Benefits of the Madrid System Trademark

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The Madrid System offers numerous benefits to trademark owners: Instead of filing separate national applications in different languages and paying several different (and often higher) fees in each country or region concerned, obtaining an international registration requires filing a single application with the International Bureau (through your own Office) in a single language (English or…

Contracting Parties of the Madrid System

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Countries and organizations that are party to the Madrid System are collectively referred to as Contracting Parties. This system makes it possible to protect trademarks in a large number of countries by obtaining an international registration that has effect in each of the designated Contracting Parties. Only natural or legal persons who have a connection…

Overseas warehouse goods listing process

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Goods can be put on the shelves according to SKU attributes/batches, specification restrictions, adjacent to the same batch/same owner, fixed cargo locations of the owner, free cargo location storage, partition/classification storage and other rules to find suitable storage locations for the goods. For products that are not put into the warehouse for the first time,…

Elements of the Marrakesh Treaty and conditions for accession

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The Marrakesh Treaty leaves Contracting Parties free to implement the Treaty’s provisions in accordance with their own legal systems and practices, including how to identify “fair practices, fair conduct or fair dealing”, subject to the three-step test obligations imposed on them by other treaties. The three-step test is a fundamental principle for determining whether an…

How to carry out standardized operations and flexible management in overseas warehouses

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You can “divide the warehouse into responsibilities” and assign shelves to responsible persons, set operation assessment KPIs and daily monitoring mechanisms, such as setting the delivery error rate to less than 0.02%, and controlling the inventory accuracy and product damage rate within 0.01‰. Because of the time difference, the overseas warehouse system can allocate operations…

Three prominent features of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

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The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights was concluded in 1994 together with all other WTO agreements. It is the international treaty with the greatest impact on the intellectual property laws and systems of various countries to date. Compared with previous international intellectual property treaties, this agreement has the following…

Key points of inventory management in overseas warehouses

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Inventory is closely related to capital, customers, sales, suppliers, procurement, logistics and other activities. In e-commerce operations, the multi-level inventory deployment method is no longer advisable. The warehouse management system (WMS), store system (ERP) and the inventory of the merchant backend of the e-commerce platform should establish a synchronization mechanism. Too much or too little…

How to organize and manage personnel in overseas warehouses

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In terms of personnel organization, the organizational personnel structure should be implemented first, then the spiritual requirements should be implemented, and then the actions should be implemented. Without a reasonable organizational structure, the process cannot operate reasonably and the instructions cannot be effectively communicated. The warehouse is a closed on-site management, which may belong to…

Detailed explanation of the overseas warehouse packaging and delivery process

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Packing accounts for about 20% of the total workload of the sorting warehouse. Packing the goods in the shelf cells or turnover boxes can also serve as a secondary review after sowing. When packaging, you can take the opportunity to promote to customers by printing external publicity, piggybacking promotional or rebate flyers. Packaging is a…

Overseas warehouse pre-warehousing process

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Before entering the warehouse, create an ASN pre-arrival notification, which can support various types of goods entering the warehouse, such as replenishment orders, transfer orders, and return orders. Shelf delays are often caused by replenishment, stocking omissions or SKU identification. Based on closed-loop management such as advance notices and packing lists, standardize warehouse receipt to…