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Can you register trademarks globally?

Senior Trademark Attorney

Trademarks can’t be registered globally because trademark rights are territorial, and there is no single registration that covers all countries. Not even through the Madrid Protocol. Protection must be obtained in each country separately, either through individual national applications or through the Madrid System for multiple countries in a single filing.

The Madrid System covers 130+ member countries and allows one application to designate multiple jurisdictions simultaneously. Each country still examines the application independently, but the filing and renewal processes are centralized through WIPO.

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