In this continually shrinking world of interdependent markets Iran trademark protection of intellectual property rights worldwide has been an elusive goal for intellectual property owners. However, through various treaties and mechanisms that govern Iran trademark protection are the Madrid Agreement, which dates from 1891, and the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement, which was adopted in 1989. The system is administered by the Iran Bureau of WIPO, which maintains the Iran Register.
The objectives of the system are two-fold: It facilitates obtaining of protection for marks. Secondly, Iran trademark protection is equivalent to national registrations, which makes the subsequent management of that protection much easier. An application for Iran trademark protection may be filed by a person or a legal entity which has industrial or commercial establishment in, or is a national of a country which is party to the Madrid Agreement or the Madrid Protocol.
These have attained a modicum of harmonization of intellectual property rights in certain areas, but much less so in others. Further harmonization process would be giving the intellectual property owners and users, a greater sense of security, control and certainty. This article discusses Iran trademark protection, which involves marks of Iran renown and provides an overview of the varied trademark law principles and approaches used to establish and protect often highly valuable trademark rights.
Related areas of intellectual property law, such as copyright and geographical indications with emphasis on the domain name system are some of the areas that when taken together must be understood thoroughly and utilized properly to prosper in the modern commercial world.
The increasing globalization of business demands a greater need for harmonization of trademark law and policy, central to which must be consistency in operation and application. Trademark owners doing business in diverse corners of the world, may be governed by different legal systems, must have reasonable expectations of the scope of their trademark rights, as well as how and to what extent such rights will be enforced.
As trademarks have been evolving over the centuries, valuable marketable properties in their own right, both the public and private sectors must place greater emphasis on Iran trademark protection.
The rise of the modern nation-state resulted in expansion of competitive markets, covering the entire geographical region of a particular country. Governments adopted national trademark laws, intended to protect merchants and consumers in an entire nation. The most important feature of the national trademark law was a central, government-operated trademark registry that granted and established the scope of protection for a trademark.
Iran trademark protection is equivalent to national registrations, which makes the subsequent management of that protection much easier. An application for Iran trademark protection may be filed by a person belonging to a country that is party to the Madrid Agreement.