Madrid Protocol
Amendments to Hong Kong’s Trade Marks Ordinance paves the way for Madrid Protocol
By AWA | Posted on July 7, 2020
The Trade Marks (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 was gazetted on June 19, 2020. While the Amendment does not introduce any substantive changes to the underlying Hong Kong trademark laws, it does provide a basis in Hong Kong Law for the application of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid...
Tags: Hong Kong, Intellectual Property, IP, Madrid Protocol, trademarks, WIPO
New ways to obtain trademark and design rights on the Faroe Islands
By AWA | Posted on March 9, 2016
Today there is only one way to obtain a trademark right on the Faroe Islands and that is by filing for a national Danish trademark. A designation of Denmark through the Madrid Protocol will only cover Denmark and Greenland, but not the Faroe Islands. As of April 13, 2016 this will change. The government of...
Time for abolishment of basic registrations for international registrations of trademarks?
By Angela Boman | Posted on June 11, 2015
By an application of international registration according to the Madrid system a trademark can be registered in a number of countries and regions in a more time and cost efficient way compared to filing of national applications only. In contrast to international registrations for designs or patents, the Madrid System requires a domestic application or...
Tags: international trademark, Madrid Protocol, trademarks, WIPO
Revisions to Canadian Trademark Act
By AWA | Posted on November 6, 2014
Earlier this year Canada’s government proposed Canada major changes to the Canadian Trademark Act and in June the bill (C-31) received royal assent. The changes enable Canada, as one of the last (if not the last) western industrialized countries, to accede to the Madrid Protocol, Nice Agreement and the Singapore Treaty. Some of the most...
Tags: Canada, Madrid Protocol, Nice Agreement, Singapore Treaty, trademarks
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