WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE 
ORGANIZACION MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights IP/N/IIROMlIl2 
26 May 1999 
(99-2118) 
Original: Englishl 
anglais/ 
ingles 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
ROMANIA 
By means of a communication from its Permanent Mission, dated 4 February 1999, Romania 
has notified under Article 63.2, a new Ordinance on Industrial Property Fees and the Use thereof, an 
unofficial translationl of which is reproduced below. The text of the laws and regulations referred to 
in Article 34 of this Ordinance notified under Article 63.2 before can be found in documents 
IP/N/l/ROM/P/3, IP/N/lIROMlT/3, IP/N/l/ROMID/l, IP/NIlIROMILIl and IP/NIl/ROMlP12, 
respectively. 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriete 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce 
PRINCIP ALES LOIS ET REGLEMENTATIONS CONSACREES A LA 
PROPRIETE INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIEES AU TITRE 
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD 
ROUMANIE 
Par une communication de sa Mission permanente, datee du 4 fevrier 1999, la Roumanie a 
notifie, au titre de l'article 63:2, une nouvelle Ordonnance sur les redevances en matiere de propriete 
industrielle et leur utilisation, dont une traduction non officielle1 figure ci-apres. Le texte des lois et 
reglementations mentionnees a l'articIe 34 de cette ordonnance notifiees auparavant au titre de 
l'article 63:2 est reproduit, respectivement, dans les documents IP/N/l/ROMIP13, IP/N/lIROM/T/3, 
IP/N/l/ROM/DIl, IP/N/l/ROM/L1l et IP/N/l/ROM/P12. 
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD 
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL pARRAFO 2 
DEL ARTicULO 63 DEL ACUERDO 
RUMANIA 
Mediante una comunicacion de su Mision Permanente, de fecha 4 de febrero de 1999, 
Rumania ha notificado, en virtud del parrafo 2 del articulo 63, una nueva Orden relativa alas tasas de 
propiedad industrial y su utilizacion, cuya traduccion no oficial1 se reproduce a continuaci6n. Los 
textos de las leyes y reglamentos a que se hace referencia en el articulo 34 de esa Orden, notificados 
anteriormente en virtud del parrafo 2 del articulo 63, figuran en los documentos IP/NIlIROMlP/3, 
IP/NIlIROM/T/3, IP/N/lIROMIDIl, IP/NIl/ROM/L1l e IP/NIl/ROM/P/2, respectivamente. 
1 In English only.lEn anglais seulement.lEn ingIes solamente. IPINIlIROMIII2 
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The Government of Romania 
ORDINANCE 
on the industrial property fees and the use thereof 
Relying on the provisions of Article 107 paragraphs (1) and (3) in the Constitution of 
Romania and on the provisions of Article 1 lett. a) in the Law no. 221/1997 on the 
empowerment of the Government of Romania to issue ordinances, the Government of 
Romania issues the following ordinance: 
Chapter I 
General provisions 
Article 1 -The fees for the legal procedures of protection of the following industrial property 
objects: inventions, trademarks and geographical indications, industrial deSigns, 
topographies of integrated circuits, the fees for the maintenance in force of the titles of 
protection as well as the other fees related to the protection of industrial property shall be 
paid by the Romanian and foreign natural and legal persons to the bank account of the State 
Office for Inventions and Trademarks in the amounts and at the time limits provided in the 
annexes of this ordinance. 
Article 2 -The applicant for and the holder of the industrial property right who was not 
assigned or who did not transfer his right legally, until the time limit of payment, shall pay the 
fees provided in the annexes, as follows: 
a) 50% of each fee if it is a company having a business figure of less than 5 billion lei for the 
previous financial year. 
b) 25% of each fee, if it is a natural person having an average monthly gross income for the 
last 12 months smaller than the quadrupled average gross earning in the national economy, 
announced by the National Statistics Commisision for the last 12 months. 
c) 10% of each fee, if it is also the author, having an average monthly gross income for the 
last 12 months of less than the tripled average gross earning in the national economy, 
announced by the National Statistics Commission, for the last 12 months. 
d) 5% of each fee, if it is also the author having an average monthly gross income for the last 
12 months less than the doubled average gross earning in the national economy, announced 
by the National Statistics Commission, for the last 12 months. 
