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Calculation of WIPO fees:
The costs for an international trademark registration – regarding the official WIPO fees – have to be calculated out of the basic fees and the individual fees for each country (if applicable, not every country has individual fees).
The fees for an international registration in 3 classes with a basic trademark in Germany for the countries USA (individual fee applicable) and Switzerland (no individual fee applicable) calculates for instance:
| Basic fee where no reproduction of the mark is in color : | |
| Complementary fee : (CH) 1 x 100.00 CHF | |
| Switzerland (no individual fee) | |
| United States of America | |
| Individual fee (international application): | |
| Individual fee per additional class (international application): 2 x 301.00 (Number of classes beyond the first) | |
| TOTAL: Swiss francs (CHF) |
So check out below the complete basic fees at WIPO regarding international registrations of trademarks. The complete list of individual fees you may find here(LINK).
[/vc_message][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Schedule of fees prescribed by the Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol (in force on January 1, 2015)
| Swiss francs | |
| 1. International applications governed exclusively by the Agreement. The following fees shall be payable and shall cover 10 years: | |
| 1.1 Basic fee (Article 8(2)(a) of the Agreement) | |
| 1.1.1 where no reproduction of the mark is in color | 653 |
| 1.1.2 where any reproduction of the mark is in color | 903 |
| 1.2 Supplementary fee for each class of goods and services beyond three classes (Article 8(2)(b) of the Agreement) | 100 |
| 1.3 Complementary fee for the designation of each designated Contracting State (Article 8(2)(c) of the Agreement) | 100 |
| 2. International applications governed exclusively by the Protocol The following fees shall be payable and shall cover 10 years: | |
| 2.1 Basic fee (Article 8(2)(i) of the Protocol) | |
| 2.1.1 where no reproduction of the mark is in color | 653 |
| 2.1.2 where any reproduction of the mark is in color | 903 |
| 2.2 Supplementary fee for each class of goods and services beyond three classes (Article 8(2)(ii) of the Protocol), except if only Contracting Parties in respect of which individual fees (see 2.4, below) are payable are designated (see Article 8(7)(a)(i) of the Protocol) | 100 |
| 2.3 Complementary fee for the designation of each designated Contracting Party (Article 8(2)(iii) of the Protocol), except if the designated Contracting Party is a Contracting Party in respect of which an individual fee is payable (see 2.4 below) (see Article 8(7)(a)(ii) of the Protocol) | 100 |
| 2.4 Individual fee for the designation of each designated Contracting Party in respect of which an individual fee (rather than a complementary fee) is payable (see Article 8(7)(a) of the Protocol) except where the designated Contracting Party is a State bound (also) by the Agreement and the Office of origin is the Office of a State bound (also) by the Agreement (in respect of such a Contracting Party, a complementary fee is payable): the amount of the individual fee is fixed by each Contracting Party concerned | |
| 3. International applications governed by both the Agreement and the Protocol The following fees shall be payable and shall cover 10 years: | |
| 3.1 Basic fee | |
| 3.1.1 where no reproduction of the mark is in color | 653 |
| 3.1.2 where any reproduction of the mark is in color | 903 |
| 3.2 Supplementary fee for each class of goods and services beyond three classes | 100 |
| 3.3 Complementary fee for the designation of each designated Contracting Party in respect of which an individual fee is not payable(see 3.4, below) | 100 |
| 3.4 Individual fee for the designation of each designated Contracting Party in respect of which an individual fee is payable (see Article 8(7)(a) of the Protocol), except where the designated Contracting Party is a State bound (also) by the Agreement and the Office of origin is the Office of a State bound (also) by the Agreement (in respect of such a Contracting Party, a complementary fee is payable): the amount of the individual fee is fixed by each Contracting Party concerned | |
| 4. Irregularities with respect to the classification of goods and services The following fees shall be payable (Rule 12(1)(b)): | |
| 4.1 Where the goods and services are not grouped in classes | 77 plus 4 per term in excess of 20 |
| 4.2 Where the classification, as appearing in the application, of one or more terms is incorrect provided that, where the total amount due under this item in respect of an international application is less than 150 Swiss francs, no fees shall be payable | 20 plus 4 per incorrectly classified term |
| 5. Designation subsequent to international registration The following fees shall be payable and shall cover the period between the effective date of the designation and the expiry of the then current term of the international registration: | |
| 5.1 Basic fee | 300 |
| 5.2 Complementary fee for each designated Contracting Party indicated in the same request where an individual fee is not payable in respect of such designated Contracting Party (see 5.3, below) | 100 |
| 5.3 Individual fee for the designation of each designated Contracting Party in respect of which an individual fee (rather than a complementary fee) is payable (see Article 8(7)(a) of the Protocol) except where the designated Contracting Party is a State bound (also) by the Agreement and the Office of the Contracting Party of the holder is the Office of a State bound (also) by the Agreement (in respect of such a Contracting Party, a complementary fee is payable): the amount of the individual fee is fixed by each Contracting Party concerned | |
| 6. Renewal The following fees shall be payable and shall cover 10 years: | |
| 6.1 Basic fee | 653 |
| 6.2 Supplementary fee, except if the renewal is made only for designated Contracting Parties in respect of which individual fees are payable (see 6.4, below) | 100 |
| 6.3 Complementary fee for each designated Contracting Party in respect of which an individual fee is not payable (see 6.4, below) | 100 |
| 6.4 Individual fee for the designation of each designated Contracting Party in respect of which an individual fee (rather than a complementary fee) is payable (see Article 8(7)(a) of the Protocol) except where the designated Contracting Party is a State bound (also) by the Agreement and the Office of the Contracting Party of the holder is the Office of a State bound (also) by the Agreement (in respect of such a Contracting Party, a complementary fee is payable): the amount of the individual fee is fixed by each Contracting Party concerned | |
| 6.5 Surcharge for the use of the period of grace | 50% of the amount of the fee payable under item 6.1 |
| 7. Miscellaneous recordings | |
| 7.1 Total transfer of an international registration | 177 |
| 7.2 Partial transfer (for some of the goods and services or for some of the Contracting Parties) of an international registration | 177 |
| 7.3 Limitation requested by the holder subsequent to international registration, provided that, if the limitation affects more than one Contracting Party, it is the same for all | 177 |
| 7.4 Change of name and/or address of the holder of one or more international registrations for which recordal of the same change is requested in the same request | 150 |
| 7.5 Recording of a license in respect of an international registration or amendment of the recording of a license | 177 |
| 7.6 Request for a continued processing under Rule 5bis(1) | 200 |
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