BLESSED LAW FIRM Rwanda

new amendment of Intellectual Property Sevices Fees and power of attorney format


Posted by: BLESSED LAW FIRM
Practice Area: Trademark    Country: All    Publish Date: 03-Mar-2017




The Power of attorney should be NOTARIZED

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICE
FEES TO BE PAID

1. PATENT OF INVENTION

Application for a protection of a patent with a provisional specification(Formal examination)
10,000 RWF

Application for a protection of a patent with a final specification(formal examination)
30,000 RWF

Publication of a patent application
20,000 RWF

Annual fees
100,000 RWF

Surchage of a late payment of renewal
30,000 RWF

Registration and publication of the agreement granting the licence
20,000 RWF

Requesting for a unilateral licence
100,000 RWF

Request to transfer ownership
40.000 Rwf

Withdrawal of a patent before the request of substantive examination
10,000 RWF

Amendment or change of name , address or contact information
10,000 RWF

Substantive examination
Determined by the institution in charge of the substance examination
Amendment or division of an application
10,000 RWF

Restoration of a patent application
30,000 RWF

Registration and publication of the invalidation of patent
20,000 RWF

Radiation of the contractual license
10,000 RWF

Modification or withdrawal of compulsory license
10,000 RWF

Convert a patent application into application for utility model certificate
5,000 RWF

Collection of international fees
CHF 1,330

Transmittal fees
150 USD

Request of a missing copy
100 USD

Request to have an international application treated as an application in the national phase
150 USD

Priority document
50 USD

Restoration of right of priority
50 USD

Restoration of right of priority by designated office
50 USD

Compliance with the requirement in response to the invitation
40 USD

Delay in meeting time limit
50 USD

Official Gazette n° Special of 20/04/2016
76

Duplicate of certificate
10.000 RWF

2. UTILITY MODEL FEES

Application to register the utility model
10,000 RWF

Publication of utility model
20,000 RWF

Substantive examination
Determined by the institution in charge of the substance examination
Renewal of utility model after five years from the filing date
250.000 RWF

Surcharge for the late payment of renewal
50.000 RWF

Application of transfer of ownership
15.000 RWF

Registration of the contractual license
50.000 RWF

Application with a provisional specification
5.000 RWF

Application with a final specification
5.000 RWF

Amendment or division of an application
10.000 RWF

Registration and publication of the invalidation of utility model
20.000 RWF

Amendment or change of name , adress or contact information
5.000 RWF

Withdrawal of the utility model before the request of substantive examination
10.000 RWF

Restoration of the utility model application
10.000 RWF
Publication of transfer of ownership
20.000 RWF
Radiation of the contractual license
10.000 RWF

Request for the grant of licenses as of right (license de plein droit)
10.000 RWF

Duplicate of certificate
10.000 rwf

3. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FEES

Application to register an industrial design and publication
30.000 RWF

Application and publication of transfer of ownership
50.000 RWF

Application and publication of contractual licence
20.000 RWF

Application for a renewal of an industrial design (annuity after five years):
50.000 RWF

Surcharge for the late payment of renewal
20,000 RWF

Transmittal fees for international application (Hague Protocol):
150 USD

Request for amendment of name, address;
20.000 RWF

Duplicate of certificate :
10.000 RWF



4. TRADE MARK , COLLECTIVE MARK , TRADE NAME AND CERTIFICATION MARK FEES
Application for the certification trademark, Collective mark, trade name and
30.000 RWF

Transfer of rights over the mark
50.000 RWF

Registration and publication of the agreement granting licence
50.000 RWF

Transfer of rights over a collective mark
50.000 RWF

Filing a notice of opposition to an application to register a trademark
20.000 RWF

Amendment or change of name, address, merger…
20.000 RWF

Application for the renewal of mark and classes
80,000 RWF

Surcharge for the late application for Renewal of registration of the trademark, collective mark and trade name
20.000 RWF

Request of international classes First class
Each additional class
5000 RWF
3000 RWF

Transmittal fees for international application (Madrid Protocol)
150 USD

Duplicate of certificate
10.000 RWF

5. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION

Application to register a geographical indication
10.000 RWF

Filing a notice of opposition to an application to register a geographical indication
10.000 RWF

Filing a counter statement
5.000 RWF

Removal from register
10.000 RWF

Restoration fee, restoration of registration after removal from register
10.000 RWF

6. LAYOUT DESIGN AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

Application to register the layout design and integrated circuit
10.000 RWF

Request to change the name, address or contact information
10.000 RWF

Request for a compulsory licence
30.000 RWF

7. SEARCH FEES

IPR Search fees (for each mark, patent, industrial design etc..)
5,000 RWF


NOTE THAT 1USD=820 RWF



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