Number: 98-423 Title: MADRID PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTION ACT: OVERVIEW OF H.R. 769 Authors: Dorothy Schrader, American Law Division Abstract: The Madrid Protocol Implementation Act (H.R. 769) would amend the federal trademark law (known as the Lanham Act of 1946) to implement the changes in United States law that are required to permit United States adherence to the more than 100-year old Madrid Agreement for international registration of trademarks, as supplemented by a 1989 Protocol. Pages: 4 Date: Updated February 8, 2000