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Madrid – A System for businessesHandling the Madrid Portfolio
Diego Agustín CARRASCO PRADAS
Head, Legal Section, Legal and Promotion Division, International Registries of Madrid and Lisbon, Brands and Designs Sector
October 2010
Share within Global Trademark Activity
Over 200 different national/regional trademark jurisdictions
worldwide
Some 965,000 trademark applications were filed worldwide by
non-residents in 2007
of which
Some 350,000 are designations in international registrations (Madrid System)
Trademarks in Force
Trademarks by right-holder Number of right-holders
1-2 marks 135,273 79.60%
3-10 marks 28,553 16.80%
11-100 marks 5,788 3.41%
101-500 marks 295 0.17%
> 500 marks 30 0.02%
All 169,939 100.00%
Right-holders
(169,939)
3-10 marks26%
11-100 marks27%
> 500 marks6% 1-2 marks
31%
101-500 marks10%Registrations
in force
(515,562)
Amount of Fees per Registration
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
registers 20477 9291 3131 1588 976 462
% 57.0% 25.9% 8.7% 4.4% 2.7% 1.3%
Less than 3000 CHF
Between 3000 and
4999 CHF
Between 5000 and
6999 CHF
Between 7000 and
9999 CHF
Between 10000 and
14999 CHF
15000 CHF or more
Major users of the System (Number of application filed) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
DE 5,126 5,559 5,395 5,803 5,663 6,100 6,214 4,793
EM 354 1,852 2,445 3,384 3,600 4,367
FR 3,610 3,331 3,518 3,497 3,705 3,930 4,218 3,523
US 139 1,737 2,849 3,148 3,741 6,684 3,201
CH 2,531 2,189 2,133 2,235 2,468 2,656 2,885 3,671
BX 2,467 2,189 2,482 2,426 2,639 2,508 2,668 1,968
IT 1,800 1,915 2,499 2,340 2,958 2,664 2,763 1,876
CN 241 472 1,015 1,334 1,328 1,444 1,584 1,358
JP 243 394 692 893 847 985 1,278 1,312
RU 276 502 575 605 622 891 1,190 1,068
AT 982 861 1,181 1,191 1,117 1,135 1,245 1,050
GB 670 674 917 1,016 1,055 1,178 1,162 1,007
AU 222 340 683 852 1,100 1,169 1,092 1,000
OTHER 4,985 5,314 6,292 6,688 7,401 8,180 8,487 6,654
TOTAL 23,151 23,879 29,473 33,581 36,496 39,965 42,070 35,848
Most Designated Contracting Parties
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
CN 6,684 1,706 9,265 13,575 15,801 16,676 12,829 14,766
RU 8,312 9,006 9,940 12,813 14,432 15,455 16,768 14,150
US 238 7,109 11,863 13,994 14,618 15,715 13,406
CH 10,577 10,174 10,137 13,197 14,260 14,528 14,907 13,161
EM 114 6,309 10,640 12,744 14,502 12,564
JP 5,323 5,359 7,071 10,104 11,844 12,348 12,748 10,386
AU 3,905 4,683 5,917 1,989 9,115 9,848 10,529 8,575
UA 5,280 6,262 6,361 8,271 9,057 9,751 10,635 8,539
TR 5,458 5,878 6,272 8,602 8,958 9,377 3,844 7,942
KR 1,694 4,852 7,160 8,334 8,988 9,539 7,755
NO 6,967 6,582 6,821 8,443 9,102 9,346 9,787 7,627
HR 4,743 5,054 5,298 6,716 6,970 7,059 7,482 5,967
SG 3,547 3,708 4,451 6,127 6,717 7,005 7,607 5,957
OTHER 222,569 232,232 214,592 235,390 225,501 119,540 182,706 126,538
TOTAL 283,365 290,870 298,200 356,539 364,725 167,283 334,598 267,333
Designations per Registration
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Designations 283,365 290,870 298,200 356,539 364,725 267,283 334,598 267,333
Applications 23,151 23,879 29,473 33,581 36,496 39,965 42,070 35,848
Average 12.24 12.18 10.12 10.62 9.99 6.69 7.95 7.46
International Registrations in Force as of December 31, 2009
515,562 the total number of registrations in force, equivalent to
over 5.6 million active national/regional registrations, belonging to
169,939 trademark holders
Processing Times
Average of 44.76 days to register a regular application.
Average of 31.8 days to send a notice of irregularity.
