Sao Tome and Principe makes international protection easier

By Madrid (Marks) Notification No. 181, it is announced that Sao Tome and Principe has deposited an instrument of accession to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks. The Protocol will enter into force there on 8 December 2008. By Hague Notification No.89 Sao Tome and Principe will bring the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement into effect on the same day, thus facilitating international design protection there.