International Trademark Registration Essential Guide For You

If you think the trademark procedure that you have done in India is sufficient to meet its rights internationally, you are wrong. With your trademark registration in India, you protect the rights only within the country. If you need to safeguard your design, logo, or mark in the international arena, you should secure it through international trademark registration.

International Trademark registration

More and more businesses are greatly interested in expanding their wings across the world. So, it becomes very important here to be aware of registering a trademark overseas. With such registration, you are granted trademark protection outside India and within the foreign countries where you look for the same.

The Madrid Protocol which came into action in 1989 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) makes it quite easy to register a trademark in member countries. This gives you exclusive protection easily in more than 110 countries.

Muthirai, as a leading trademark attorney, has great expertise in filing international trademarks. You just choose in which countries you need the protection; we will do the rest for you.

What are the advantages of international trademark registration?

• Enhanced brand presence at a global level
• You pay only single trademark charges for applying for coverage in over 124 countries.
• Your business is ensured to have exclusive rights to its most valuable assets in the countries that you want to.
• Since more countries are making their part in the Madrid Protocol, you can have significant advantages in later stages.
• As the processing is done through a single entity, it takes very less time for the approval process.
• It is much easier to manage through a single tool given by WIPO.

Filing an international trademark registration

• The foremost requirement when it comes to filing an international registration is to make sure that you have registered it in your home country.
• Ensure that your offerings of products and services are the same in national and international trademark applications
• Submit the trademark application through the Madrid Protocol website to WIPO
• Consider hiring a trademark specialist who specializes in.