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International trade mark registration  

October 31, 2007.   

International trade mark registration system (Madrid Protocol) – Oman to join on October 16, 2007   

Oman will join the above system on October 16, 2007. This brings the number of parties who have signed up to the Madrid Protocol to 74. The International trade mark system is way of obtaining trade mark protection in a number of territories by filing a single application at the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland and designating some or all of the contracting parties. Fees are payable to each territory designated. International Registrations must be based on a “home” application or registration and are dependent on that registration for the first five years of their lives. There can be considerable costs savings in using the system compared to filing national trade mark applications in the individual territories of interest. Members include the USA, Australia, Japan, China, South Korea and the EU can be designated.    

For further information please contact Ann Roome