Madrid international trademark registration refers to trademark registration carried out among member states of the Madrid Union in accordance with the provisions of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as the "Madrid Agreement") or the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as the "Madrid Protocol"). Compared with registering abroad individually, Madrid international trademark registration has the advantages of wide coverage, convenient and fast procedures, and relatively low costs.

The "Madrid Union" refers to the special union for international trademark registration composed of countries or intergovernmental organizations to which the "Madrid Agreement" and the "Madrid Protocol" apply. As of August 2019, the Madrid Union has 105 contracting parties, covering 121 countries. Major economies in the world such as China, the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Australia, and Switzerland are all members of the Madrid Union.

The Madrid system is an international trademark registration system, which is bound by two treaties: the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks signed in 1891 and the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks adopted in 1989. The latter was formulated to make the Madrid system more flexible and more adaptable to the domestic legislation of some countries that have not joined the Madrid Agreement. In addition, the Madrid Protocol is open to members of intergovernmental organizations that implement regional trademark registration systems. These two treaties operate in parallel and independently but can be jointly implemented, and their common implementing regulations came into effect in 1996. There are 104 member countries. As we all know, compared with registering abroad individually, Madrid international trademark registration has the advantages of wide coverage, convenient and fast procedures, and relatively low costs. So what exactly is Madrid international trademark registration? What are the precautions for Madrid trademark registration? Madrid international trademark registration refers to trademark registration carried out among member states of the Madrid Union in accordance with the provisions of the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as the "Madrid Agreement") or the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (hereinafter referred to as the "Madrid Protocol").