Madrid e-Filing

Apply for international trademark protection online

Madrid e-Filing

Apply for international trademark protection online

Madrid e-Filing is a free-of-charge, secure, digital service (powered by WIPO) through which you can file and we – WIPO and the participating intellectual property (IP) Offices of Madrid System Members – can process applications for international trademark registrations. You can directly communicate with your Office of Origin through the platform and receive – and respond to – any irregularity notices that we (WIPO) might issue.
All the basic information required to complete your application for an international trademark registration is imported directly from your national/regional trademark application or registration (your “basic mark”), significantly speeding up the filing process and reducing the risk of error.
Important! You need a WIPO Account to use Madrid e-Filing. Don’t have one? Create an Account now!
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Why use Madrid e-Filing?

  • Reduced irregularities – your application is pre-populated with key information from your national or regional trademark registration.
  • Direct compilation of goods and services, and compatibility checking of terms across multiple Madrid System Members.
  • Streamlined certification processes at your home intellectual property (IP) Office.
  • Reduced processing times.
  • Secure access to the real-time status of your application, anytime, anywhere.
  • Local language navigation within the interface. (Reminder: You must file your international trademark application in English, French or Spanish.)

How does Madrid e-Filing work?

If you have – or have applied for – a national or regional trademark registration in any of the IP Offices that use Madrid e-Filing, you can:
  1. Access Madrid e-Filing via the IP Office’s website;
  2. Enter your WIPO Account username and password;
  3. Select ‘New application’;
  4. Select your country from the drop-down list of Offices;
  5. Click on ‘Import basic application or registration’; and
  6. Follow the prompts to complete your application.
  7. Pay all relevant WIPO fees directly online. 
  8. Submit your application.
Important! Check your application carefully – once you submit it, you can no longer make any changes.
You can also access Madrid e-Filing via eMadrid. This will ensure that you have access to all the tools and resources that you might need to complete your application for an international trademark registration. 

  1. Go to eMadrid and select ‘Start a new application’;
  2. Enter country name in the ‘Search your Office of origin’ box;
  3. Click on the blue button ‘Get started with the Madrid e-Filing service’; 
  4. Enter your WIPO Account username and password;
  5. Select ‘New application’;
  6. Select the country of your home IP Office from the drop-down list of Offices;
  7. Click on ‘Import basic application or registration’; and
  8. Follow the prompts to complete your application.
  9. Pay all relevant WIPO fees directly online. 
  10. Submit your application.

Tips!

  • Check that all the information is correct, and where necessary adjust or add any missing details such as your email address, representative details, etc.
  • Select the countries/regions where you seek international protection of your trademark.
  • Modify the list of goods and services as required. The scope of protection of your international trademark registration can be narrower, but not broader. You can also limit the goods and services in just some of the countries where you seek overseas protection. 
  • Be careful! If later on you want to reintroduce these classes of goods and services, you will need to file an additional international trademark application. (You can then merge the two international trademark registrations.)

    If you want to cover additional classes of goods and services in your international trademark registration, you will first need to file for a new national or regional trademark registration through your home IP Office!
  • Your home IP Office checks that your international trademark application corresponds to the particulars of your basic mark, certifies your application, and sends it to us through Madrid e-Filing.
  • We check that your international trademark application complies with all formal requirements (sufficient contact details, designation of at least one Madrid System Member, quality of images, payment of fees, etc.).
  • If it does not comply, we will send you and your Office of Origin an ‘irregularity notice’, through Madrid e-Filing, explaining how to correct the issue within a given time limit (typically three months). 
  • If or once it does comply, we register your mark in the International Register, publish it in the WIPO Gazette of International Marks, send you a Certificate of Registration – acknowledgement of compliance with WIPO’s formal requirements – and notify the Members where you seek protection.
  • Then it’s on to substantive examination by those Members, outside of the Madrid e-Filing environment. Find out more about substantive examination…
Tip! You can check the real time status of your application at any time using Madrid Monitor under eMadrid.

Which IP Offices are using Madrid e-Filing?

Madrid e-Filing is currently available through more than 30 IP Offices, with more joining all the time. 
  • Antigua and Barbuda (2024)
  • Australia (2015)
  • Austria (2019)
  • Belize (2024)
  • Benelux (2014)
  • Bhutan (2024)
  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (2024)
  • Bulgaria (2020)
  • Canada (2019)
  • Cape Verde (2024)
  • Croatia (2023)
  • Estonia (2019)
  • Georgia (2018)
  • Iceland (2020)
  • Islamic Republic of Iran (2021)
  • Israel (2023)
  • Japan (2022)
  • Lithuania (2019)
  • Mauritius (2024)
  • Mongolia (2023)
  • Mozambique (2024)
  • Norway (2020)
  • Philippines (2024)
  • Qatar (2024)
  • Republic of Moldova (2020)
  • San Marino (2023)
  • Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (2024)
  • Spain (2021)
  • Sweden (2024)
  • The Gambia (2024)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (2023)
  • Türkiye (2021)
  • Ukraine (2021)
  • United Arab Emirates (2022)
  • Zambia (2024)
Are you a national or regional trademark holder in a Madrid System Member that does not yet offer an international trademark registration online filing service? Contact your IP Office today to recommend WIPO Madrid e-Filing!  

You can find contact details for Offices, as well as information about their domestic laws,  procedures and more, in our Member Profiles under eMadrid.

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