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[Shparky]

Hi All..

If a trademark is registered in the US...
Is it automatically defendable in other countries?

like Spain, Morocco, Italy, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, China, New Zealand, Germany ?

or is there some kind of new global agreement or old agreement that still apply.... ?

Shparky

[CriterionD]

The closest measure in place is the Madrid Protocol

http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/madrid/madridfaqs.htm

[JSonnabend]

I'm not sure what CriterionD means by "closest measure", but I think reference to the Madrid Protocol is a bit off-base as an answer to your specific question.

The Madrid Protocol essentially provides a mechanism to streamline the filing of TM registrations in multiple countries.  It does not directly address the enforcement in a second country of a mark registered in a first country (which is what I understand you to be asking).  

In certain limited circumstances, "well known" marks may effectively be enforced in a second country even without registration there.  Qualification as a "well known" mark is somewhat limited, but not altogether out of the question, for most mark owners.

- Jeff