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Statutory Instruments
TRADE MARKS
Made
11th March 1996
Laid before Parliament
11th March 1996
Coming into force
1st April 1996
1. These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (International Registration) (Fees) Rules 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2. These Rules shall be construed as one with the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996(3).
3. The fees to be paid in respect of any matter arising under the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 shall be those specified in the Schedule to these Rules; and in any case where a form specified in the Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is specified in the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 that form shall be accompanied by the fee specified in respect of that matter.
Ian Taylor
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Science and Technology,
Department of Trade and Industry
11th March 1996
Rule 3
(In this Schedule, references to an article are references to that article in the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996)
| Corresponding Form (where applicable) | Item | Amount £ |
|---|---|---|
| Submission fee for an application for international registration to the International Bureau by the Patent Office (article 22) | 40 | |
| Handling fee for the transmission by the Patent Office of monies payable to the International Bureau for renewal of an international registration (article 31) | 20 | |
| TM3 | Transformation application (articles 19-�20) | 100 |
| TM28 | Recordal of concurrent registration (article 21) | 50 |
| TM24 | Application to record or cancel a notifiable transaction (article 6) | 50 |
| TM26 | Request for the revocation or invalidation, of a protected international trade mark (UK); rectification of the supplementary register (article 13; article 15) | 200 |
| TM31M | Request for information relating to an international trade mark (UK) (article 25) | 20 |
| TM7 | Notice of opposition to the conferring of protection to the international registration (article 10) | 200 |
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules prescribe the fees payable for matters arising under the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 which implements the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Trade Marks ("the Madrid Protocol") (Cm 1601 Miscellaneous Series No. 14 (1991). In particular, these Rules make provision for the following-
(a)a handling fee for submission of an application for international registration originating in the United Kingdom;
(b)handling fees for the transmission by the Patent Office of monies payable to the International Bureau for the renewal of an international registration;
(c)a fee for a transformation application;
(d)a fee for the recordal of a concurrent registration;
(e)fees in relation to the supplementary register maintained by the registrar for the purpose of recording certain transactions in relation to international trade marks (UK);
(f)fees for the revocation or invalidation of a protected international trade mark (UK);
(g)forms that are required by the registrar for the payment of the prescribed fees.
S.I. 1988/93 which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51). The relevant provisions of that Order are article 5 and Part II of Schedule 1; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/1473.
