Macao Trademark Information

Macao, also known as Macau, is a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. It lies on the east coast of China. The population is estimated at 542,200 with a GDP of $31.27 billion.

Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.

Trademarks are assigned through the Intellectual Property Department under the supervision of the Macao Economic Services. Macao is not a member of the Madrid Protocol. A trademark is valid for 7 years and may be renewed for further periods of 7 years each.