Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110
§1141i Effect of Extension of Protection
Title 15 › CHAPTER 22 — TRADEMARKS › SUBCHAPTER IV — THE MADRID PROTOCOL › § 1141i
Summary
If a request to extend protection is not refused, the Director must issue a certificate that extends protection and must publish notice of that certificate in the USPTO’s Official Gazette. On the date the certificate is issued, the extension counts the same as a U.S. registration on the Principal Register, and the international registrant gets the same rights and legal remedies as the owner of such a U.S. registration.
Full Legal Text
Title 15, §1141i
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Issuance of extension of protection
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)Effect of extension of protection
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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Citation
15 U.S.C. § 1141i
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110