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

[daniel at keganlaw.com]

Perhaps pick the least common, among IP folk.

> On Feb 18, 2025, at 1:28 PM, Sam Castree <sam at castreelaw.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto:voyer at keganlaw.com> <daniel at keganlaw.com <mailto: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 <mailto:daniel at keganlaw.com>
>> 
>>> On Feb 18, 2025, at 12:39 PM, Sam Castree via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto: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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