Article 3 -The fees provided for in the annexes shall not be paid by the applicants and the 
holders of protection who are authors or who have not transferred and have not been 
assigned the exploitation rights by another person and who, upon the time limit of payment, 
have no income or have an average monthly gross income for the last 12 months of less than 
0.5 times the average gross earning in the national economy, announced by the National 
Statistics Commission for the last 12 months. 
Article 4 -The reductions provided for in Article 2 and the exemptions provided for in Article 
3 shall be applied to each procedure, separately, on the time limit of payment. The person 
applying for reductions or exemptions shall submit documents proving that the above­
mentioned requirements on the grant of reductions or exemptions, are met upon the time limit 
of payment. 
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reductions or exemptions if each of them meets the requirements provided for in Article 2 or 
Article 3, respectively; in those cases, the due amount shall be the amount owed by the 
person benefiting from the smallest reduction. 
Article 5 -The amount of the fees provided for in the annexes, in the national currency (Iei) 
as well as the level of the business figure provided in Article 2 lett. a) may be updated yearly, 
by an order of the state minister or the minister coordinating the activity of the State Office 
for Inventions and Trademarks with the agreement of the Ministry of Finance, depending on 
the evolution of the leuldollar ratio and the inflation rate, valid on November 1 of every year. 
The order is published in "Monitorul Oficial al Romaniei"; it enters into force on the first 
day of the next year and is valid during the whole calendar year. 
Article 6 -The amounts owed to the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks as fees paid 
by foreign applicants and right holders for the legal procedures of protection, for the 
extension of the effects of the European patent and for the maintenance in force of the titles 
of protection in the territory of Romania according to the international conventions shall be 
paid to the bank account of the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks, in accordance 
with the provisions of said conventions. 
Article 7 -The Romanian natural and legal persons Le applicants or right holders, shall pay 
the fees provided for by the ordinance in leL 
The foreign natural and legal persons, who are applicants, right holders or who have 
been assigned an industrial property right, shall pay said fees in hard currency. 
Where there are several applicants or right holders, both Romanian and foreign, the 
fees owed by them jointly shall be paid in hard currency. 
Article 8 -Prices and tariffs for publications and services rendered by the State Office for 
Inventions and Trademarks according to the legal provisions shall be set by an order of the 
director general of the Office. 
Chapter 11 
Fees for patent applications and patents for invention 
Article 9 -The amount and time limits of payment of the fees for the protection of inventions 
are those provided for in Annex no. 1. 
Article 10 -The provisions of Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to the procedures provided for 
by items 8 and 15 in Annex no.1. 
Article 11 -The lack of payment of the procedural fees within the time limits of payment in the 
Annex no. 1 shall result in the non-operation of said procedure and in a decision to refuse 
the patent application or in the loss of rights of the patent holder. 
Article 12 -The maintenance fees for the years of protection previous to the issuance of the 
patent for invention according to the Law no. 64/1991, also including the year when the 
patent is issued, shall be paid simultaneously with the fee for the issuance of the patent 
within the term provided for at item 21 in Annex no. 1. 
For each of the years following the issuance of the patent, the fee for the maintenance 
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in force of that patent shall be paid annually before the beginning of the corresponding year 
of protection. 
The renewal fees for an extended patent shall be paid to the State Office for Inventions 
and Trademarks for those years following the year when the notice mentioning the issuance 
of the European patent was published by the European Patent Office. The patent 
maintenance fees that have not been paid within the periods provided by items 1 and 2 may 
be paid later, within 6 months, with a 50% surcharge. 
Failure to pay these fees until the expiry of the time limit provided for by paragraph 4 
shall result in the loss of rights of the patent owner. Said loss shall be published in the Official 
Industrial Property Bulletin. 
Article 13 -Simultaneously with the payment of the fee for the revalidation of the patent, the 
patent owner shall also be obliged to pay the maintenance fee provided for by item 21 of 
Annex no. 1, owed for the period that was not paid for. Revalidation shall be published in the 
Official Industrial Property Bulletin. 
Fees for the registration of trademarks and geographical indications 
Article 14 -The amount and time limits of payment of the fees for the protection of trademarks 
and geographical indications are the ones provided for in Annex no. 2. 
