### Question
Can you define what Madrid Protocol means?


### Answer
**Madrid Protocol** is defined as the following in *15 U.S.C. § 1141*:

> the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, adopted at Madrid, Spain, on June 27, 1989

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 1141*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 22-TRADEMARKS > SUBCHAPTER IV-THE MADRID PROTOCOL**

