A single country refers to an individual or enterprise applying for a trademark of a certain country through independent application and entrusted agency.
Second: Multi-country applications for madrid agreement concerning the international registration of marks.
Madrid Trademark Registration Agreement is a special agreement concluded under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. Its purpose is to eliminate the cumbersome procedures for international registration of trademarks stipulated in the Paris Convention. According to the agreement, nationals of the contracting States (including those who have domicile or business office in the contracting States) can apply to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization for international registration of trademarks through their own trademark authorities after obtaining trademark registration, so as to obtain trademark protection for goods or services in the contracting States of the agreement. After receiving the application for trademark registration, the International Bureau shall immediately register, publish and notify the signatory selected by the applicant.
The third type: multi-country application for the same trademark regulations in Europe.
The applicant can submit an application to the relevant EU departments independently or by entrusting an agency. If they pass the application, they can get trademark protection in all member countries without having to register one by one.
The fourth type: multi-country application of African Intellectual Property Organization.
The African Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a regional alliance for the protection of intellectual property rights. It consists of countries whose official languages are French, Belize and offshore company registration process languages. It manages the trademark affairs of all member countries in a unified way and is headquartered in Yaoundé, Cameroon.