union and who later applies for the registration of an identical mark as a Community Trademark, may claim what is called the seniority of that earlier mark in respect of the member State concerned.The effect of such a claim is that where the holder of the Community Trademark subsequently surrenders the earlier mark, or allows it to lapse, he is deemed to continue to have the same rights, in the member State concerned, as he would have had if the earlier mark had continued to be registered.
106. If an applicant wishes to claim seniority, he must file a separate official form, which is MM17, and this must be annexed to the international application form.Seniority claims on form MM17 received by the International Bureau after the receipt of the international application will be disregarded.
Designation of the United States of America
107. Footnote 3 of item 11 of the international application form is concerned with designations of the United States of America.
108. When the United States has been designated in an international application, the applicant is required by that Contracting Party to file also a declaration of intention to use the mark.A form (MM18) has been provided for this purpose and the declaration must follow exactly the wording of that form.The declaration is required to be in English, regardless of the language in which the international application is filed.Form MM18 should be annexed to the international application form.
109. If the United States of America has been designated in an international application and form MM18 has not been annexed to the international application form, this will constitute an irregularity, of which the applicant and the Office of origin will be informed by the International Bureau.
NOTE:the International Bureau has made available for users of the Madrid system two information notices concerning designations of the United States of America.
The first, entitled Indications of Goods and Services:United States of America (Information
Notice No. 24/2003) may be found on the Madrid system website at the following address:http://www.wipo.int/edocs/madrdocs/en/2003/madrid_2003_24.doc.
The second, entitled Tips for Holders of International Registrations Seeking Extension of Protection to the United States of America:Avoiding Provisional Refusals (Information Notice No. 4/2009) is available at the following address:http://www.wipo.int/edocs/madrdocs/en/2009/madrid_2009_4.doc.
Designations of Ireland, Singapore and the United Kingdom
110. Ireland, Singapore and the United Kingdom also, in principle, require a declaration of intention to use the mark.However, it is not necessary to annex to the international application form a separate declaration for that purpose.As is made clear in footnote 2 of item 11 of the application form, the mere fact of designating any of those Contracting Parties is taken, per se, as comprising the required declaration of intention to use.
Designations of Cuba, Ghana and Japan
111. A fourth footnote to item 11 of the international application form is concerned with the three Contracting Parties, Cuba, Ghana and Japan.Each of these Contracting Parties, which all charge individual fees, has made a declaration to the effect that the individual fee is payable in two parts.Upon the designation of any of these Contracting Parties, only the first part of the individual fee will be payable at the filing stage and the remainder of the fee will be required to be paid only if the Office concerned is satisfied that the mark qualifies for protection.The Office will notify accordingly.
112. An applicant who takes advantage of the electronic fee calculator will be informed by the calculator
that the fees indicated in respect of those three Contracting Parties consist only of the first part.
The electronic fee calculator may be found at the following address on the Madrid system website:http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/fees/calculator.jsp.
Item 12:Signature by the Applicant or his Representative
113. An applicant is not required to sign the international application form.However, the Office of origin may require or permit the applicant to do so.A signature may take the form of a seal, or may otherwise be handwritten, printed or stamped.
Item 13:Certification and Signature by the Office of Origin
114. The Office of origin must sign and date the international application form and must indicate the date
on which it received the request to present the application to the International Bureau.The indication of the
date of receipt is important because, as a rule, this will or may become the date of the international
registration – provided that the international application is received by the International Bureau within the period of two months from its receipt by the Office of origin.
115. Item 13 of the application form takes the format of a certification of certain elements by the Office of origin.These elements should therefore be verified by the Office of origin, and are as follows:
– the date of receipt by the Office of origin;
– identity between the basic mark and the mark that is the subject of the international application;
– correspondence between the applicant in the international application and the holder of the
basic mark;
– that if it is asserted that the mark consists of a color, or combination of colors, as such (item 7(d) of the form), the same assertion has been made in respect of the basic mark;
– that if the international application form contains an indication that the mark is three-dimensional, a sound mark, or a collective, certification or guarantee mark (item 9(d) of the form), the same indication appears with respect to the basic mark;
– that if the international application form contains a description (item 9(e) of the form) the same description appears in the basic mark;
– that if color has been claimed as a distinctive feature of the basic mark, the same claim is included in the international application form (item 8 of the form);
– that if color has not been claimed in the basic mark and the applicant wishes to include such claim in the international application, the basic mark is in fact in the color or colors in question;
– that the goods and services indicated in the international application form (item 10 of the form) are covered by the goods and services in the basic mark.
Fee Calculation Sheet
116. It only remains then to complete the Fee Calculation Sheet on page 7 of the international application form.
117. It is recommended that the applicant use the electronic Fee Calculator, which is available on the Madrid system website at the following address:http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/fees/calculator.jsp.
118. The fees will always include what is known as the basic fee, which consists of either 653 Swiss francs for a mark in black and white, or 903 Swiss francs for a mark in color.This fee is for payment to the International Bureau.For applicants from Least Developed Countries there is a 90% reduction of this fee.For the list of those countries in question, applicants may refer to the official list maintained by the United Nations at the following address:www.wipo.int/ldcs/en/country.
119. In addition, the applicant will pay a standard fee of 100 Swiss francs for each designated Contracting Party (this is known as the complementary fee) and a further 100 Swiss francs for each class of goods and services after the first three (this is the supplementary fee).
120. A number of Contracting Parties have declared that, instead of the standard fee, they wish to receive what is called an individual fee.The amount of this fee, also expressed in Swiss francs, will vary from Contracting Party to Contracting Party and the details of those amounts are available on the Madrid system website at the following address:http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/madridgazette/en/remarks/ind_taxes.html.
121. Part (a) of the Fee Calculation Sheet contains a box which should be checked when the applicant wishes that the amount of the fees be debited from a current account with the International Bureau.In that case, the holder of the account, the account number, and the party giving instructions should also be indicated.It is not necessary to indicate the amount to be debited.This method of payment avoids the risk of a fees irregularity.If the applicant wishes, nevertheless, to indicate the amount, he should then proceed to complete also part (b) of the Fee Calculation Sheet, showing how the total amount was arrived at.
122. Apart from the possibility of debiting an account held by the International Bureau, part (c) of the Fee Calculation Sheet provides for a number of additional methods of making payment.
123. In such case, it is imperative that the applicant also complete part (b) and indicate the total amount
arrived at.
Guide to the International Registration of Marks under the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol
The 2009 edition of the Guide itself (without Part C) is available in a single Adobe PDF file (1.12 MB), as well as in smaller Adobe PDF files split up per topic:
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Part A: Introduction
Introduction
The Guide
The Madrid System: Basic Features
Becoming Party to the Agreement or Protocol
Declarations and Modifications by Contracting Parties
Fee Reduction for Applicants from Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Further Information about the Madrid System
Public Information about International Registrations
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Part B: Procedure
Chapter I: General
Introduction
Communications with the International Bureau
Payment of Fees to the International Bureau
Representation before the International Bureau
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Chapter II: The International Procedure
Introduction
The International Application
The International Registration
Refusal of Protection
Subsequent Designation
Changes in the International Registration
Renewal of International Registration
Dependence and Independence
Facts in Contracting Parties Affecting International Registrations
Continuation of Effects of International Registrations in Certain Successor States
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Part C: Annexes
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Stockholm Act)
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Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
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Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to that Agreement
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