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 Intelectuelleaka 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 6Protocol only 25

Agreement and Protocol 50(Including EC)

http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/members

Madrid Union Members (84)

27 October 2008

50 PROTOCOL & AGREEMENTAlbania , 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

6 AGREEMENT ONLY

25 PROTOCOL ONLYAntigua 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

Algeria , Egypt , Kazakhstan , Liberia , Sudan , Tajikistan

Madrid System

Gross domestic product 2007

Madrid Protocol Promotion Activities

Trademark Absolute Grounds Trademark Board’s

Decision No.

RAMBO Descriptive of farm machines 547/2537

because the movie hero namedRAMBO signifies strength

BON GIORNO Descriptive of clothing articles 601/2538because the mark meansgood day-light

ASIAN PULSE Descriptive of broadcasting 1282/2539services, it tells about the heartbeat of Asia

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN similar to ALEXANDER NICOLETIECo-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 1091/2544

hardware and software XSCALE Descriptive of computer 1552/2544

Programs TRUSTY Descriptive of pet food 1294/2542 I-MODE Descriptive of 398/2546

communication services

Statistics of court cases against Trademarks Office

Statistics of Trademark Application and RegistrationDepartment of Intellectual Property

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http://www.listofcontriesoftheworld.com ( Jan 19, 2009 )

10,000 Foreign Applications Per Year

Year Indian Applicants

Foreign Applicant

s

Total

2002-03 88,190 5,930 94,120

2003-04 76,801 15,450 92,2512004-05 63,906 15,090 78,9962005-06 73,308 12,361 85,6692006-07 88,210 15,209 103,419

Trend of Applications filed 2002-03 to 2006-07

Local

5

Foreign 1