== — MADRID PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION==
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This subtitle may be cited as the ``Madrid Protocol Implementation Act´´.
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The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes´´, approved July 5, 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1051 and following) (commonly referred to as the “Trademark Act of 1946”) is amended by adding after section 51 the following:
``TITLE XII − THE MADRID PROTOCOL
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This subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on the later of— (1) the date on which the Madrid Protocol (as defined in section 60 of the Trademark Act of 1946) enters into force with respect to the United States; or
(2) the date occurring 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.