The general provisions concerning the charging of fees collected by the
AGEPI for procedural services on inventions are specified in Articles:
8(6)(e), 9(1), 11(2), 20(2), 30 ale Law on Trademarks and Appellation of
Origin of Goods No. 588 /1995. The fees are as follows:
| Legally important services |
Payment terms |
Fee
amount |
| min wage |
USD |
| Filing of an application for
registration of a trademark |
at filing of the application |
5 |
50 |
| Examination of the
requested sign: |
| 1) for one class of goods and
services |
at filing of the application or
within 2 months of the filing date of the application |
45 |
200 |
| 2) for each class of goods and
services, exceeding 1 |
8 |
50 |
| Filing of the application for
registration of an appellation of origin of goods |
at filing of the application |
5 |
50 |
| Examination of the required
appellation of origin of goods |
at filing of the application or within 2 months
of the filing date of the application |
45 |
200 |
| Registration and issue
of the registration certificate: |
| 1) of a
trademark for a 10 year period |
at filing of the application |
50 |
350 |
| 2) of a
collective mark for a 10-year period |
100 |
500 |
| 3) of an
appellation of origin |
50 |
350 |
| Renewal of registration
certificate validity for a period of 10 years: |
| 1) of a
trademark |
during the final year of its term of
validity |
60 |
400 |
| 2) of a
collective mark |
50 |
500 |
| Legally important
services |
Payment terms |
Fee
amount |
| min wage |
USD |
| Classification of goods and
services, if the classification indicated in the application is
wrong (from each product or service) |
within 2 months as from receipt of notification |
2,5 |
75 |
| Claim of priority in an
application for the registration certificate of a trademark |
within 2 month as from the filing date of
application |
3 |
100 |
| Issue of priority document (the
application copy cost not being included) |
at the time of filing the application |
5 |
50 |
| Extension of time limit for
examination notification answer; suspension of procedure,
restoration within the omitted time limit (for each month) |
at the time of filing the application |
1 |
50 |
| Amendments in the application
for registration of a trademark or an appellation of origin before a
decision has been taken to refuse or register (for each amendment) |
at the time of filing the request for amendment |
5 |
40 |
| Amendments in a trademark or an
appellation of origin after a decision has been taken to register
(for each amendment) |
at the time of filing the request for amendment |
5 |
150 |
| Filing of opposition to a
provisional refusal notice |
at the time of filing the opposition |
2 |
50 |
| Grant of a six -
month grace period for renewal of a: |
| 1) trademark |
at the time of filing the
application |
2 |
150 |
| 2) collective mark registration
certificate validity |
3 |
200 |
| Classification of goods and
services, if the classification indicated in the application is
wrong (from each product or service) |
within 2 months as from receipt of notification |
2,5 |
75 |