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(1) The International Bureau shall collect the following fees, payable in advance, in Swiss francs:
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Swiss francs |
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(a) |
International registration or renewal fees |
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(i) basic fee |
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for 20 years (Rules 10(1) and 25(1)) |
720 |
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for a first period of 10 years (Rule 10(1)) |
470 |
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balance of the basic fee for the second period of 10 years (Rule 10(2)) |
600 |
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(ii) supplementary fee for each class of goods and services after the third (Articles 7(1) and 8(2)(b) of the Agreement) |
80 |
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(iii) complementary fee for territorial extension to one country (Articles 3ter, 7(1) and 8(2)(c) of the Agreement) |
80 |
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(b) |
Surcharge |
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(i) for a mark including a figurative element or for a word mark in a special form of writing, except when published in color (Rule 9(1)) |
60 |
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(ii) for a mark published in color (Rule 9(2)(ii)) |
400 |
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(c) |
Fee for classification of goods and services (Rule 12(2)) |
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(i) where the goods and services are not classified or grouped in classes |
60 |
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and per word after the twentieth |
4 |
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(ii) where the classification indicated is incorrect per word (but no fee if the number of reclassified words is 19 or less) |
4 |
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(d) |
Surcharge for the use of the period of grace (Rules 10(3) and 25(3)): 50% of the fees payable under (a) |
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(e) |
Fee for recording a change (Article 9(4) of the Agreement and Rule 20) |
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(i) territorial extension requested subsequent to international registration (Article 3ter(2) of the Agreement) |
145 |
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(ii) total transfer of the international registration |
145 |
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(iii) partial assignment of the international registration, for some of the goods and services or for some of the countries |
145 |
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(iv) limitation of the list of goods and services requested subsequent to registration, for all or some of the countries, except in the case covered by Rule 33(iv) |
145 |
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(v) change of name and address of the owner for a single international registration |
80 |
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for each of the following international registrations for the same owner if the same change is requested at the same time |
10 |
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(vi) recording of an agent, change of agent, or any other change concerning the agent, except in the cases referred to in Rules 2(1)(f) and (g) and 2(3)(i) and (ii) |
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for a single international registration |
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for each of the following international registrations for the same owner if the same change is requested at the same time |
10 |
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(f) |
Fee for communicating information concerning the contents of the International Register (Article 5ter(1) of the Agreement) |
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(i) establishing an extract from the Register up to three pages |
80 |
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for each page after the third |
10 |
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(ii) some other attestation or information in writing for a single international registration |
60 |
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for each of the following international registrations for the same owner if the same information is requested at the same time |
10 |
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(iii) some other information given orally, per international registration |
25 |
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(iv) reprint or photocopy of the publication of an international registration, per page |
5 |
(2) The International Bureau is authorized to collect a fee, whose amount it shall itself fix, for operations to be performed urgently and for services not covered by this Rule.
(3) In the event of any change in the amount of fees, the new amount shall apply to international registrations bearing the date of the entry into force of the change or a later date, and to renewals of international registrations the current protection periods of which expire on that date or a later date. With respect to the balance of the fee due for the second 10-year period, the new amount shall be applicable if the balance of the fee is paid after the change enters into force.
The following shall be exempt from fees:
(1) The coefficient mentioned in Article 8(5) of the Agreement from which countries with a system of prior examination benefit in respect of the distribution of supplementary and complementary fees shall be as follows:
for countries which examine only the absolute causes of nullity |
two |
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for countries which also examine anticipations: |
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(a) following opposition by third parties |
three |
(b) ex officio |
four |
(2) Coefficient four shall also be applied to countries which carry out anticipation searches ex officio with an indication of the most significant anticipations.