Madrid Protocol Explains how trademark owners are able to register in other countries by filing out a single application.

The Madrid Protocol also makes it easier to file for trademark registration in multiple countries.

The new procedures are called the Madrid Protocol, after an earlier treaty drawn up in 1896.

On the form, he would indicate the countries belonging to the Madrid Protocol in which he wanted protection.

It said the Madrid Protocol would bring that cost down to about $4,700.

They need to decide whether to file in the United States and extend their application to the Madrid Protocol.

So for more than 10 years the Madrid Protocol led to little more than rumor, debate, lobbying and frustration among supporters.

"We've been talking about the Madrid Protocol for 10 years, and it wasn't happening," Ms. Beresford added.

The case is binding law throughout much of Western Europe under the Madrid Protocol.

This 1995 Madrid Protocol also enabled international organizations to take part in the international system for the protection of marks.