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This is an excerpt from the Madrid Protocol, U may observe there the term "Office of Origin" and get the meaning.. Enjoy! Article 2
Securing Protection through International Registration
(1) Where an application for the registration of a mark has been filed with the Office of a Contracting
Party, or where a mark has been registered in the register of the Office of a Contracting Party, the person
in whose name that application (hereinafter referred to as “the basic application”) or that registration
(hereinafter referred to as “the basic registration”) stands may, subject to the provisions of this Protocol,
secure protection for his mark in the territory of the Contracting Parties, by obtaining the registration of
that mark in the register of the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
(hereinafter referred to as “the international registration,” “the International Register,” “the International
Bureau” and “the Organization,” respectively), provided that,
(i) where the basic application has been filed with the Office of a Contracting State or where the
basic registration has been made by such an Office, the person in whose name that application
or registration stands is a national of that Contracting State, or is domiciled, or has a real and
effective industrial or commercial establishment, in the said Contracting State,
(ii) where the basic application has been filed with the Office of a Contracting Organization or
where the basic registration has been made by such an Office, the person in whose name that
application or registration stands is a national of a State member of that Contracting
Organization, or is domiciled, or has a real and effective industrial or commercial
establishment, in the territory of the said Contracting Organization.
(2) The application for international registration (hereinafter referred to as “the international
application”) shall be filed with the International Bureau through the intermediary of the Office with which
the basic application was filed or by which the basic registration was made (hereinafter referred to as “the
Office of origin”), as the case may be.
(3) Any reference in this Protocol to an “Office” or an “Office of a Contracting Party” shall be
construed as a reference to the office that is in charge, on behalf of a Contracting Party, of the registration
of marks, and any reference in this Protocol to “marks” shall be construed as a reference to trademarks
and service marks.
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