WIPO is the world’s leading organization for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information, and collaboration. We are a self-sustaining United Nations institution with 193 member nations.
Our purpose is to guide the development of a balanced and effective international intellectual property system that fosters innovation and creativity for the benefit of all. The WIPO Convention, which formed WIPO in 1967, outlines mandate, governing bodies, and procedures.
The Madrid System is a simple and cost-effective method of registering and administering trademarks across the world. To apply for protection in up to 128 countries, submit a single application and pay a single set of costs. Change, renew, or grow your worldwide trademark portfolio using a single centralized system.
Countries That Protect International Trademark Registrations
The following countries are parties to the Madrid Protocol. Hence, an International Trademark can be afforded protection in the following countries:
- African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)
- Albania
- Algeria
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- European Union
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Oman
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of Moldova
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- VietNam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe