The Madrid Agreement for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Source on Goods, also known as the Madrid Agreement (Indications of Origin), is one of the special agreements of the Paris Convention. It was signed in Madrid, Spain on April 14, 1891, and revised in Washington on June 2, 1911, in The Hague on November 6, 1925, in London on June 2, 1934, in Lisbon on October 31, 1958, and an additional protocol was signed in Stockholm on July 14, 1967. The agreement is administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization and is open to all countries that have participated in the Paris Convention.
The agreement is divided into two parts. The first part has 6 articles, which are substantive provisions; the second part has 7 articles, which are procedural provisions. The agreement stipulates that the contracting parties shall confiscate or prohibit the import of any goods that carry false or deceptive indications of origin and directly or indirectly use one of the participating countries or a place in the agreement as the country or place of origin. The Contracting Parties also undertake to prohibit the use of signs of origin of products with a purpose to deceive the public on signs, advertisements, invoices, wine catalogues, official business letters and documents. Seizure shall be made upon the initiative of the customs authorities.