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Article: The Madrid Protocol Approved By The U.S.(Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- April 9, 2003
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Co-authored by Susan J Kohlmann and Carolina A. Fornos
Late last year, President Bush signed a law implementing the accession of the U.S. to the recently ratified Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol). This trademark treaty, adopted in Madrid, Spain, on June 27, 1989, provides for participation in the international registration system for trademarks. See 148 Cong. Rec. S10640-01 (daily ed. Oct. 17, 2002). On March 28, 2003, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published its proposed rules in the Federal Register. See Fed. Reg. Vol. 68, No. 60. These rules set forth the ...