Article 15 -The provisions of Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to the registration of trademarks 
and geographical indications. 
Article 16 -The fees for the renewal of the trademark or geographical indication, that are not 
paid within the period provided for by the law, may be paid later, within 6 months from the 
expiry of the protection, with a 50% surcharge. 
Failure to pay said fees before the expiry of the time limit provided for in the preceding 
paragraph shall result in the loss of the rights of the owner of the registered trademark or 
geographical indication. 
Fees for the registration of industrial designs 
Article 17 -The amount and the time limits of payment for design fees are the ones provided 
for in Annex no. 3 . 
Article 18 -The registration of industrial designs shall benefit only from the reductions 
provided in Article 2 lett. b) 
The reductions provided for in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the fees 
mentioned at items 3, 4 and 8-13 in Annex no. 3. 
Failure to pay the fees within the periods provided for in Annex no. 3 shall result in the 
non-operation of the corresponding procedure. 
Article 19 -The fees for the maintenance in force and the renewal of the certificate of 
registration that have not been paid within the periods provided at items 7 and 8 in Annex no. 
3 may be paid later, within 6 months, with a 50% surcharge. 
Failure to pay said fees until the expiry of the time limit provided for in the preceding 
paragraph shall result in the loss of rights of the owner of the registered design. 
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Fees for the registration of the topographies of integrated circuits 
Article 20 -The amount and the time limits of payment of the fees for the protection of the 
topographies of integrated circuits are the ones provided for in Annex no. 4. 
Article 21 -The provisions of Articles 2 and 3 shall not apply to the fees provided for by items 
9-10 of Annex no. 4. 
Article 22 -The payment of the fees provided for at items 1-5 of Annex no. 4 is one of the 
conditions of having a duly filed application for the registration of a topography; the failure 
to pay said fees within the established time limits of payment shall result in the refusal of the 
registration of said topography. The failure to pay the fees provided at items 6-10 in Annex 
no. 4 shall result in the non-operation of the procedure, having all the legal consequences 
deriving from the law. 
Article 23 -The fees provided for in Annex no. 4, paid to the State Office for Inventions and 
Trademarks, shall be refunded to the payer, upon his request, on condition that the 
procedure paid for has not been entered, except for the fees provided for at items 1 and 2 
which are not refunded. 
Chapter III 
Use of Industrial Property Fees 
Article 24 -Payments in lei and hard currency, made as a result of the application of this 
ordinance shall be deemed as revenue of the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks 
administered and used in an extrabudgetary manner, as stipulated by the law. The operating 
and capital expenditure of OSIM shall be financed from the obtained extrabudgetary revenue. 
The State Office for Inventions and Trademarks may be allocated funds from the state 
budget by means of the annual budget laws in order to set up the funds required by the 
financing of the capital expenditure necessary for the bracing and extension of the building 
of the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks. The amounts from the allocated budget 
that have not been spent until the end of the year shall be returned to the state budget. 
Article 25 -The income and expediture budget of the State Office for Inventions and 
Trademarks shall be established annually according to the standards of the Ministry of 
Finance and shall be approved by the director general of the State Office for Inventions and 
Trademarks, under the agreement of the Ministry of Finance. 
Article 26 -The sums existing at the end of the year, left after the deduction of the debts and 
payments in advance available, in lei or hard currency, shall be distributed as follows: 
a) a quota of up to 50% for bonuses to the staff employed under individual labour contracts; 
b) the difference is reported and left at the disposal of the State Office for Inventions and 
Trademarks and is to be spend during the next year, for those items approved by means of 
the income and expediture budget, according to the law. 
Article 27 -The bonus fund may be set up and spent monthly, according to the law, under the 
condition of observing the limits of the annual fund aproved by means of the income and 
expenditure budget. 
The criteria and conditions for the grant of the bonus provided for in Article 26 shall 
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be established by order of the director general of the State Office for Inventions and 
Trademarks. 
Chapter IV 
Contraventions and sanctions 
Article 28 -Rendering the services provided for by this ordinance without payment of the 
legal fees shall be deemed contravention and punished by fine from 100,000 to 500,000 lei. 
The contravention shall be ascertained by the persons authorized by the director 
general of the State Office for Inventions and Trademarks. 
