---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1141e"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "1141e"
heading: "Extension of protection of an international registration to the United States under the Madrid Protocol"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/1141e"
units:
  - "Chapter 22 — Trademarks"
  - "Subchapter IV — The Madrid Protocol"
---

# §1141e. Extension of protection of an international registration to the United States under the Madrid Protocol

- (a) **In general—** Subject to the provisions of [section 1141h of this title](/usc/15/1141h.md), the holder of an [international registration](/usc/15/1141.md?p=11) shall be entitled to the benefits of [extension of protection](/usc/15/1141.md?p=6) of that [international registration](/usc/15/1141.md?p=11) to the United States to the extent necessary to give effect to any provision of the [Madrid Protocol](/usc/15/1141.md?p=13).
- (b) **If the United States is office of origin—** Where the United States Patent and Trademark Office is the [office of origin](/usc/15/1141.md?p=16) for a trademark application or registration, any [international registration](/usc/15/1141.md?p=11) based on such application or registration cannot be used to obtain the benefits of the [Madrid Protocol](/usc/15/1141.md?p=13) in the United States.

## Source credit

(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 65, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1916.)