Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§1141i Effect of Extension of Protection

Title 15 › Chapter 22— TRADEMARKS › Subchapter IV— THE MADRID PROTOCOL › § 1141i

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Unless the request is refused, the Director must issue a certificate and publish it in the USPTO Official Gazette. From that date, the extension counts as a Principal Register registration, and the international registrant gets the same rights and remedies.

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Title 15, §1141i

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Unless a request for extension of protection is refused under section 1141h of this title, the Director shall issue a certificate of extension of protection pursuant to the request and shall cause notice of such certificate of extension of protection to be published in the Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

(b)From the date on which a certificate of extension of protection is issued under subsection (a)—

(1)such extension of protection shall have the same effect and validity as a registration on the Principal Register; and

(2)the holder of the international registration shall have the same rights and remedies as the owner of a registration on the Principal Register.

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15 U.S.C. § 1141i

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60