From 1 November, all international trademark registration holders and their representatives must have on-record email addresses for each asset they own or manage to be able to request changes.

WIPO has published an information notice and news update informing users about the change.

It encourages users to check their status using Madrid Monitor to verify that there are on-record email addresses for all assets. Holder email addresses are missing from some international trademark registrations.

Email addresses can be added or updated by logging into your WIPO account.

Once the email address is added, you can log in to eMadrid using a WIPO account with the same email address to find your international trademark registrations in your workbench.

WIPO says it takes up to one hour for email addresses to be fully recorded in its systems. Changing additional details can take longer.

The new requirement is designed to strengthen the security of international trademark registrations while preserving privacy.

WIPO states that, from 1 November, it will not be able to process requests for changes in ownership, limitations, managing representative and other requests without valid and unique email addresses on-record for both holder and representative.