ACCESSION TO THE MADRID PROTOCOL: THE LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC – 7 MARCH 2016

  1. On 7 December 2015 the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) acceded to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol). The Madrid Protocol will enter into force, with respect to Lao PDR on 7 March 2016.
  2. Accession to the Madrid Protocol by Lao PDR brings the number of Contracting Parties of the Madrid Protocol to 97. 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 here.
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