The international procedure consists of filing a trade mark (for example, a company name declaration) in many countries around the world using the so-called. In the Madrid system. This System is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. The international procedure makes it possible to submit a single application, which specifies in which countries we want to register a trade mark International registration is not a single registration, it is rather a bundle of national registrations. How can I protect my trade mark abroad? The system of international Trade mark Registration, abbreviated as the Madrid system, is based on two international agreements: the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol. International registration is granted by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization of WIPO in Geneva through the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland, acting as Office of the country of origin. A trade mark notified under the Madrid Agreement or a protocol to that agreement may be protected in countries which are parties to the Agreement or protocol and have been designated in an application for international registration. Protection in the international procedure is granted for 10 years, with the possibility of repeated renewal. However, for the first 5 years it has a conditional character. If, in the meantime, the proceedings are initiated, whereby the mark will cease to be protected in the country of origin, the international registration shall expire.

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