The National Rights option enables users to quickly create national cases for registered designs or international trademarks.
This section includes:
The table below outlines the case details required to use the National Rights option:
Option | Case Category | Case Country | Description |
National Rights | Trademarks/Reg Design | WIPO (WO), Madrid Protocol (WP), Madrid Agreement (WA) | Quickly create national cases for registered designs or the Designated States of an international trademark case. |
Steps to Create National Rights Cases
The following steps outline the process:
1. Go to the Details tab of the WO/WP/WA case
2. Click the ‘National Rights’ option in the left hand menu
This option will be available on all registered design/trademark cases that have the country code WA/WO/WP. For trademarks, designated states will need to be recorded.
3. Choose which nations to create a case for.
By default, all countries are selected. Untick any that should not be created.
4. Check the other case information options
Please see the table on Default National Rights Fields below.
5. Click ‘Submit’ to create the cases
You will be returned to the Details tab of the Madrid case.
The new cases will automatically be added to the case Family. The child case codes will be displayed in the right hand side of the Details tab on the Madrid case.
Note: For trademark cases, you will not be able to use the National Rights option until Designated States are recorded on a Madrid case. For more information on how to record Designated States please see the section on Trademark Management.
Default National Rights Fields
Any fields highlighted in the table below can be edited when the National Rights cases are created.
The table below outlines the additional fields that can be populated when creating National Rights cases.
Field | Default Values | Description |
Category | Trademark/Registered Design | This cannot be changed when creating the new cases. |
Sub-Category | National right of Madrid/Blank | This can be edited manually. |
Renewals* | Blank | Select the relevant renewal option, if necessary. * This option is only available for trademarks. |
Case Code | [Parent Code] + [Two-character country code] | This can be edited manually. |
Classes* | All Ticked by Default | Per country, untick any classes you do not want to be copied to the new case. * This option is only available for trademarks. |
Notification Date* | Today’s date | This can be edited manually. * This option is only available for trademarks. |
Associate* | Blank | Select the relevant associate from the drop down list, if necessary. * This option is only available for trademarks. |
For more information on how to manage a Madrid please see the section on Trademark Management.