On 31 July 2015 the Government of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria deposited with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) its instrument of accession to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (“the Madrid Protocol”). The Madrid Protocol will enter into force, with respect to Algeria on 31 October 2015.
Accession to the Madrid Protocol by Algeria brings the number of Contracting Parties of the Madrid Protocol to 95. A list of the members of the Madrid Union, with information on the dates on which these members became party to the Madrid Agreement or the Madrid Protocol, is available on WIPO’s web site, at the following address: www.wipo.int/madrid/en/members.