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ARTICLE · 11 JULY 2019

Brazil To Join International Trademark System

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The World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") announced that, effective October 2, 2019, Brazil will join the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, or the...

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The World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") announced that, effective October 2, 2019, Brazil will join the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, or the Madrid System.  The Madrid System is the international system administered by WIPO that allows trademark applicants to seek and maintain trademark registrations outside their home countries.  Brazil is the last of the ten largest economies (as defined by the IMF) to join the Madrid System and will become the 121st member worldwide. 

What does this mean and why should you care? 

The Madrid System allows trademark applicants and registrants to seek protection in other member countries by filing a single application through their home trademark office.  For U.S. applicants and registrants, this means that they can file a single international trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and seek protection in any one of the 121

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