International Treaties regarding the Protection of Trademark

Paris Convention 1883 (total MSs 194) – Thailand – Stockholm Act 1967 – by accession May 2008, in force 2 August 2008: With the declaration provided for in Article 28(2) relating to the International Court of Justice. The Paris Convention applies to industrial property in the widest sense. The substantive provisions of the Convention fall into three main categories: national treatment, right of priority, common rules.

Madrid System (Madrid Agreement + Madrid Protocol) Madrid Agreement 1891 – international registration - possible to protect a mark in a large number of countries by obtaining an international registration that has effect in each of the designated Contracting Parties. a one stop solution for registering and managing marks worldwide Through the Madrid System you can file one international application, in one language (English, French or Spanish), and pay one set of fees in Swiss francs to obtain international registration in multiple territories.

The international registration of your mark is valid for 10 years. You can renew the registration at the end of each 10-year period directly with WIPO with effect in the designated Contracting Parties concerned.

Madrid Protocol aims to make the Madrid system more flexible and more compatible with the domestic legislation of certain countries or intergovernmental organizations that had not been able to accede to the Agreement. A mark may be the subject of an international application only if it has already been registered with the trademark office of the Contracting Party with which the applicant has the necessary connections (referred to as the office of origin).

Domain Name Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules") Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center provides time- and cost-efficient mechanisms to resolve internet domain name disputes, without the need for court litigation. This service includes the WIPO-initiated Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), under which the WIPO Center has processed over 30,000 cases.

Vienna Agreement - establishes a classification (the Vienna Classification) for marks (figurative elements) Nirobi Treaty - All States party to the Nairobi Treaty are under the obligation to protect the Olympic symbol – five interlaced rings – against use for commercial purposes (in advertisements, on goods, as a mark, etc.) without the authorization of the International Olympic Committee. Nice Agreement - establishes a classification of goods and services for the purposes of registering trademarks and service marks Singapore Treaty - to create a modern and dynamic international framework for the harmonization of administrative trademark registration procedures. Building on the Trademark Law Treaty of 1994 (TLT), the Singapore Treaty has a wider scope of application and addresses more recent developments in the field of communication technologies.trademark Trademark Law Treaty

Trademark Law Treaty - The aim of the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) is to standardize and streamline national and regional trademark registration procedures. trademark