By Stephen D. Wilson | July 16, 2024 On May 3, 2024, Qatar became the fourth Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nation to join an international trademark treaty among more than 130 countries including the United States. Madrid Union On May 3, 2024, the Government of Qatar deposited its instrument of [...]
By Stephen D. Wilson | May 6, 2023 Effective May 6, 2023, the Republic of Mauritius joined two intellectual property (IP) treaties that expand options for IP owners to register their trademarks and industrial designs internationally. Madrid Union On February 6, 2023, the Government of the Republic of Mauritius [...]
Effective February 24, 2023, brand owners will have a new option to protect their trademarks in Belize. Belize On November 24, 2022, the Government of Belize deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), making it the 113th member of the Madrid [...]
The Republic of Cabo Verde (also known as Cabo Verde or Cape Verde) has joined an intellectual property (IP) treaty between the U.S. and over 125 other countries that continues to expand global trademark protection options for brand owners. Republic of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) On April 6, 2022, the [...]
Brand owners will have a new option to protect trademarks in the Republic of Chile under foreign intellectual property (IP) treaties effective July 4, 2022. Madrid System The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (Madrid System) is an international trademark registration system that 9 countries collaborated to create [...]
By Stephen D. Wilson | January 12, 2022 Effective March 27, 2022, U.S. brand owners will have an additional option to protect trademarks in Jamaica under international intellectual property (IP) treaties. Madrid System Over a century ago, 9 countries collaborated to create an international trademark registration system, which is now [...]
By Stephen D. Wilson | September 29, 2021 On December 28, 2021, brand owners will have a new option to obtain trademark protection in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under an intellectual property (IP) treaty. United Arab Emirates (UAE) On September 28, 2021, the Government of the UAE deposited its [...]
By Stephen D. Wilson | March 2, 2021 Effective May 24, 2021, U.S. brand owners will have an additional option to protect trademarks in Pakistan under an international intellectual property (IP) treaty. Islamic Republic of Pakistan On February 24, 2021, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan deposited its [...]
By Stephen D. Wilson On December 27, 2020, the U.S. Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) (also known as the TM Act of 2020) [“TMA”] became law. The TMA was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (also known as the COVID-19 relief and spending bill). The TMA amends the [...]
By Stephen D. Wilson | December 22, 2020 On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020 (CASE Act), as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. The CASE Act provides a voluntary small claims system to adjudicate copyright infringement claims that do not [...]
