- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1776
The Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 1998
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| Made | 9th July 1998 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 22nd July 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st October 1998 |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54 and 79 of the Trade Marks Act 1994[1] ("the Act"), of the power conferred on her by the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988[2], and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules: -
1. These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.
2. These Rules shall be construed as one with the Trade Marks Rules 1994[3] and the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996[4].
3. The fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Act, the Trade Marks Rules 1994 and the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 shall be those specified in the Schedule to these Rules; and in any case where a form specified in the Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is specified in the Trade Marks Rules 1994 or the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 that form shall be accompanied by the fee, if any, specified in respect of that matter (unless the Rules or the Order otherwise provide).
4. Where a fee has been paid in error, the registrar shall repay the same; and where a fee is paid in excess of the amount specified hereunder, the registrar shall remit the amount paid in excess.
5. The Trade Mark (Fees) Rules 1996[5], except as provided for by rule 5(2), are hereby revoked.
Ian McCartney
Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry
9th July 1998
(In this Schedule, references to a rule are references to that rule in the Trade Marks Rules 1994 and references to an article are references to that article in the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996.)
| Number of corresponding form | Item | Amount £ |
| TM3 | Application for registration of a trade mark (rule 5) or a series of trade marks (rule 21) | 200 |
| Class fee (rule 5), for each class over one | 50 | |
| Transformation application (articles 19-20) | - | |
| TM3A | Application for additional classes following examination of a mark (rule 8(3)), for each additional class | 50 |
| TM5 | Request to the registrar for a statement of the reasons for his decision (rule 56(2)) | 100 |
| TM7 | Notice of opposition to the registration of a mark (rule 13(1)), to the amendment of an application (rule 18(2)), or to the amendment of the regulations relating to a certification or collective trade mark (rule 23(4)), to the alteration of a registered trade mark (rule 25(3)), to the removal of matter from the register (rule 39(2)(a)), to the reclassification of a mark from Schedule 3 to Schedule 4 (rule 41(1)) | 200 |
| Notice of opposition on the conferring of protection to the international registration (article 10) | 200 | |
| TM9 | Request for extension of time (rule 62(2)) | 50 |
| TM11 | Renewal of registration (rule 28) | 200 |
| Class fee for each class over one | 50 | |
| Delayed renewal of registration (rule 29(1)) | 50 | |
| TM12 | Request for division of an application (rule 19(1)) | 100 |
| TM13 | Request for the restoration and renewal of a registration removed from the register for failure to renew (rule 30(1)) | 100 |
| TM16 | Request to enter details of an assignment (rule 35(1)(a)) | 50 |
| TM17 | Request to merge either applications or registrations (rule 20(1)) | - |
| TM23 | Request by the registered proprietor for the partial surrender of a registered trade mark (rule 26(1)(b)) | - |
| TM24 | Application to record or cancel a registrable transaction other than an assignment or licence (rule 35(1)(d)) | - |
| Application to record or cancel a notifiable transaction (article 6) | - | |
| TM26 | Request for the revocation or invalidation of a registration (rule 31(1)) | 200 |
| Request for the rectification of a registration (rule 31(1)) | - | |
| Request for the revocation or invalidation of a protected international trade mark (UK) (article 13) | 200 | |
| Request for the rectification of the supplementary register (article 15) | - | |
| TM28 | Recordal of concurrent registration (article 21) | - |
| TM31C | Request for information about applications and registered trade marks (rule 42) | 20 |
| TM31M | Request for information in relation to an international trade mark (UK) (article 25) | 20 |
| TM31R | Request for certified copy of an entry on the register (rule 37), per certificate | 20 |
| TM35 | Filing of regulations governing the use of a certification or collective mark (rule 22) | 200 |
| TM36 | Request to amend regulations governing the use of a certification or collective mark (rule 23(1)) | 100 |
| TM50 | Application for the registration of a licence under registered trade mark (rule 35(1)(b)) | - |
| Submission fee for an application for international registration to the International Bureau by the Patent Office (article 22) | 40 | |
| Handling fee for the transmission by the Patent Office of monies payable to the International Bureau for renewal of an international registration (article 31) | 20 |
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules revoke and replace the Trade Mark (Fees) Rules 1996 (S.I. 1996/1942) except for rule 5(2) of those rules.
They also provide for the removal of fees in some instances and a substantial reduction in a number of others. The most significant are in respect of -
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(a) applications for registration of a trade mark (Form TM3), from £225 to £200;
(b) renewal of registrations, from £250 to £200 (Form TM11);
(c) class fees: for each class over one, from £200 to £50 (Form TM11);
(d) request to merge applications or registrations, from £100 to no fee (Form TM17);
(e) request for rectification, from £200 to no fee (Form TM26);
(f) application for registration of a licence, from £50 to no fee (TM50).
A compliance cost assessment is available, copies of which have been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament. Copies are available also from the Legal Division, Patents and Designs Directorate, the Patent Office, Newport, Gwent, NP9 1RH.
Notes:
[1] 1994 c.26.back
[2] S.I. 1988/93, as amended by S.I. 1990/1473, which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c.51). The relevant provisions of that Order are article 5 and Part II of Schedule 1.back
[3] S.I. 1994/2583, as amended by S.I. 1998/925.back
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