Rapisardi Intellectual Property © - 2010 Rapisardi Intellectual Property Madrid Protocol & Community Trade Mark: ADVANTAGES Gianluigi VOLONTE’ Trademark

Rapisardi Intellectual Property © - 2010


Rapisardi Intellectual Property

Madrid Protocol &

Community Trade Mark: ADVANTAGES

Gianluigi VOLONTE’Trademark Attorney


INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARK

protection available from 1900

Belgium, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland


+ Austria, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, Romania, Vietnam


+ Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Korea, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,

Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Norway, Poland, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom

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Protection available now•Albania•Algeria (A)•Antigua and Barbuda•Armenia•Australia•Austria•Azerbaijan•Bahrain•Belarus•Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg)•Bhutan•Bosnia and Herzegovina•Botswana•Bulgaria•China•Croatia•Cuba•Cyprus•Czech Republic•Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

•Denmark •Egypt •Estonia•European Community•Finland•France•Georgia•Germany•Ghana•Greece•Hungary•Iceland•Iran•Ireland•Italy•Japan•Kazakhstan (A)•Kenya•Kyrgyzstan•Latvia•Lesotho•Liberia

•Liechtenstein•Lithuania •Macedonia•Madagascar•Moldova•Monaco•Mongolia•Montenegro•Morocco•Mozambique•Namibia•Netherlands Antilles•Norway•Oman•Poland•Portugal•Republic of Korea•Romania•Russian Federation•San Marino•Sao Tome & Principe•Serbia

•Sierra Leone•Singapore•Slovakia•Slovenia•Spain•Sudan •Swaziland•Sweden•Switzerland•Syrian Arab Republic•Tajikistan (A)•Turkey•Turkmenistan•U.S.A.•Ukraine•United Kingdom•Uzbekistan•Vietnam•Zambia

(A) Only Madrid Arrangement * Malta


Protection available now

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Who: an individual or legal entity:

based in a contracting country

proprietor of an identical national trade mark

Where: at the national Trade Mark Office

How: filing a single application form

with just one Power of Attorney

choosing the countries of interest

identifying the products/services to protect

choosing the language

paying the fees

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Fees

Country fees Swiss francs Country fees Swiss francs Country fees Swiss francs

For each country not specifically indicated below

100 each Georgia 314 for one class115 for each additional class

San Marino 197 for one class57 for each additional class

Armenia 221 for one class22 for each additional class

Ghana 260 for each class Singapore 278 for each class

Australia 281 for each class Greece 185 for one class46 for each additional class

Sweden 199 for one class99 for each additional class

Bahrain 333 for each class Republic of Korea

233 for each class Switzerland 350 for three classes50 for each additional class

Belarus 600 for one class50 for each additional class

Iceland 133 for one class26 for each additional class

Turkey 353 for one class69 for each additional class

Benelux 245 for one class25 for each additional class

Ireland 372 for one class106 for each additional class

Turkmenistan 209 for one class105 for each additional class

Bulgaria 552 for one class50 for each additional class

Italy 141 for one class48 for each additional class

Ukraine 523 for one class105 for each additional class

China 310 for one class155 for each additional class

Japan 607 for one class574 for each additional class

United Kingdom 295 for one class82 for each additional class

Cuba 441 for one class271 for each additional class

Kyrgyzstan 340 for one class160 for each additional class

U.S.A. 337 for each class

Denmark 487 up to three classes 124 for each additional class

Moldova 356 for one class74 for each additional class

Uzbekistan 1254 for one class125 for each additional class

Estonia 214 for one class 68 for each additional class

Norway 430 up to three classes 121 for each additional class

Vietnam 116 for one class92 for each additional class

European Union 1311 up to three classes 226 for each additional class

Netherland Antilles

248 up to three classes25 for each additional class

Finland 314 up to three classes 112 for each additional class

Oman 470 for each class

WIPO FEES Swiss francs

Basis 653

Colour marks 250

For each class from the fourth 100

1 CHF = US$ 0.97 = INR 44


Fee comparison

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Country Local Fees WIPO Fees

