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Interventions by India on Agenda Items during the Twenty-Second Session of Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks Geneva, 7 - 11 October 2024


Interventions by India on Agenda Items during Twenty-Second Session of

Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for

the International Registration of Marks

Geneva, 7 - 11 October 2024

Item 6 (Proposal by Moldova)

Chair, India would appreciate additional time to thoroughly evaluate the viability and implications of both options. We aim to engage with our stakeholders to gather their insights, ensuring we have a comprehensive understanding of the potential impacts.

Thank you.

Item 7 (Dependency)

Chair,

India would like to express its unwavering commitment to strengthen the international trade mark registration systems.

We extend our support to the proposal on maintaining the Basic mark requirement while shortening the dependency period from five to three years. In this regard, India would like to emphasize the significance of preserving the necessity of the basic application. By maintaining the Basic mark requirement, we ensure that trade mark holders can rely on a consistent and credible framework for their intellectual property protection.

Chair,

We support this proposal, recognizing that it safeguards the credibility of trademark holders and acts as a key measure to prevent the registration of prohibited marks beyond the office of origin.

We believe that this approach streamlines the process and eliminates the need to consider complex factors such as indirect or direct filing, self-designation, and third-party central attack.

We look forward to working closely with the member states to effectively deliberate on the proposal.

Thank you Chair.

Item 8 (introduction of new Languages)

"Chair,
India, being one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, recognizes the importance of linguistic diversity and extends its support to promote inclusivity. As the chair would be aware we have 22 official languages in the Indian Parliament itself. We believe that decisions on the inclusion of new languages into the Madrid system may be taken after a suitable evaluation of its feasibility in an objective and non-politicized manner."

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