Statistical Terms
International trademark applications
- Topic
- Intellectual Property
- Definition
- The Madrid System is a convenient and cost-effective solution for registering and managing trademarks worldwide. File a single application and pay one set of fees to apply for protection in up to 124 countries. Modify, renew or expand your global trademark portfolio through one centralized system.
- Source
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- Periodicity
- Annual
- Temporal Coverage
- 1999-2020
- Note
- The Madrid system (officially the Madrid system for the international registration of marks) is the primary international system for facilitating the registration of trademarks in multiple jurisdictions around the world. Its legal basis is the multilateral treaty Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks of 1891, as well as the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement (1989).