Italy 1 class: Chf 285each additional class: Chf 50

1 class: Chf 141each additional class: Chf 48

Switzerland 3 classes: Chf 550 3 classes: Chf 350

United Kingdom 1 class: Chf 280each additional class: Chf 82

1 class: Chf 295each additional class: Chf 82

European Union 3 classes: Chf 1557 3 classes: Chf 1311


Other advantages:

renewal change of ownership registered licences single-class countries

Disadvantage:

central attack

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COMMUNITY TRADE MARK: protection

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

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Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

The Netherlands

United Kingdom


1. Simple filing procedure

• The filing procedure is simple; a CTM can be obtained by means of a single application

2. Low registration fee

• The cost of filing a CTM application is significantly less than multiple filings at the various Member State trade mark offices

3. Independent registration

• The initial CTM registration period is ten years from the date of filing the application and is independent of any other application or registration

4. No requirement for a national trade mark registration/application

• Compared to the International Registration system, the CTM system does not require the existence of a registration/application in the applicant’s home country

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Advantages (I)


5. Not reserved for EU Member States

• A CTM applicant is not required to have a commercial establishment in the EU

6. Single opposition proceeding

• Any opposition will be examined in front of OHIM in a single proceeding rather than putting forward the same arguments in several different EU trade mark jurisdictions

7. Uniform right to protection throughout the EU

• The CTM registration protects the owner’s rights in the same way in all of the 27 European countries

8. Less vulnerable to cancellation for non-use

• Use of the mark in a single Member State will suffice to retain protection for the mark throughout the Community

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Advantages (II)


9. System of seniority

• The CTM system of seniority provides that trade mark owners may claim for their CTMs the seniority rights derived from national trade marks in any Country of the EU, thereby allowing those national trade marks to be abandoned without loosing any rights

10. Customs surveillance may be requested in EU countries as well as in most countries of the world. By filing just one application, any EU trade mark or design owner may ask for customs surveillance in all of the 27 EU countries

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Advantages (III)


StatisticsApplications - Latest OHIM update (November 30th 2009)

43277

2731931656

41396

57600

4949446905

59645 5979165334

77871

88306 87791

78371

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10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

90000

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Applications


Top 10Applications - Latest OHIM update (November 30th 2009)

POSITION TOP 10 (1996-2009) TOTAL % World

1 U.S.A. 158,216 20.66

2 GERMANY 138,029 18.02

3 UK 90,960 11.87

4 ITALY 64,316 8.40

5 SPAIN 63,439 8.28

6 FRANCE 55,332 7.22

7 NETHERLANDS 26,894 3.51

8 SWITZERLAND 21,857 2.85

9 JAPAN 21,013 2.74

10 SWEDEN 16,073 2.10

INDIA 1,254 0.15


No requirement for a national trade mark registration/application

• The CTM system does not require the existence of a registration/application in the applicant's home country; the filing requirements for a CTM are therefore also independent of (and may be quite different to) national filing requirements

Independent registration

• The initial CTM registration period is ten years from the date of filing of the application and is independent of any other application or registration. Under the Madrid system on the other hand, any refusal, withdrawal or cancellation of the basic application or basic registration within five years of the registration date of the international registration will lead to the refusal, withdrawal or cancellation of the international registration to the same extent (central attack)

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Advantages of the CTM with respect to the International Trade Mark (I)


CTM can be applied for by anyone

• A CTM applicant is not required to have a commercial establishment in the EU; anyone can file a CTM application. The Madrid System can instead be used only by a person or a legal entity having the necessary ‘connection’ through an establishment, domicile or nationality of any Contracting Party, or of a Member State of an intergovernmental organization (the European Community)

A CTM application is granted in less time than an International TM extended to the EU

• Usually the CTM application is granted in about 12 months (if no official actions or opposition are raised); the Community portion of the International trademark is granted in about 18/24 months. This is very important with regard to requests for customs surveillance, as these can only be filed once the trademark is registered

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Advantages of the CTM with respect to the International Trade Mark (II)


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