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The Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol

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What is the Madrid System?

The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks is governed by the Madrid Agreement, concluded in 1891, and the Protocol relating to that Agreement, concluded in 1989. The system makes it possible to protect a mark in many countries by obtaining an international registration that affects each of the designated Contracting Parties.

Countries in the Madrid Agreement Union

Contracting party Agreement Protocol
 Afghanistan 2018
African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) 2015
 Albania 1995 2003
 Algeria 1972 2015
 Antigua and Barbuda 2000
 Armenia 1991 2000
 Australia 2001
 Austria 1909 1999
 Azerbaijan 1995 2007
 Bahrain 2005
 Belarus 1991 2002
 Belgium[a] 1892 1998
 Bhutan 2000 2000
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1992 2009
 Botswana 2006
 Brazil 2019
 Brunei Darussalam 2017
 Bulgaria 1985 2001
 Cambodia 2015
 Canada 2019
 China[b] 1989 1995
 Colombia 2012
 Croatia 1991 2004
 Cuba 1989 1995
 Cyprus 2003 2003
 Czech Republic 1993 1996
 North Korea 1980 1996
 Denmark[c] 1996
 Egypt 1952 2009
 Estonia 1998
 Eswatini 1998 1998
 European Union[d] 2004
 Finland 1996
 France 1892 1997
 The Gambia 2015
 Georgia 1998
 Germany 1922 1996
 Ghana 2008
 Greece 2000
 Hungary 1909 1997
 Iceland 1997
 India 2013
 Indonesia 2018
 Iran 2003 2003
 Ireland 2001
 Israel 2010
 Italy 1894 2000
 Japan 2000
 Kazakhstan 1991 2010
 Kenya 1998 1998
 Kyrgyzstan 1991 2004
 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2016
 Latvia 1995 2000
 Lesotho 1999 1999
 Liberia 1995 2009
 Liechtenstein 1933 1998
 Lithuania 1997
 Luxembourg[a] 1924 1998
 Madagascar 2008
 Malawi 2018
 Malaysia 2019
 Mexico 2013
 Monaco 1956 1996
 Mongolia 1985 2001
 Montenegro 2006 2006
 Morocco 1917 1999
 Mozambique 1998 1998
 Namibia 2004 2004
 Netherlands[a][e] 1893 1998
 New Zealand[f] 2012
 North Macedonia 1991 2002
 Norway 1996
 Oman 2007
 Philippines 2012
 Poland 1991 1997
 Portugal 1893 1997
 South Korea 2003
 Republic of Moldova 1991 1997
 Romania 1920 1998
 Russian Federation 1976 1997
 Rwanda 2013
 Samoa 2019
 San Marino 1960 2007
 Sao Tome and Principe 2008
 Serbia 1992 1998
 Sierra Leone 1997 1999
 Singapore 2000
 Slovakia 1993 1997
 Slovenia 1991 1998
 Spain 1892 1995
 Sudan 1984 2010
 Sweden 1995
  Switzerland 1892 1997
 Syrian Arab Republic 2004
 Tajikistan 1991 2011
 Thailand 2017
 Trinidad and Tobago 2020
 Tunisia 2013
 Turkey 1999
 Turkmenistan 1999
 Ukraine 1991 2000
 United Kingdom[g] 1995
 United States of America 2003
 Uzbekistan 2006
 Vietnam 1949 2006
 Zambia 2001
 Zimbabwe 2015

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