Cost of Community trade marks fall by 40% on 1 May
Many readers of Alicante News will already be aware that from 1 May, 2009 the cost of having a Community trade mark will fall by around 40%. This will be the second decrease in price since the CTM was introduced in 1996, and comes after several years of discussion with the European Commission and the member states.

In future, there will be a single CTM fee, replacing the current system of separate application and registration fees. For an application made online (over 80% now come via the Internet) the new fee will be €900, and for a paper application it will be €1050.

 

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