If I register the US trademark, does this registration offer any protection outside of the US?

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Written by Igor Demcak

Founder & Trademark Attorney

No. A USPTO registration covers the US only. It provides no legal protection against infringement occurring in other countries.

A US registration can be used as the basis for a Madrid System international application through WIPO, which can then designate multiple other countries. But the protection in those other countries must be separately granted by each country's IP office; it does not flow automatically from the US registration.

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