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title: When Is Transformation NOT Available (for example, voluntary cancellation)?
description: "Transformation is not available for a voluntary cancellation or for cancellations after the five-year dependency period — it only remedies a central attack on the basic mark. Transformation under Article 9quinquies is a remedy for **central attack** — cancellation caused…"
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updated: "2026-07-07"
category: International Registration (Madrid)
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# When Is Transformation NOT Available (for example, voluntary cancellation)?

Transformation is not available for a voluntary cancellation or for cancellations after the five-year dependency period — it only remedies a central attack on the basic mark.

Transformation under Article 9quinquies is a remedy for **central attack** — cancellation caused by the **ceasing of effect of the basic mark** (refusal, cancellation, revocation, invalidation or restriction within the five-year dependency period).

Transformation is **not available** where the international registration was cancelled **at the holder’s own request** (a voluntary cancellation, such as the holder deciding to give up the mark). In that case, there is no basic-mark failure to remedy, and the Madrid safeguard does not apply.

Other situations where transformation does not help:

- The cancellation happened **after** the five-year dependency period — the IR is then independent, so there is no central attack to transform from (though you keep the independent registration).
- You want **wider** goods/services than the cancelled IR covered — transformation is limited to the same or narrower scope; anything extra needs a separate new application.

*Source: Madrid Protocol Article 9quinquies; IPOS Work Manual, para 21.*

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