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The European Commission has revealed that the planned 40% cut in the cost of a CTM is expected to be introduced in early May. Further details about the fee reductions, which will bring down the cost of a CTM applied for online to €900, are also now available.

In future, there will be a single CTM fee, replacing the current system of separate application and registration fees. Under the transitional arrangements agreed, applications currently in the pipeline, for which OHIM has not issued the request for payment of the registration fee by the date on which the new fee schedule comes into effect, will not have to pay the current registration fee. For these customers, the application fee (e.g. €750 for an online application for up to three classes) will be the only amount paid.

A draft Regulation is currently being prepared for adoption by the Commission, following which it will be published in the Official Journal. The fee reductions will take effect the day after publication. This is expected to be in early May. The main elements of the package are as follows: The fee system will be simplifed  with the registration fee set at zero. In addition to the new single fee of €900 for an electronically filed CTM, the fee for a CTM applied for by fax or paper goes down to €1050, and it will cost €870 for an application filed via the Madrid Protocol.

Details of the fees that are changing (some are unchanged) are given in the attached table. 

March 25, 2009

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