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frank7799 · 03-02-2009, 02:30 PM

Actually it´s based in Switzerland and it´s WIPO. It´s called Madrid System, because the agreement was signed in Madrid in 1891.

The dvantage of using WIPO instead of a EU trademark is, that your application won´t be rejected totally if it fails in one of the states you applied the trademark in.

03-02-2009, 02:30 PM
frank7799 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the middle of nowhere... Posts: 1,974	Actually it´s based in Switzerland and it´s WIPO. It´s called Madrid System, because the agreement was signed in Madrid in 1891. The dvantage of using WIPO instead of a EU trademark is, that your application won´t be rejected totally if it fails in one of the states you applied the trademark in.