EC Accession to the Madrid Protocol «  The long and winding road » by Erik Nooteboom European Commission DG Internal Market Brussels October 7, 2004, WIPO, Geneva

EC Accession to the Madrid Protocol - The long way from June 1989 to October 2004 - June 1989 - DC at Madrid EC participation / EC status in Madrid Union / Madrid Agreement and Protocol December 1993 - CTM Regulation April 1996 - Entry into force Madrid Protocol October 1996 - Commission proposals on EC Accession March 2000 - Accession Japan September 2003 - General Assembly WIPO October 2003 - EC agreement on Accession November 2003 - Accession US May 2004 - EU Enlargement October 2004 - Accession EC

EC Accession to the Madrid Protocol Council Decision and Council Regulation N° 1992/2003 of 27.10.2003 (OJ L 296 of 14.11.2003) Access to the Community TM through the Madrid Protocol Access to the Madrid Protocol on the basis of a Community TM

EC Accession to the Madrid Protocol Community Trademark as a basis for an International Registration Any EU language, using OHIM form. OHIM translates in MP language Filing fee: 300€ International Registration designating the EC Same procedure as CTM applications at Alicante, including 2nd EU language, search, examination on absolute grounds for refusal and opposition between 6 and 9 months after publication IR by OHIM If IR refused or ceases to have effect, conversion of IR into: national EU/MS TM applications, or IR designations of EU/MS under MP (« opting-back »). Or: Transformation into a CTM application (after « central attack » on the IR) Dates are kept Designation fee EC: 1.875€ (compared to 2.075€) plus 400€ for each class > 3

EC Accession to the Madrid Protocol Future developments Madrid Protocol Geographical scope Safeguard clause ? Dependency / Central attack ? EC Designs and the Hague Agreement ?

EC Accession to the Madrid Protocol http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/ en/indprop/index.htm