Following our client alert on 14 July about the reductions in the UAE official trade mark fees relating to official government registration and renewal of trade marks by the UAE Trade Mark Office, Cabinet Resolution No. 51/2019 was announced on 18 July 2019.
The Cabinet Resolution clarifies that the changes are much broader than what we originally had sight of.
In summary, registration and renewal fees have been reduced by 33%, effective immediately against new and pending applications.
Registration | Renewal (including all stage application, publication & renewal fees) | |
Old Fees (USD) | 2,740 | 3,435 |
New Fees (USD) | 1,825 | 2,375 |
The below table highlights a number of (non-exhaustive) fees that have now been deleted by the UAE Trade Mark Office and no longer apply.
Service | Value (AED) | Service | Value (AED) |
Annual subscription to Trademark Journal | 1,200 | Appeal before Appeals Committee formed under Federal Law No. (17) Of 2002 Regulating and Protecting Industrial Property for Patents, Industrial Drawings and Designs (corporate entity) | 1,000 |
Appeal against rejection of application for trademark registration or making its acceptance conditional | 5,000 | All annual fees for Industrial Designs and Patents protection | |
Amendment in registration particulars of a trademark registration agent | 1,000 | Application for rectification or amendment of data of the documents for industrial property patents protection for a natural person | 200 |
Application for an extension of time for submission of a document entitling priority of filing a previous application for registration of a trademark in a state party to the Paris Convention | 500 | Application for rectification or amendment of data of the documents for industrial property patents protection for a corporate entity | 400 |
Application for an extension of time for submission of a priority document entitling precedence of filing in a state party to the Paris Convention for registration of a trademark three months after filing the subsequent application | 500 | Assignment registration of industrial property patents protection document for a natural person | 400 |
Application for reconsideration of the initial technical check decision issued on application for registration of a trademark | 1,000 | Assignment registration of industrial property patents protection document for a corporate entity | 800 |
Registering a trademark registration agent, for an individual entity | 3,000 | Changing the registration agent | 1,000 |
Registering a trademark registration agent, for a national company | 5,000 | Application status inquiry (natural persons) | 200 |
Renewal of registering a trademark registration agent, for an individual entity | 1,500 | Application status inquiry (corporate entity) |
400 |
Renewal of registering a trademark registration agent, for a national company | 2,500 | Transferring the ownership of patents (natural persons) | 500 |
Renewal of registering a trademark registration agent, for a foreign company | 5,000 | Transferring the ownership of patents (corporate entity) | 1,000 |
Obtaining a certified true copy of any protection document, any other related papers, a certificate of the contents thereof, or an extract from the relevant register (natural persons) | 100 | Restoration of application after lapsing (natural persons) | 1,500 |
Obtaining a certified true copy of any protection document, any other related papers, a certificate of the content thereof, or an extract from the relevant register (corporate entity) | 200 | Restoration of application after lapsing (corporate entity) | 3,000 |
Appeal before Appeals Committee formed under Federal Law No. (17) of 2002 Regulating and Protecting Industrial Property for Patents, Industrial Drawings and Designs (natural persons) | 500 |
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.