How much does it cost to get a Trademark in India?
Action based fee
- Attorney fee for preparing and filing a trademark application in India
- Additional fee for responding to office actions
- Additional fee for preparing evidences and arguments
- Additional fee for attending hearings with the examiner
Capped Flat fee
- Attorney fee for preparing and filing a trademark application in India
- No further fee for responding to office actions
- No further fee for preparing evidences and arguments
- No further fee for attending hearings with the examiner
| Click here: Fee for INDIAN applicants in Rupees. |
Official filing fee for ONE mark in ONE class
| Applicant Type | US Dollars |
| Individual/Start Up Firm | 75 |
| Large Firm/Foreign Firm | 150 |
Action based attorney fee for a Trademark Registration in India
| Particulars | US Dollars |
| Consultation charges per hour or part thereof | 100 |
| Search of Trademark Database | 30 |
| Attorney fee for filing an application for Trademark | 200 |
| Filing a response to an office action | 100 |
| Amendment of application due to objections | 100 |
| Attending to serious objections at the Trademark office/hearing | 200 |
| Alternatively – Fixed one time ATTORNEY fee for filing & prosecution of application till registration | 400 |
The above fee would be applicable for an application which does not face a third party opposition. Opposition proceedings are uncertain in degree and complexity, so a fee for these can not be predicted.
Our quotation for handling trademark matters in India
Before filing an application for Trade Mark, we suggest a search of the Trade Mark database to confirm that the name is available.
A search for up to FIVE names, given together, would be US$ 30. Once the name is available, the application is to be filed.
The attorney fee to handle and file EACH mark in EACH class would be US$200.
The Official filing fee for trademark registration in India for EACH mark in EACH class is US$ 75 for an Individual/Small Firm OR US$150 for a Large Firm.
Claiming priority would cost an additional US$75.
Further prosecution shall be charges as per the table presented above
Alternatively, we offer you an option of paying a total of US$400 as professional fee for prosecuting the case up to registration. In this option we commit ourselves to prosecute the application at the Trademark office till registration for a fix one time fee of US$400 and thereby protect you from making any unforeseen payment (For a case which does not face a third party opposition).
Thus the two options are:
1. Attorney fee for filing US$200 + Actual Trademark Office fee + Action based fee for prosecuting the application till grant/final disposal of the case.
OR
2. ONE time FLAT Attorney fee of US$400 + Actual Trademark Office fee + NO further fee for prosecuting the case till grant/final disposal of the case (Recommended).
We would need the following:
1. Name + address of the applicant.
2. The list of goods and services to be filed.
3. The mark in PDF/JPG format.
4. The date of the earliest use of the mark and the place where this usage started along with a copy of any document which can be used as evidence of such usage.
5. The copies of registration certificate/pending extract from earliest filed other countries. This will help to establish the date of earliest usage.
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This article has been written by
Trademark attorney in India
I, Mahesh Bhagnari, am the Managing Principal of the firm:
- I am an Attorney at Law with Bar Council Registration № MAH/1574/2003.
- I am licensed to practice at the Intellectual Property Office as a Patent attorney in India and Design attorney in India with Registration № IN PA 1108.
- I am licensed to practice as a Trademark attorney in India with Registration № 10742.
- I have more than eighteen years of professional experience working in the field of Intellectual property.
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