treaties: 106-41
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| id | congress | number | title | topic | transmitted_date | in_force_date | countries | index_terms | resolution_text |
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| 106-41 | 106 | 41 | Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement | International Law | 2000-09-05T00:00:00Z | 2000-09-05T00:00:00Z | 106-41, International Registration of Marks, Madrid Agreement, T.D. 106-41, trademarks | <!DOCTYPE html><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en"><head><meta name="dc:title" content="[107] TreatyRes. 1 for Treaty Doc.106 - 41" /><meta name="Content-Type" content="application/rtf" /><title>[107] TreatyRes. 1 for Treaty Doc.106 - 41</title></head><body><p><b>As recommended by the Committee on Foreign Relations:</b></p><p><b>Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein), </b></p><p><b>SECTION 1. ADVICE AND CONSENT TO ACCESSION TO THE MADRID PROTOCOL, SUBJECT TO AN UNDERSTANDING, DECLARATIONS, AND CONDITIONS.</b></p><p><b> The Senate advises and consents to the accession by the United States to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989, entered into force on December 1, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 106-41; in this resolution referred to as the "Protocol"), subject to the understanding in section 2, the declarations in section 3, and the conditions in section 4.</b></p><p><b>SEC. 2. UNDERSTANDING.</b></p><p><b>The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the understanding, which shall be included in the United States instrument of accession to the Protocol, that no secretariat is established by the Protocol and that nothing in the Protocol obligates the United States to appropriate funds for the purpose of establishing a permanent secretariat at any time.</b></p><p><b>SEC. 3. DECLARATIONS.</b></p><p><b> The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following declarations:</b></p><p><b> (1) Not self-executing.–The United States declares that the Protocol is not self-executing.</b></p><p><b> (2) Time limit for refusal notification.–Pursuant to Article 5(2)(b) of the Protocol, the United States declares that, for international registrations made under the Protocol, the time limit referred to in subparagraph (a) of Article 5(2) is replaced by 18 months. The declaration in this paragraph shall be included in the United States instrument of accession.</b></p><p><b> (3) Notifying refusal of protection.–Pursuant to Article 5(2)(c) of the Protocol, the United States declares that, when a refusal of protection may result from an opposition to the granting of protection, such refusal may be notified to the International Bureau after the expiry of the 18-month time limit. The declaration in this paragraph shall be included in the United States instrument of accession.</b></p><p><b> (4) Fees.–Pursuant to Article 8(7)(a) of the Protocol, the United States declares that, in connection with each international registration in which it is mentioned under Article 3ter of the Protocol, and in connection with each renewal of any such international registration, the United States chooses to receive, instead of a share in revenue produced by the supplementary and complementary fees, an individual fee the amount of which shall be the current application or renewal fee charged by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to a domestic applicant or registrant of such a mark. The declaration in this paragraph shall be included in the United States instrument of accession.</b></p><p><b>SEC. 4. CONDITIONS.</b></p><p><b> The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is subject to the following conditions:</b></p><p><b> (1) Treaty interpretation.–The Senate reaffirms condition (8) of the resolution of ratification of the Document Agreed Among the States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) of November 19, 1990 (adopted at Vienna on May 31, 1996), approved by the Senate on May 14, 1997 (relating to condition (1) of the resolution of ratification of the INF Treaty, approved by the Senate on May 27, 1988).</b></p><p><b> (2) Notification of the senate of certain european community votes.–The President shall notify the Senate not later than 15 days after any nonconsensus vote of the European Community, its member states, and the United States within the Assembly of the Madrid Union in which the total number of votes cast by the European Community and its member states exceeded the number of member states of the European Community.</b></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></body></html> |
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