Acquisitions of Marks
 
International, regional and national systems offer trade and service mark protection with lower costs compared with strictly national protection schemes of the past. Depending on the number of countries covered savings can amount up to 80 % compared with separate national applications. The Madrid System provides trade and service mark protection for 70 countries. The European Union community mark provides trade and service mark protection for actually 27 member states.

The Madrid Trademark System is a global system covering nearly all jurisdiction of the eastern hemisphere, the United States of Amercia and Japan. It allows  trademark applicants to file only one application to protect their mark, instead of having filing single applications for each country.  Through the local national patent and trademark offices applications are forwarded to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva (Switzerland).

Office fees of Madrid Union marks can be calculated with the World Intellectual Property Organisation Fee Calculator