Qatar Sets Madrid Protocol Fees Effective August 3rd
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Qatar has finally set fees for Madrid protocol applications and renewals. The new fees go into effect on August 3rd. Qatar sets fees for Madrid applications – effective August 3rd Applications/Subsequent Designations Trademark applications and subsequent designations will cost 1,127 CHF for each class of goods and services. Renewal Fees Renewal fees for each […]
Swiss Trademark Renewal Fee Decrease Effective July 1
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The Summer Slowdown! This week has been pretty quiet since last week’s PCT fee updates. All we have for you is a decrease in Swiss trademark renewal fees. Good news – you’ll have more money to buy chocolate! Swiss Trademark Fee Decrease Effective July 1 Trademark Highlights: Renewals will decrease from 700 CHF to 550 […]
Chile UTM Update for May
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There aren’t a lot of fee updates this week, so we’re highlighting a little-known data point about Chilean IP Fees that makes them a bit unusual. Let’s dig in Chile UTM Update effective from May 2024 Did you know that many of Chile’s intellectual property fees are based on a value known as UTM (“Unidad […]
Indian and Egyptian Patent Fee Changes
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India just introduced a pretty big change regarding Requests for Examination and Workings. This week, we cover those, plus some PCT-related patent fee updates in Egypt. Let’s check it out! India Patent Fee Updates Effective from March 15, 2024 The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024, and the Patent (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024 took effect on March […]
Madrid Fee Updates Coming April 28
Fee updates this week are limited to a few updates to Madrid Protocol trademark fees. The good news with this fee update is that they are all decreasing! We don’t get to say that very often. Enjoy! Bahrain Madrid Fee Updates Effective from April 28, 2024 Application Fee Trademark application costs for each class of […]
USPTO Publishes Changes to 2025 Patent Fees
Changes Coming to US Patent Fees On April 3rd, the USPTO published the proposed changes to patent fees for 2025. You can find information on the proposal here. The rationale behind the changes is “to provide the USPTO with sufficient aggregate revenue to recover the aggregate costs of patent operations in future years”. In addition […]
USPTO Publishes 2025 Changes to Trademark Fees
Changes Coming to US Trademark Fees On March 26th, the USPTO published the proposed changes to trademark fees for 2025. You can find information on the proposal here. The rationale behind the changes is far beyond the scope of what can be covered here, but we’ve highlighted some of the updates below. In addition to […]
EPC/PCT Fee Updates for April
As you (hopefully) are aware, EP fees will be increasing on the 1st of April. The PCT applicant’s guide has just been updated with the PCT fee-related changes – this week we summarize those updates. Enjoy! EPO PCT Fee Update effective from April 1, 2024 EPO Fee Highlights : In Annex C – Receiving Office […]
Change to Lebanon Trademark Fees and Renewal Term
Lebanon provided us with the only IP fee-related topic this week. This one is notable due to the shortening of the term for new trademarks. Let’s check it out! Lebanon Trademark Fees Update On February 15, 2024, Lebanon enacted Budget Law No. 324, which introduced changes to the costs and the duration of trademark protection. […]
A Quiet Week for Patent or Trademark Fee Updates
All quiet on fee update front Not a lot of fee-related news coming from PTOs this week. In the category of “not so new news”, everyone should know about the EPO fee increase taking effect on April 1 – you’ve got a couple more weeks to pre-pay those annuity payments! We’ll be back next week […]