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E-filing is a service provided by OHIM, which enables users to apply for a Community trade mark online. Software requirements: Acrobat 7 or newer. Users of Internet Explorer 7 should add https://secure.oami.europa.eu/ to their "trusted sites".

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If you file your CTM application online, you will:

  • benefit from a €150 reduction on the basic fee for an individual mark
  • be able to pay by credit card (e-payment)
  • receive confirmation of your CTM number immediately
  • be able to generate and print the official receipt (Note: OHIM does not issue copies)
  • benefit from online verification to ensure error-free filing and secure your filing date*
  • be able to store and automatically recall your contact details for subsequent applications (also via MyPage)

*The filing date of a CTM application shall be the date on which documents containing the information specified in Article 26(1) CTMR are filed with OHIM by the applicant, Central European Time ( GMT +1), subject to payment of the application fee within a period of one month of filing the above-mentioned documents.

The basic application fee must be paid within one month of the date of submission of the application in order to obtain the receipt date as the filing date. OHIM will not issue a request for payment. If confirmation of receipt of payment is required, a request must be sent by fax for the attention of the Financial Department at: (+34) 965 139 113.

If you are using e-filing for the first time, please read the help files carefully BEFORE starting to fill in the form.

Should you have any technical problem when e-filing, please send an e-mail to: e-businesshelp@oami.europa.eu

For urgent matters, you may also call (+34) 965 139 400 from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (+1 GMT ) on the days that OHIM is open to the public.

OHIM provides a business-to-business solution for its larger clients where, based on an agreed transfer mechanism across the Internet, our clients can send their CTM applications directly from their own back-office systems directly to OHIM. Please consult E-FILING B2B for further information.

E-mails may only be used for informal communication with the Office. Correspondence regarding a specific file must always be filed by fax, by post or via e-communication (only MYPAGE users). Contacting OHIM.