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In IPR village, is Madrid Protocol a Desideratum? Speaker - Nettaya Warncke of Domnern Somgiat & Boonma Law Office Bangkok PARADISE Consumers queuing up in front of Prada shop in Tokyo. First Thai Trademarks Act 1931 OAPI Organization Africain de la Propriete Intelectuelle aka AIPO African Intellectual Property Organization Members 16 French Speaking African Countries ARIPO African Regional Industrial Property Organization Members 15 English Speaking African Countries ASEAN 10 Countries AWGIPC ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Co-operation EC European Community of Trademarks Madrid Union Members (84) 27 October 2008 Agreement only 6 Protocol only 25 (Including EC) Agreement and Protocol 50 Madrid Union Members (84) Madrid System 27 October 2008 http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/members 50 PROTOCOL & AGREEMENT Albania , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Belgium , Bhutan , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , China , Croatia , Cuba , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , France , Germany , Hungary , Iran ( Islamic Republic of ) , Italy , Kenya , Kyrgyzstan , Latvia , Lesotho , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , Monaco , Mongolia , Montenegro , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Republic of Moldova , Romania , Russian Federation , San Marino, Serbia , Sierra Leone , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Swaziland , Switzerland , Syrian Arab Republic , Republic of Macedonia , Ukraine , Viet Nam 25 PROTOCOL ONLY Antigua and Barbuda , Australia , Bahrain , Denmark , Estonia , European Community , Finland , Georgia , Ghana , Greece , Iceland , Ireland , Japan , Madagascar , Norway , Oman , Republic of Korea , Sao Tome and Principe , Singapore , Turkey , Turkmenistan , United Kingdom , United States of America , Uzbekistan , Zambia 6 AGREEMENT ONLY Algeria , Egypt , Kazakhstan , Liberia , Sudan , Tajikistan Gross domestic product 2007 Madrid Protocol Promotion Activities Trademark Absolute Grounds Trademark Board’s Decision No. RAMBO Descriptive of farm machines because the movie hero named RAMBO signifies strength 547/2537 BON GIORNO Descriptive of clothing articles because the mark means good day-light 601/2538 ASIAN PULSE Descriptive of broadcasting services, it tells about the heartbeat of Asia 1282/2539 ALEXANDER MCQUEEN similar to ALEXANDER NICOLETIE Co-existence refused in I.C. 25 Trademark Board’s Decision No. 1335/2548 BUDGET not similar to BUDJET Co-existence allowed in I.C. 16 Due to different goods Trademark Board ‘s Decision No. 975/2548 DIGA similar to TIGA Trademarks Board Decision No. 222/2551 CONCERT Supreme Court Decision No. 3549/2541 Trademark Absolute Grounds Trademark Board’s Decision No. NETBURST Descriptive of computer hardware and software 1091/2544 XSCALE Descriptive of computer Programs 1552/2544 TRUSTY Descriptive of pet food 1294/2542 I-MODE Descriptive of communication services 398/2546 Statistics of court cases against Trademarks Office Statistics of Trademark Application and Registration Department of Intellectual Property .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . http://www.listofcontriesoftheworld.com .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ( Jan 19, 2009 ) 10,000 Foreign Applications Per Year Trend of Applications filed 2002-03 to 2006-07 Year Indian Applicants Foreign Applicants Total 2002-03 88,190 5,930 94,120 2003-04 76,801 15,450 92,251 2004-05 63,906 15,090 78,996 2005-06 73,308 12,361 85,669 2006-07 88,210 15,209 103,419 Local 5 Foreign 1