Trademarks Act 2019 · Updated to 18 Mar 2022 · Part XII · International Matters
75. Regulations relating to Madrid Protocol
Feedback & supportThe Minister may make regulations to give effect to the provisions of the Madrid Protocol in Malaysia.
Madrid Protocol
“Madrid Protocol” means the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989. Regulations relating to Madrid Protocol
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may provide for all or any of the following purposes:
all matters relating to applications for international registration of trademarks including where the basic
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Malaysia application or registration fails or ceases to be in force and its renewal;
all matters relating to requests to extend to Malaysia the protection resulting from international registration of trademark and including the effects of such requests;
all matters relating to the protection to protected international registration designating Malaysia including the cessation of such protection;
all matters relating to the transformation of an application for an international registration, or an international registration, into a national application for registration including the effects of such transformation;
all matters relating to the cancellation of an international registration including the effects of such cancellation;
all matters relating to a protected international registration designating Malaysia including the application of section 61 and Parts XIII and XV;
the payment of fees and amounts prescribed in respect of applications for international registrations, extensions of protection and renewals; and
all other matters as are necessary or expedient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act.
Conventions and international arrangements