The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of the Republic of Finland, on May 7, 2019, of its instrument of ratification of the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, adopted at Singapore on March 27, 2006.In conformity with Article 28(3), the said Treaty will enter into force, with respect to the Republic of Finland, on August 7, 2019.
The Global Brand Database now includes the collections of:Botswana: over 38’000 trademarks Eswatini: over 20’000 trademarks Gambia: over 8’000 trademarks Ghana: over 31’000 trademarks Kenya: over 95’000 trademarks Malawi: over 25’000 trademarks Mozambique: over 45’000 trademarks Namibia: over 67’000 trademarks Zimbabwe: over 74’000 trademarks
Brazil Joins Madrid System WIPO has received Brazil’s accession document to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks. The document was signed by President Jair Bolsonaro. The Madrid System will enter into force for Brazil three months after the deposit of the accession instrument, on October 2, 2019.
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O INPI é responsável pelo registro e concessão de marcas, patentes, desenho industrial, transferência de tecnologia, indicação geográfica, programa de computador e topografia de circuitos integrados.
Thursday, June 27, 2019, is the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (the “Protocol”).
The Nice Agreement will enter into force, with respect to Antigua and Barbuda, on June 25, 2019. Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of MarksAccession by Antigua and BarbudaThe Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) presents his compliments to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and has the honor to notify the deposit by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, on March 25, 2019, of its instrument of accession to the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks.
Canada is all set to release the Madrid e-filing service to its trademark community, on the same day the Madrid System comes into effect.On June 17, 2019, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) will be the first in the history of the Madrid Protocol to invite trademark applicants to use Madrid e-filing for their international trademark applications from day one.