Question

The Madrid Protocol was brought into force in India through amendment to the Trade Marks Act in which year?

• A. 2010
• B. 2024
• C. 2016
• D. 2019

Hint:

The Madrid Protocol facilitates international trademark applications. The Indian law to enable this was the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act of 2010.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Understand the Madrid Protocol.
The Madrid Protocol is an international treaty that allows a trademark owner to seek protection for their mark in multiple countries by filing a single international application with their home trademark office.

Step 2: Know India's accession process.
To join this system, India needed to amend its domestic trademark law to align with the provisions of the Protocol.

Step 3: Identify the year of the amendment.
The Indian Parliament passed the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act in 2010 to incorporate the necessary provisions to implement the Madrid Protocol.
While India officially acceded to the Protocol and the system came into force for India in July 2013, the enabling legislation was the amendment act of 2010.