[E-trademarks] EU "Second Language" For Madrid Filing?

[Sam Castree]

The IB form only has options for Spanish, French, German, and Italian, so
no possibility for obscure dialects (although that would have been a good
idea).

Cheers,

Sam Castree, III

*Sam Castree Law, LLC*
*3421 W. Elm St.*
*McHenry, IL 60050*
*(815) 344-6300*



On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM voyer at keganlaw.com <daniel at keganlaw.com>
wrote:

> EU Tm apps have two languages.  For USA filers, Ejglish is typically one.
> If client is native in another supported language
> that might be the second.  Gevers suggest, as I remember, one of their
> Belgium languages, less known, and thus likely
> to encourage other parties to use english.  This top of mind—I’ve usually
> used an EU associate for EU tm apps,
> I assume IB dropdown is on similar basis.
> Daniel Kegan
> daniel at keganlaw.com
>
> On Feb 18, 2025, at 12:39 PM, Sam Castree via E-trademarks <
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
> Dear List Mates,
>
> My client filed a U.S. trademark application about 5 months ago, and now
> he wants to file in the EU as well.  I'm filing through the International
> Bureau to back-date our EU application to the U.S. filing date.  So far so
> good.  Now it's time to check the boxes for what jurisdictions we want to
> file on.  I see the box to indicate that we want to extend protection into
> the EU, but there's also a mandatory drop-down menu and an instruction
> "Please select second language."  Can someone please explain what this
> choice does, and what effect it will have?  Obviously, I've never dealt
> with this particular task before.  Many thanks in advance for your guidance.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sam Castree, III
>
> *Sam Castree Law, LLC*
> *3421 W. Elm St.*
> *McHenry, IL 60050*
> *(815) 344-6300*
>
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