Now it has been published officially: The Madrid Protocol will enter into force in respect of the U.S. on November 02, 2003. This will mean that, on the one hand, German applicants will be able to aquire trade mark protection in the U.S. by simply filing a request for an International Registration, and, on the other hand, U.S. applicants will be able to get trade mark protection in Germany without filing a national application there.
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Dipl.-Phys. Axel H Horns is Patentanwalt (German Patent Attorney),
European Patent Attorney as well as European Trade Mark Attorney. In particular, he is Member of: