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China Trademark Office Slashes Charges for Trademark Registration

The Trademark Office of the Administration for Industry and Commerce of China recently posted on its official website a notice of reducing its charging standards for trademark registration etc. by 50% from April 1, 2017, details of which are as follows:

China Trademark – Schedule of fees

Since 01 October , 2019

Trademark Services

Official FeesUS$

Service FeesUS$

1

Conflict Search

Free

2

Filing  application - no charge for trademark publication and registration stages

 

• within 10 items of goods or services in one class

45

100

• extra item of exceeding 10 items goods or services in one class

5

claiming priority

10

80

3

Application for modification in the application or registration stages - modificaiton of name and address of registrant and other related matters

40

100

4

Application for reissuance of registration certificate

80

100

5

Renewal of a trademark - the first renewal date of the trademark is 10th years from the registration grant date and paying a fee every ten years for subsequent renewals.

 

• for the first class

160

125

• for each further class

160

100

the grace period after the renewal date expires after 6 months

40

100

6

Application for assignment of applied or registered trademark

80

125

7

Obtaining certified registration certificate - It’s only appropriate for the territorial extension that based on the Madrid Protocol

10

80

8

Recordal of license contract

25

80

9

Opposition

 

• lodging an opposition

80

300

• responding to an opposition

300

10

Petition for review against official decision

125

300

11

Invalidation

 

• lodging to request for invalidation

250

300

• responding to request for invalidation

300

12

Cancellation

 

• cancellation of registered trademark not having been used for three consecutive years

80

250

 

• lodging to request for cancellation

125

300

 

• responding to request for cancellation

300

 

The above measure is part of the Chinese government’s effort to facilitate mass entrepreneurship and innovation and deepen reforms of the business system. In addition, the Trademark Office recently issued a series of measures in succession to set up trademark application windows nationwide, establish collaborative examination centers outside Beijing, enable electronic trademark registration, and simplify trademark application materials and procedures.

最后修改于 2019年10月28日
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