The 1891 Madrid Agreement, concerning the International Registration of Marks and the 1989 Madrid Protocol entered into force with respect to the Syrian Arab Republic August 5, 2004.
Both the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol constitute the Madrid System of International Registration of Marks. This system gives a trademark owner the possibility to have his mark protected in several countries by simply filing one application with a single office, in one language, with one set of fees in one currency (Swiss francs).
It is noteworthy that the Syrian government deposited its instrument of accession to both the Madrid Agreement and Protocol May 5, 2004, after President Bashar Al- Assad issued Decree No. 92 approving Syria’s accession to the aforementioned Agreement and Protocol.