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OFFICIAL FEES FOR FILING CTM`S 40% REDUCED FROM 1st MAY 2009
The long expected reduction of the official fees for filing and registering Trademarks in the European Union has now been introduced starting from 1st May 2009. The official fees have been reduced from € 1600 to € 900.
The President of OHIM, Mr. Wubbo de Boer states that OHIM Alicante has now reserves in the bank amounting to € 350,000,000. There is however no need for the European IP Office to have so much money sitting on the bank, which is a result of the popularity of the CTM registration system. "If nothing happens, this amount will have increased to 1.5 billion in 2020".
But now the European Commission has consented to the proposed decrease in the official fees, which is excellent news for companies and individuals wishing to protect their trademarks in the 27 countries of the European Union. Especially in these times of economic recession.
NEW FEES OF CTM2PROTECT AFTER FEE REDUCTION
The official fees for CTM applications up to 3 classes were divided in filing fees (€ 750) and registration fees (€ 850). The professional fees of CTM2Protect were € 225 for filing and € 200 for finalizing the registration procedure. In total this would make € 975 application fees and € 1050 registration fees.
The official registration fees have now been abolished, wheras the official filing fees have changed to € 900.
After the fee reduction CTM2protect still charges the same amount of professional filing fees, namely € 225.
For finalizing the procedure a service fee of € 150 will be charged (was € 200).
In other words, now you can file a CTM application for a the amount of € 1125 (including the official fees) and for finalizing the registration procedure you will pay
€ 150. The total cost will thus be € 1275, which used to be € 2025. Your (client´s) savings compared to the old situation are € 750.