International registration of a trademark. Advantages of the Madrid system

Denis Shumskiy, Advocate at the Law Firm "YUST".

Many companies aim at developing their business internationally and actively conquer product niches in other countries.

In order to make a presentation of a company’s brand on the external market, a registration of the trade mark and its legal protection within as well as outside Russia may be required.

There are two possibilities: to register a trade mark in other countries or to perform its international registration (clause 1 of Article 1507 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation). International registration is by far more convenient and profitable for the company. But the in-house lawyer will have to take a number of important details into account.

The readers of the article will be able to find out:

• What the international registration of trademarks is needed for;
• In what language the registration application is drawn;
• How much will the international registration cost the company;
• What formalities should be observed during the trademark registration under the Madrid Agreement.

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