The Trade Marks (International Registration) (Fees) Rules 1996

Explanatory Note

(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.