Trademark Registration Fee

Increase in fee of Registration of Trademark

Department of Trademark has increased the fee for Registration of Trademark. As per the new fee slab an Applicant have to pay an amount of Rs. 4,000/- per Trademark as registration fee rather than Rs. 3,500/- as before.

As per Notice bearing number CG/PublicNotice/2014-15/51 dated 07^th August, 2014 and consequent to the notification in the official gazette of India issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) dated 01^st August, 2014 (G.S.R. 523(E)) the government has increased the filing fee.

Fee for expedite examination has also been increased to 20,000/-. Find the copy of notification at http://www.ipindia.nic.in/iponew/publicNotice_07August2014.pdf.

Those Applicant who have applied after 01^st August, 2014 but before the date of notification, i.e. 07th August, 2014, shall have to pay an extra amount of Rs. 500/- as the deficiency to the Department of Trademark.

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