Amendments to the Administrative Instructions for the Application of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating Thereto
(as in force on April 1, 2018)

LIST OF SECTIONS

Part One: Definitions

Section 1: Abbreviated Expressions

Part Two: Forms

Section 2: Prescribed Forms

Section 3: Optional Forms

Section 4: Publication of Forms

Section 5: Availability of Forms

Part Three: Communications with the International Bureau; Signature

Section 6: Communication in Writing; Several Documents in One Envelope

Section 7: Signature

Section 8: [Deleted]

Section 9: [Deleted]

Section 10: [Deleted]

Section 11: Electronic Communications; Acknowledgement and Date of Receipt of Electronic Transmission by the International Bureau

Part Four: Requirements Concerning Names and Addresses

Section 12: Names and Addresses

Section 13: Address for Correspondence

Part Five: Notification of Provisional Refusals

Section 14: Date of Sending of Notification of Provisional Refusal

Section 15: Contents of a Notification of Provisional Refusal Based on an Opposition

Part Six: Numbering of International Registrations

Section 16: Numbering Following Partial Change in Ownership

Section 17: Numbering Following Merger of International Registrations

Section 18: Numbering Following Declaration that a Change in Ownership Has No Effect

Part Seven: Payment of Fees

Section 19: Modes of Payment

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Part Two
Forms

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Section 4: Publication of Forms

The International Bureau shall publish the complete list of all available prescribed and optional forms, as referred to in Sections 2 and 3, on the website of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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Part Three
Communications with the International Bureau; Signature

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Section 8: [Deleted]

Section 9: [Deleted]

Section 10: [Deleted]

Section 11: Electronic Communications; Acknowledgement and Date of Receipt of Electronic Transmission by the International Bureau

(a) (i) Where an Office so desires, communications between that Office and the International Bureau, including the presentation of the international application, shall be by electronic means in a way agreed upon between the International Bureau and the Office concerned.

(ii) Communications between the International Bureau and applicants and holders may take place by electronic means, at a time and in a manner and format to be determined by the International Bureau, the particulars of which shall be published on the website of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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