The provisions of paragraph 1 shall be completed by the provisions of the Law no. 
28/1998 on contraventions, except Articles 25-27. 
Chapter V 
Transient and final provisions 
Article 29 -Annexes no. 1-4 are parts of this ordinance. 
Article 30 -For those procedures and for the maintenance in force of the titles of protection 
for which no fees have been paid until the entry into force of this ordinance, the fees provided 
for in the annexes to this ordinance shall apply. 
Article 31 -Within 3 months of the date when this ordinance has entered into force, the 
Government shall adopt a new decision on the organization and functioning of the State 
Office for Inventions and Trademarks as a result of its functioning in extrabudgetary manner. 
Article 32 -The State Office for Inventions and Trademarks, under the agreement of the 
Ministry of Finance, may work out standards and issue orders for the application of the 
provisions of this ordinance. 
Article 33 -The provisions of this ordinance shall enter into force 30 days after the date of 
its publication in "Monitorul Oficial al Romaniei" (The Official Bulletin), Part one. 
Article 34 -Upon the entry into force of this ordinance the following legal provisions shall be 
anulled: ~§',!!,JJg~_12_0/t9Q~, on patent fees, published in "Monitorul Oficial al Romaniei", Part 
one, no. 1 of January 8, 1993; Government decision no. 274/1991 on fees for trade and 
service marks and appelations of origin, pUblished In -IIN!O'mtorui~6flciar ai Romaniei" Part one, 
no. 99 of May 9, 1991; Article 28 and Annexes no. 1 and 2 of the Law no, 129/19~ on the 
protection of industrial design, published in "Monitorul Oficial al ROmamei~Part 1, no. 1 of 
January 8, 1993; Articles 44-47 of the !:!~_!].9.~J~~lt~§§ on the protection of the topographies 
of integrated circuits, published in "Monltorul Oficial al Romaniei", Part 1, no.45 of March 9, 
1995; Rule no. 25 i,tem (2) par.2, Rule no. 26 item (4), Rule no. 28 item (3)(c) and Rule no. 
38(2) of the Rules implementing the Law no. 64/1991 on patents for invention, approved by 
~verr:ml~.DW.9islQrl..D.Q:,_t52L19~~_2;_ published in "Monitorul Oficial al Romaniei", Part one, 
no. 71 of April 19, 1995, as well as other contrary legal provisions. 
January 30, 1998 Bucharest 
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3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
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Annex no. 1 
Amounts and time limits of payment of patent fees 
Object of payment Time limits of payment Amount ($) 
1 
Filing a patent application with OSIM 
Beginning of the national phase of the 
international patent application 
Publication of the international patent 
application after 18 months of the date of 
filing or of the claimed and accepted date 
of priority, where appropiate 
a) Publication of the patent application 
before the expiry of 18 months of the filing 
or of the date of the claimed and 
recognized priority 2 
3 months of date offiling 
upon entering the national phase 
6 months of the date offiling or 3 
months of the date when the 
recognized priority was claimed 
simultaneously with the request 
for publication 
b) Publication of the patent application within 3 months of the date said 
after ending its "secret" or "not-available- status was ended 
for-public-inspection" status 
a) Publication of the Romanian translation 
of the international patent application that 
entered the national phase in Romania, 18 
months of the date of entering the national 
phase or 6 months of the same date 
b) Publication of the Romanian translation 
of an international patent application that 
entered the national phase in Romania, 
before the expiry of the time limit for legal 
publication 
c) Publication in Romanian of the claims 
of the European patent application 
extended to Romania 
a) Publication of the amendments of the 
national patent application or the 
international patent application that 
entered the national phase upon the 
publication of the application 
b) Publication in Romanian of an amended 
version of the claims of the European 
patent application extended to Romania, 
that was published according to item 4 
lett. c) 
Drawing up and publishing the search 3 months of the date of entering 
the national phase 
simultaneously with the request of 
publication 
simultaneously with filing the 
patent application 
simultaneously with filing the 
amendments 
simultaneously with the request of 
publication 
report 18 months of the date of filing 
Drawing up and publishing a search report 
for an international patent application that 18 months of the date on which 
entered the national phase in Romania the national phase was entered 3 4 
180,000 30 
180,000 30 
300,000 50 
600,000 100 
300,000 50 
300,000 50 
480,000 80 
360,000 60 
60,000 10 
180,000 30 
600,000 100 
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9. Examination of L ~ent application and 3 months of the date offiline 
