Membership:

- Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
- Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
- Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
- Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
- Trademark Law Treaty

A trademark is a sign for distinguishing a company's (or a group of companies') products or services from those of other companies.

Signs registrable :

Words, slogans, letters, numbers, images, drawings, combinations of colors, three-dimensional shapes, combinations of such signs, as also musical phrases which can be represented graphically.

Trade marks are not registrable if they:

- describe your goods or services or any characteristics of them, for example, marks which show the quality, quantity, purpose, value or geographical origin of your goods or services;
- have become customary in your line of trade;
- are not distinctive;
- are three dimensional shapes, if the shape is typical of the goods you are interested in (or part of them), has a function or adds value to the goods;
- are specially protected emblems (Flags, armorial bearings, official hallmarks and emblems of states and international organizations);
- are contrary to public order or morality ;
- are against the law, for example, promoting illegal drugs;
- are deceptive. There should be nothing in the mark which would lead the public to think that your goods and services have a quality which they do not.