Average of 47.7 days waiting for a response.
Average of 65.22 days to process a response.
Benefits for Trademark Owners
Simple
A single set of simple formalities
A single filing Office
Low registration fees
no need to pay foreign agents for filings
no need to pay translation of the paperwork into several languages
Effective
A single international application produces the same legal effect in many countries
A fixed dead line for confirmation or refusal of the legal effect in each country concerned
Subsequent Designation
Can designate additional Contracting Parties after international registration
Subject to international procedures similar to those of a designation in an international application
Start date for protection
= recording of subsequent designation
Term and renewal of IR does not change
Reasons
Indefinite term of trademark registration– Expansion of trade– Refusal ground no longer applies– New Contracting Parties
Presentation of the Subsequent Designation
INTERNATIONALBUREAU
Holder
Present MM4Directly To
OFFICE of the Contracting Party
of the Holder
Present MM4Through
The International Bureau (SD)
INTERNATIONALBUREAU
Holder
Formality ExaminationInforms
No Irregularities
Recordsin the int’l Register
Publishesin the Gazette
Notifies
Designated Contracting
Parties
Designated Contracting
Parties
Designated Contracting
Parties
Notifies
OFFICE of the Contracting Party
of the Holder
Changes in the International Registration
Changes in the International Registration
Change in Ownership (MM5)
Limitation, Renunciation and Cancellation (MM6, 7, 8)
Change of Name or Address of the Holder (MM9)
Ceasing of Effect
For a period of five years from the date of it registration,
the international registration remains dependent on the
Basic Mark
If the Basic Mark ceases to have effect, the international
registration will no longer be protected
Commonly called “Central Attack”
The International Bureau (CB)
INTERNATIONALBUREAU
Holder
Formality ExaminationTransmits
No Irregularities
Recordsin the int’l Register
Publishesin the Gazette
Notifies
Designated Contracting
Parties
Designated Contracting
Parties
Designated Contracting
Parties
NotifiesCeasing of Effect
OFFICE OF Origin
5-Year Dependency
The Madrid System Goods and Services Database
Project approved in 2009
Objectives
Accelerate the pace of construction and deployment
of the Madrid System Goods and Services Database
Set the ground for Phase I of the pilot project to
assess the feasibility of introducing additional filing
languages
The Database
A WIPO-administered database of indications of goods and
services:
correctly classified by the IB according to the Nice
Classification (Ninth edition)
accepted by the IB under the Madrid system procedures
(i.e., will not be subject of an irregularity notice under
Rule12 or Rule 13 of the Common Regulations)
To the extent possible, would also contain information on
whether a given indication is also accepted by the Office of a
potentially designated Contracting Party
Database Languages
English, French, Spanish
Other language versions: in cooperation with the Offices of
interested Madrid Union Members
In the context of the project approved by the Assembly,
WIPO is ready to assist in the translation of the database into
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese
and Russian, upon request from the Office or Offices concerned
Advantages
For the IB and participating TM Offices:
increased productivity, consistency and quality in the
processing of trademark applications
For trademark owners:
diminished risk of registration being refused on
grounds of wrong classification or non-acceptance of
the terms used to indicate goods or services
Madrid Filing Assistant
A search and classification tool
offering user-friendly access to the Madrid System
G&S Database
helping applicants compose their lists of goods and
services
MFA Functions
Include the possibility to:
BROWSE AND PICK terms in a given class in the database;
CHECK THE ACCEPTANCE BY WIPO of terms in a
preexisting list of goods or services;
SEARCH for the correct class of a given term or for the most
suitable term to identify a good or service;
obtain an AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION of a given indication
into the other languages of the database.
an additional function under development: CHECK
ACCEPTANCE BY DCP (Designated Contracting Party)
Madrid Portfolio Manager
Portfolios are established for Clients on the basis of eMail
addresses recorded in the International Register
Users establish WIPO User Center account, using the same
eMail address
Once authenticated to the WIPO User center account, the
MPM presents Clients portfolio for display
Users can view the status of each registration, upload new
requests for recordal, make payments etc
Asynchronous electronic communication
MPM
3rd Parties
Madrid Electronic Alerts
The MEA is an electronic watch service for 3rd Parties
Users etsablish a WIPO User Center Account
Using the MEA service they then establish a list of IRNs that
they wish to monitor.
Where an IRN is the subject of any change, the User
receives an email, with a hyperlink to ROMARIN for that
IRN
Thank You