Madrid Protocol designation: new electronic procedures and certification requirements govern international trademark filings and recordkeeping. Amendments require goods and services to follow the current NICE Classification and for the Registrar to publish a class-wise alphabetical index; applicants must, where practicable, use those published terms. Preliminary advice on distinctiveness must be filed on the prescribed form for a single class with the specified fee and a representation. A new Chapter IIIA implements Madrid Protocol procedures: English-language filings, electronic notices and responses, mandatory electronic filing for India-origin international applications, Registrar certification and transmission to the International Bureau subject to a handling fee, electronic recordkeeping of international registrations, and specified examination, provisional refusal, advertising, opposition transmission and notification processes.
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Madrid Protocol designation: new electronic procedures and certification requirements govern international trademark filings and recordkeeping.
Amendments require goods and services to follow the current NICE Classification and for the Registrar to publish a class-wise alphabetical index; applicants must, where practicable, use those published terms. Preliminary advice on distinctiveness must be filed on the prescribed form for a single class with the specified fee and a representation. A new Chapter IIIA implements Madrid Protocol procedures: English-language filings, electronic notices and responses, mandatory electronic filing for India-origin international applications, Registrar certification and transmission to the International Bureau subject to a handling fee, electronic recordkeeping of international registrations, and specified examination, provisional refusal, advertising, opposition transmission and notification processes.
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