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The contracting parties for the Madrid Protocol include Japan, the United Kingdom,
European Union countries and China. For the full list of contracting parties
see the WIPO website here.
IP Australia is the Office of Origin for Australians seeking trade mark protection
overseas via the Protocol. Key features of an International Registration are:
- guarantee on the period within which potential grounds of refusal to protect
a mark can be raised by the offices of the designated countries -- 12 or 18
months;
- extension of protection in designated countries provides the same rights
as national registered trade mark owners have in each designated country;
- possibility of adding other countries after international registration has
been gained;
- a single request to record changes (transfers, changes of name or address,
etc.) which may affect the registration as a whole or in part; and
- a single request for renewal.
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