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Countries which have signed the Madrid Protocol

The two-letter WIPO country code is listed before the country name.
See below for explanations of codes after country name (or click on code)

AL Albania	HU Hungary (EM)	NO Norway (18mo+)
AG Antigua and Barbuda	IS Iceland (18mo)	OM Oman (18mo)
AM Armenia (18mo)	IR Iran (Not US)(18mo+)	PL Poland (EM)(18mo)
AU Australia (18mo+)	IE Ireland (EM)(18mo+)	PT Portugal (EM)
AT Austria (EM)	IL Israel (18mo+)	RO Romania (EM)
AZ Azerbaijan	IT Italy (EM) (18mo+)	RU Russian Federation
BH Bahrain (18mo)	JP Japan (18mo)	SX Saint-Martin / Sint Maarten (NA)
BY Belarus (18mo)	KZ Kazakhstan (effective 8 Dec. 2010)	SM San Marino (18mo)
BX Belgium (Benelux)(EM)	KE Kenya (18mo+)	ST São Tomé and Principe
BT Bhutan	KR Republic of Korea (South Korea) (18mo+)	RS Serbia
BQ Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba ("BES Islands") (NA)	KP Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)	SL Sierra Leone
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina	KG Kyrgyzstan	SG Singapore (18mo+)
BW Botswana	LV Latvia (EM)	SK Slovakia (EM)(18mo)
BG Bulgaria (EM)(18mo)	LS Lesotho	SI Slovenia (EM)
CN China (not Hong Kong or Macau)(18mo+)	LR Liberia	ES Spain (EM)
HR Croatia	LI Liechtenstein	SD Sudan
CU Cuba	LT Lithuania (EM)(18mo+)	SZ Swaziland
CW Curaçao (NA)	BX Luxembourg (Benelux)(EM)	SE Sweden (EM)(18mo+)
CY Cyprus (EM)(18mo+)	MK The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	CH Switzerland (18mo)
CZ Czech Republic (EM)	MG Madagascar (18mo)	SY Syria ( Not US)(18mo+)
DK Denmark (EM) (Not Faroe Islands or Greenland)(18mo+)	Malta (not individually - through EM only)	TJ Tajikistan (18mo)
EG Egypt	MD Moldova	TR Turkey (18mo+)(after 1 Jan 1999)
EE Estonia (EM)(18mo)(after 18 Nov 1998)	MC Monaco	TM Turkmenistan (18mo)
EM European Union (EM) (18mo)	MN Mongolia	UA Ukraine (18mo+)
FI Finland (EM)(18mo+)	ME Montenegro	GB United Kingdom (EM) (18mo+)
FR France (EM)	MA Morocco	US United States of America (18mo+)
GE Georgia (18mo)	MZ Mozambique	UZ Uzbekistan (18mo)
DE Germany (EM)	NA Namibia (after 30 June 2004)	VN Viet Nam
GH Ghana (18mo+)	BX Netherlands (Benelux)(EM)	ZA Zambia
GR Greece (EM)(18mo+)	Netherlands Antilles: no longer available as of 10 Oct 2011 - see note NA

(list as of 27 March 2012)

Notes

Benelux: Belgium , Luxembourg and the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe have a unified legislation on trademarks and a common Office for the registration of trademarks under that legislation (Benelux Office). Under the Madrid System, protection shall be requested as if they were one country ( Benelux ). Their designation shall be subject to payment of a single complementary or individual fee.

European Community (EM): The European Community Trademark system covers all of the 27 members of the European Union. All of the EU countries (flagged with "EM", above) also have their own national trademark systems, so you would have the choice of having your Madrid Protocol registration covering all of the EU, or only a few countries you were particularly interested in. Note that Malta is not a member of the Madrid Protocol, as such, but since it is an EU member, a Madrid registration can cover Malta through the European Community Trademark system.

Not US: some countries may not be elected by US applicants because of trade restrictions under US Law. These countries are flagged with "(but see note)" on the table above

18mo: the time limit to notify a refusal of protection shall be 18 months

18mo+: where a refusal of protection results from an opposition to the granting of protection, such refusal may be notified after the expiry of the 18–month time limit.

after (date): In accordance with Article 14(5) of the Protocol, this Contracting Party has declared that the protection resulting from any international registration effected under this Protocol before the date of entry into force of this Protocol with respect to it cannot be extended to it.

NA - The instrument of ratification of the Stockholm Act and the instrument of acceptance of the Protocol were deposited for the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Europe. The Netherlands extended the application of the Madrid Protocol to the Netherlands Antilles with effect from April 28, 2003. The Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist on October 10, 2010. As from that date, the Protocol continues to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The Protocol also continues to apply to the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba which, with effect from October 10, 2010, have become part of the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe.

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