Michael Atkins - Seattle Trademark Lawyer

Recommend Canada Joins the Madrid Protocol Treaty (Email)

This action will generate an email recommending this article to the recipient of your choice. Note that your email address and your recipient's email address are not logged by this system.

Email Article Link

The email sent will contain a link to this article, the article title, and an article excerpt (if available). For security reasons, your IP address will also be included in the sent email.

Article Excerpt:

U.S. brand owners can now include Canada when seeking to replicate their trademark filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in foreign jurisdictions.

That’s right — effective June 17, Canada has joined the Madrid Protocol Treaty.

This is a great development for trademark owners. Previously, U.S.-based trademark owners with an active USPTO application or registration could economically apply to duplicate their filing in 118 other countries with a single application, including the EU, UK, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico. But — conspicuously — not Canada.

Happily, that’s changed. U.S.-based filers can now include Canada in their Madrid filings. This gives U.S. trademark owners an excellent opportunity to maximize their rights with the States’ second-largest trading partner.

Article Link:

Your Name:

Your Email:

Recipient Email:

Message:

Copyright © 2006-2021, Michael G. Atkins. All rights reserved. I'm a partner and Seattle intellectual property attorney at Atkins Intellectual Property, PLLC, where I focus my practice on issues involving the Lanham Act, including trademark infringement, unfair competition, trade dress infringement, trademark dilution, false designation of origin, counterfeiting, cybersquatting, trademark licensing, trademark applications, trademark registrations, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), and the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Thanks for checking out my blog. Please visit again soon!