decision making wi . 18 months of the 
date of filing: 
£. when the description, claims and 3,600,000 600 
awings are not in excess of20 pa~es and 
the number of claims is not higher an 10; 
b) for each page of description, claims and 
48,000 8 drawings exceeding the number provided 
at item a) 
c) for each claim in excess of the number 
provided at item a) 90,000 15 
Examination of the patent application and after the 3rd month until the 
10. decision making within 18 months of the 30th month of the date of filing date of payment: inclusiv~, without exceeding 
the peri of 3 months from 
the written request of 
a) when the description, claims and examination 
drawings are not in excess of 20 pa~es and 2,400,000 400 
the number of claims is not higher an 10 
b) for each page of descri¥tion, claims 
and drawings ill excess 0 the number 
provided at lett. a) 30,000 5 
c) for each claim in excess of the number 
provided at lett.a) 
60,000 10 
Printing of the description, claims and 
11. drawin5s and issuance of the patent having within 12 months of the date of 600,000 UR to 1 pa~es the publication of the decision 100 -for eacli a ditional page to grant 
Publication of the Romanian translation of 30,000 5 
12. the extended European patent having up to simultaneously with filing the 10 pages translation 600,000 100 -for each additional page 
13. Publication of the Romanian translation of 30,000 5 the amended claims of the extended simultaneously with filing the European patent, having up to 10 pages 300,000 50 -for each additional page translation 
Contestation 30,000 5 14. simultaneously with filing the 
Revocation request contestation 900,000 150 
15. simultaneously with filing the 1,800,000 300 
Priority claiming request 
16. a) simultaneously with filing the patent 
application 3 months of the date of 300,000 50 
b) for an international application that filing the application 
has entered the national phase in simultaneously with 300,000 50 Romania entering the national phase 
c) within 2 months of the date of filing 
of the patent application 3 months of the date of 1,200,000 200 
Issuance of a priority certificate filing 
17. 120,000 20 
simultaneously with filing a 
Transmittal of the international patent request for the issuance of 
18. a~lication from OSIM as a receiving a priority certificate 
300,000 50 o Ice to the WIPO International until the 13111 month of the Bureau date of priority 
19. Maintaining the secrecy of a patent simultaneously with 600,000 100 
application for periods of one year requesting secrecy for the 
each first year and respectivel~ 
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20. Maintaining the . ..)t-available-for-
PUbIiC-ins~ectionft status 
simultaneously with 600,000 100 a) of a pa ent application for periods of 
one year each requesting this status for 
the first year and 
re~ectiVelY, one month 
be ore the end of the period 
paid .for, for each ofthe 
b) of the inventors, for an unlimited comIng years 
300,000 50 
period of time simultaneously with 
registering this status 
21. Maintenance in force of the riatent for according to Article 12 
eve~ year of protection sta ·ng with 
the ate of filing i.e. for the 
_1st year 300,000 50 
- 2nd year 480,000 80 
-31d year 660,000 110 
-4th year 840,000 140 
-5th year 1,020,000 170 
-6th year 1,200,000 200 
-7th year 1,320,000 220 
-8th year 1,440,000 240 
-9th ;(ear 1,560,000 260 
-10 year 1,680,000 280 
-11th year 1,800,000 300 
-12th year 1,920,000 320 
-13th year 2,040,000 340 
-14th year 2,220,000 370 
-15th year 2,400,000 400 
-16th year 3,000,000 500 
-17th year 3,000,000 500 
-18th year 3,000,000 500 
-19th year 3,000,000 500 
-20th year 3,000,000 500 
22. Maintenance in force of the patent for the same time limit as 
improvement provided for by item 21 
-50% of the fee provided for a) over the term of validity of the 
patent it is improving by item 21 of this annex 
b~ over the period following the expiry -the same amount as 
~ the t.erm of validity of the patent it IS provided for by item 21 
Improving 
23. Revalidation of patent upon filing the revalidation 1,800,000 300 
request 
24. Completion of the patent application 
~r late filing of claims and/or drawings upon filing 60,000 10 
upon filing 600,000 100 
25. b) filing the Romanian translation 
Re~istration of changes in the legal 
sta us of the patent aplication or patent 
for invention 600,000 100 
a) assignment, licence, legal or 
testamentary succession 
upon gettinp' the 240,000 40 
b) cancellation of acts provided for by assignmen , licence, legal 
lett. a) , or testamentary succession 
registered with OSIM 
simultaneously with 150,000 25 
c) other changes related to acts registering the document 
provided for by lett.a), exclusion or co-revealing the new situation 
option of an inventor, full name, 
desi~nation or address of apPlicantt entit ed person or owner, cliange 0 
26. professional representative, etc. 
