Intellectual Property Lawyers and Solicitors
Other Territories
This is an illustration of the costs involved in filing an international Madrid application in 3 classes covering the US, Singapore, Japan, China, and the European Union.
| Description | Cost |
|---|---|
| Legal fees - Filing in 3 classes (unopposed *) | £450.00 |
| Legal fees each country designation (£200x 5) | £1000 |
| VAT @ 17.5% | £253.75 |
| Total Legal Fees including VAT | £1703.75 |
| Basic Official Fee for filing in 3 classes (653 CHF) | 300 |
| Fees for country designation (73 CHF x 1) | 35 |
| Individual Country Applications: | |
| US individual supplementary fee (3 x 367 CHF) | 625 |
| Singapore application fee for each class (3 x 200 CHF) | 270 |
| Japan individual fee first part * (226 CHF) | 100 |
| Japan supplementary fee (1 class free) (2 x 171 CHF) | 150 |
| China individual fee (310 CHF) | 140 |
| China supp fee (first part) (1 class free) (2 x 155 CHF) | 140 |
| European Community (2,229 CHF) | 1,000 |
| Total Official Fees | £2,760 |
| TOTAL COSTS | £4,463.75 |
* A second Part fee of 754 CHF per class (total 2262 CHF) is also payable
Notes:
Figures are in Swiss Francs, and all foreign currency conversions are approximates. Prevailing exchange rates at the time of the application will apply.
Legal fees cover the filing of the application only. If an objection is raised by the Trademark Registry in a designated country, or an opposition is filed additional budgets will need to be set.
All Legal Fees are subject to VAT at the standard rates.
International Trade Marks
If you need trademark protection in the USA or other countries which are members of an international system called the Madrid Protocol, then a UK trademark registration may form the basis for an application under the Madrid System.
The application is through the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva (see WIPO website for list of countries). At the time of writing not all countries are parties to the Protocol— Canada and South Africa are not parties (so a separate application would be required if you required protection in these countries).
Under the application, you name the countries in which you wish to trade, and make the appropriate payments for those countries, which then have 18 months in which to raise any objections to your application. It is possible to add countries later as and when you need to.
There are many advantages of registering through the Protocol, in terms of ease of administration, cost savings, and flexibility. The basic fee for the application is in Swiss Francs and additional fees are payable depending on the number of countries in which you seek to register. Apart from the basic fee, there is a further individual country fee payable depending on the country you name.
Once you file an application under the Madrid system, if objections are raised on it in some countries that you are unable to overcome, your mark will not be accepted in those countries. However, unlike the CTM, your application will continue to be acceptable in other countries unless there are valid objections in any of those countries.
We charge £450 for the basic application. For an individual quote please contact us.