International registration of trademarks
according to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement

In the countries connected to the Madrid Protocol you can make a "packet" registration of a trademark. This means that you only file one application but can designate several countries where you want protection for the trademark. This system of international registration of a trademark simplifies the procedure compared to if you should have filed one application in each country. To make an application, please use our form.

The Madrid Protocol is an agreement concerning international registrations of trademarks. The agreement came into force on December 1st 1995 and Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland has declared English as its working language. The agreement makes it possible for member states, citizens and traders to make an application for an international registration of a trademark. An international application must be based on a national trademark registration or an application. In the international application, the applicant must designate the member states where the registration should be valid. Each designated state has a space of time, (12 to 18 months), to approve the registration or not.

Where can a mark be protected?
An application for international registration must designate one or more countries (not the country of origin) where the mark is to be protected. Further countries may be designated subsequently. A country may be designated only if that country and the country of origin are both parties of the Protocol. In other words, the Madrid system of international registration can not be used to protect a trademark in a country which is outside the Madrid Union.

Countries connected to the Madrid Protocol

Please visit the web-site of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) www.wipo.org 

Who May Use the Madrid System?
The Madrid system of international registration of marks may be used only by someone who has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in, or is domiciled in, or is a national of, a country which is a member of the Madrid Union, that is, it is a party of the Madrid Protocol. The country with respect to which a person fulfills one or more of the above conditions is referred to as his “country of origin.”

A mark may be the subject of an international registration only if it has already been registered or, applied for, in the country of origin.