| (1) | (2) | (3) |
1.
| On application to register a trade mark under section 37 | 70.00
|
2.
| Class fees -
(i) for each class over one.
(ii) for each additional class to which Rule 14(3) refers. |
70.00
70.00 |
3.
| (i) On notification under Rule 25(2) or Rule 61(3) of intention to appear at a hearing.
(ii) On application for a hearing (Rule 61(2)). | Nil60.00 |
4.
| On giving notice of opposition - (i) to the registration of a mark (Rule 18), (ii) to the regulations relating to a collective or certification mark (Rule 31(4) or Rule 33(4)(b)), or(iii) to the alteration of a registered trade mark (Rule 35) | 60.00
|
| 5. | On lodging a counter-statement (Rule 19). | Nil |
6.
| On request for a written statement of the grounds of a decision made by the Controller (Rule 27(2)). | 190.00
|
7.
| On notice under section 44(1) to restrict the goods or services covered by an application or on request under section 44(3) to amend an application. | 35.00
|
8.
| On request for division of an application (Rule 28). | 125.00
|
9.
| On request to merge separate applications or registrations (Rule 29). | 125.00
|
10.
| On filing of regulations governing the use of a collective or certification mark (Rule 31(1) or Rule 33(1)). | 125.00 |
11.
| On submission of amended regulations governing the use of a registered collective mark (Rule 32) or on request to amend regulations governing the use of a registered certification mark (Rule 34). | 125.00 |
12.
| On notification of surrender of a registered trade mark (Rule 36). | Nil
|
13.
| (i) Renewal of registration (Rule 38).
(ii) Class fee for each class over one.
(iii) Additional fee for renewal of registration (Rule 39(1)). | 250.00
125.00
60.00
|
14.
| Restoration fee payable upon a request under Rule 40(1) | 125.00 |
15.
| On application to the Controller (Rule 41) -
(i) for revocation, or a declaration of invalidity, of a registration of a mark.
(ii) for rectification of an error or omission in the Register of Trade Marks kept under the Act of 1996 | 125.00
6.00 |
16.
| On request for a change in the Register of Trade Marks kept under the Act of 1996 of a name or address or both (Rule 49(1)) - for every mark in the request to which the change applies. | 6.00
|
17.
| On request under Rule 48 for a certified copy or extract of any entry in the Register. | 25.00
|
18.
| On request for alteration of a trade mark (Rule 35).
| 60.00
|
19.
| On request for information about an application or a registered trade mark (section 70(1) and Rule 60)
For each item of information requested. |
6.00 |
20.
| For extensions of time requested on the basis of Rule 63(4)
For each month of extension of the time or period referred to in Rule 63(1) requested. | 30.00 |
21.
| On application to register a transaction under section 29 (Rule 45) and on notice under section 31 (Rule 46) -
(i) for one mark.
(ii) for each other mark included in the application or notice which is affected by the transaction. | 60.00
6.00 |
22.
| For registration of a trade mark -
(i) where the application is dealt with in accordance with the Trade Marks Act, 1963 (No. 9 of 1963).
(ii) in any other case. | 102.00
177.00 |
23.
| On request for a search under Rule 71. | 35.00 |
24.
| For making a search, by means of the Office's computerised trade mark search system, of the classified representations of trade mark data kept at the Office on computer and open to public inspection and for a print-out or output to electronic media or paper of the results of the search -
(i) for each quarter of an hour or part thereof.
(ii) for each record in excess of 30 relating to a trade mark in the computer print-out to paper.
| Nil
|
25.
| For inspection of all or any part of the Register of Trade Marks kept under the Act of 1996 available on computer For each quarter of an hour or part thereof. | Nil
|
26.
| For
(i) inspection of the Register of Trade Marks kept under the Act of 1996 or any document open to public inspection, or
(ii) making a search amongst such classified representations of trade marks as are made available on paper For each quarter of an hour or part thereof. | Nil
|
27.
| For computer print-out or output to electronic media or paper of trade mark data open to public inspection other than as at reference number 24 - (i) for each trade mark record in respect of which data is requested other than as at (ii). (ii) for each trade mark record sought on the basis of time period or sequence number by persons complying with conditions imposed by the Controller, the fees set out as at reference number 29. | Nil
|
28.
| For access, by means of telephone or other data transmission media from outside the Office, to the information specified at reference numbers 24 or 25 for the purpose of searching or inspecting such information and for a computer print-out of the results of the search, the appropriate fee set out at those reference numbers, and in addition. | Nil
|
29.
| Licence (under Rule 77) authorising use of Patents Office computerised trade mark data base.
Each update of the Patents Office computerised trade mark data base. | 125.00
625.00
|
30.
| For photocopying or reproduction of documents open to public inspection.
Per page. | 0.30
|
31.
| On request for certified copies, manuscripts, typed, printed or photographic, each. |
3.00 |
32.
| On request for a certificate for use in connection with applications for registration abroad (Rule 5). | 25.00
|
| 33. | On application for registration in the Register of Trade Mark Agents (Rule 51 (1)). | 50.00 |
33A.
| On application to sit the written examination in the law and practice of trade marks referred to in Rule 51(3). | 200.00
|
| 33B. | On application for a review of marks obtained in the written examination in the law and practice of trade marks. | 70.00 |
34.
| For registration in the Register of Trade Mark Agents (Rule 53 (a)). | 125.00 |
35.
| Annual fee for renewal of registration as a trade mark agent payable before the 1st day of December each year in respect of the following year (Rule 55). | 250.00 |
36.
| On request to the Controller for the removal from the Register of Trade Marks kept under the Act of 1996 of matter which has ceased to have effect. | Nil |
37.
| Initial once-off connection fee in respect on on-line dial-in access for searches and inspections of the trade mark register. | 2,500.00 |
| 38. | On application pursuant to Rule 30(1) for the registration of a series of trade marks in a single registration, for each trade mark in excess of 2 trade marks contained in the application. | 50.00 |