upon filing the request 60,000 10 
The certification and issuance of an official 
docwnent such as a receipt or copy 
27. The publication of an error list signalling upon filing the request 90,000 15 
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Annex no. 2 
Amounts and time limits of payment of fees for trademark and geographical 
indications 
No. 
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1. 
2. 
3. 1.1. 
1.2. 
2.1. Object of payment 
1 
Filing and examination of an 
application for the registration 
of an individual trademark: 
a) for one class of goods or 
services 
-white-black 
-colour 
b) for each additional class of 
goods and/or services 
c) for a figurative element or 
verbal trademark with special 
graphics 
Renewal of an individual 
trademark 
a) for one class of goods or 
services 
-white-black 
-colour 
b) for each additional class of 
goods and/or services 
c) for one figurative element or 
a verbal trademark with 
special graphics 
Filing and examination of an 
application for the registration 
of a collective trademark and a 
certification mark 
a) for one class of goods or 
services 
-white-black 
-colour 
b) for each additional class of 
goods and/or services 
c) for a figurative element or a 
verbal trademark with special 
graphics 
2.2. Renewal of a collective mark 
or certification mark 
a) for' one class of goods or 
services 
-white-black 
-colour 
b) for each additional class of 
products and/or services 
c) for a figurative element or a 
verbal trademark with special 
graphics 2 
3 months of the date of 
filing the application for the 
registration of an individual 
trademark with OSIM 
simultaneously with filing 
the application 
3 months of the date of 
filing the application for the 
registration of an individual 
trademark with OSIM 
Request for the renewal of the 6 months of the date of the 
registration of a trademark after the expiry of the ongoing term 
expiry of the ongoing term of protection of protection Amount (Iei) Amount ($) 
3 4 
720,000 
1,200,000 
300,000 
180,000 
720,000 
1,200,000 
300,000 
180,000 
2,400,000 
3,000,000 
420,000 
360,000 
2,400,000 
3,000,000 
420,000 
360,000 
Fees provided 
at item 1.2. and 
2.2. with 
surcharge of 
50% 120 
200 
50 
30 
120 
200 
50 
30 
400 
500 
70 
60 
400 
500 
60 
60 
Fees provided 
at item 1.2. 
and 2.2. with 
surcharge of 
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4. Priority claiminb 3 months of the date of 300,000 50 
filing the trademark 
application 
5. Issuance of a priority certificate simultaneously with 180,000 30 
requesting the issuance of 
the certificate 
6. Issuance of a trademark registration 3 months of the date of 300,000 50 
certificate trademark publication 
7. Issuance of a certificate of trademark simultaneously with filing 300,000 50 
registration a request for the renewal 
of the trademark 
registration 
8. Examination of an opposition to the 
registration of a trademark simultaneously with filing 180,000 30 
an opposition 
9. Grant of an additional 3 month-period 
to the applicant to express his simultaneously with filing 60,000 10 
viewpoint versus OSIM notification of an application for the 
non-compliance with registration grant of an additional 3 
requirements month-period 
10. Division of the initial application for 300,000 50 
trademark registration 3 months from requesting 
division of application 
11. Reclassification of the list of goods, 180,000 30 
and/or services for which trademark 3 months from filing the 
registration is sought application 
12. Examination of a contestation 900,000 150 
simultaneously with filing 
the contestation 
13. Registration of a change in the legal 
status of the trademark simultaneously with filing 
a) assignment, licenses the application for change 600,000 100 
b) related to the name, 150,000 25 
designation or address of the 
owner 
c) other changes 150,000 25 
14. Issuance of receipts, copies or other 60,000 10 
documents related to the legal status simultaneously with filing 
of a trademark the request 
15. Registration of a geographical 2,400,000 400 
indication simultaneously with filing 
the application for the 
registration of the 
geographical indication 
16. 300,000 50 
Issuance of the certificate for the 2 months of the date of 
