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IP Australia has recently announced increases in official fees
for certain trade mark actions. The revised fee structure is
designed to encourage use of "approved means" which are
likely to be electronic and web-based transactions. These fee
increases include the following:
Registration fees
Trade mark registration fees will increase from 1 July 2012 as
follows:
Item (per class)
Current fee
Fee from 1 July 2012
Registration fee
$250
$300
Shelston IP's usual practice is to pay the registration fee
after expiry of the three months opposition period. However,
please contact us as soon as possible if you would like us to bring
forward payment of the registration fee on any particular case to
take advantage of the lower fee, which may be paid for cases
accepted prior to 1 July 2012.
Renewal fees
Trade mark renewal fees will increase from 1 July 2012 as
follows:
Item (per class)
Current fee
Fee from 1 July 2012
Renewal fee
$300
$300 (by approved means)
$350 (by other means)
Shelston IP will use its best endeavours to ensure renewal fees
are paid by approved means to avoid any increase in renewal
fees.
Filing fees
Trade mark filing fees will increase from 1 October 2012 as
follows:
Item (per class)
Current fee
Fee from 1 October 2012
Paper application
$180
$220
Electronic application - no pick list
$160
$200
Electronic application - with pick list
$120
$120
Clearly, IP Australia is seeking to encourage electronic
transactions with specifications selected from a pick list of
approved descriptions of goods and/or services. This reduces
administrative costs associated with processing of applications and
classifying items.
Shelston IP currently files all trade mark applications
electronically and we propose to work with clients to draft
specifications using approved items from the pick list where
feasible so as to reduce filing charges.
Other fee increases
The fees for requesting Hearings will also increase from 1 July
2012 and there will be a new fee for filing written submissions (
where a Hearing is not requested) as follows:
Item
Current fees
Fee from 1 July 2012
Hearing request fee (Ex Parte)
$300
$400
Hearing request fee (Inter-Partes)
$500
$600
Written submission fee
nil
$100
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