registration of a geographical publishing the 
indication geographical indication in 
17. BOPI 2,400,000 400 
Renewal of the period of use of a simultaneously with filing 
geographical indication the renewal request 
18. 180,000 30 
Reclassification of the list of goods for simultaneously with filing 
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No. Object of payment Amount (Iei) Amount ($) 
o 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 1 
Entering the design application in the 
National Register of Design 
Applications 
a) for the first design 
b) for each additional design 
Publication of design 
a) for each figure, in the 
standard space (6 x 6 cm), 
white-black 
b) for each figure in the 
standard space (6 x 6 cm), 
coloured 
c) for the characteristic 
elements (maximum 30 
words) 
Postponement of publication 
Priority claim 
EXamination of design application 
a) for the first design 
b) for each additional design 
Issuance of the certificate of registration 
a) for 1-20 designs 
b) for 21-50 designs 
c) for 51-100 designs 
Maintenance in force of the certificate 
of registration for every year of 
protection, of the first 5 years: 
a) for 1-20 designs 
b) for 21-50 designs 
c) for 51-100 designs 
Renewal of the certificate of registration 
for every year of protection 
a) for 1-20 designs 
b) for 21-50 designs 
c) for 51-100 designs 
Examination of a contestation 
EXamination of an objection to the 
registration of the design 
Revalidation of the certificate of design 
registration 
Registration of changes in the legal 
status of the application or of the 2 
upon filing the design 
application 
one month from filing the 
application 
upon filing the application 
3 months from filing the 
application claiming priority 
one month 
publication 
application from the 
of design 
one month from the 
communication of the 
decision to grant 
one month from the 
communication of the 
decision to grant, for the 
first 2 years and 
afterwards, during the first 
month of every year 
the first month of each year 
of protection 
upon filing the application 
upon filing the application 
upon filing the application 
upon filing the application 
13. certificate of registration upon filing the request 
a) assignment, license 
b) other changes 
Issuance of acts, receipts, copies, 
certified copies, excepts from the 
register 3 4 
180,000 
30,000 
120,000 
600,000 
60,000 
120,000 
120,000 
300,000 
60,000 
120,000 
180,000 
300,000 
120,000 
150,000 
180,000 
120,000 150,000 
180,000 
900,000 
180,000 
600,000 
180,000 
60,000 
60,000 30 
10 
20 
100 
10 
20 
20 
50 
10 
20 
30 
50 
20 
25 
30 
20 
25 
30 
150 
30 
100 
30 
10 
10 IP/N/IIROM/I/2 
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Annex no. 4 
Amounts and time limits of payment of fees for topographies of integrated circuits 
No. 
o 
1. 
2. Object of payment 
1 
Filing the application for the registration 
of a topography 
Examination of the application for the 
registration of a topography 
3. Registration of a topography 
4. Publication of the registration of a 
topography 
5. Issuance of a certificate of registration 
6. Examination of a contestation 
7. 
8. 
9. Registration of changes in the legal 
status of the application or of the 
certificate of registration 
a) assignment, license 
b) other changes 
Inspection of the public documents of 
the duly filed documentation 
Issuance of a certified copy of the 
public duly filed documents or of pages 
of the National Register of 
Topographies 2 
simultaneously with filing an 
application or within two 
months of the notification of 
the lack of payment . 
simultaneously with filing 
the application or within 
two months of the 
notification of the lack of 
payment 
simultaneously with filing 
the application or within 2 
months of the notification of 
the lack of payment 
simultaneously with filing 
the application or within 2 
months of the notification of 
the lack of payment 
simultaneously with filing an 
application or within 2 
months of the notification of 
the lack of payment 
upon filing 
upon filing 
simultaneously with filing 
the request 
simultaneously with filing 
the request 3 
180,000 
600,000 
1,800,000 
90,000 
90,000 
600,000 
600,000 
150,000 
60,000 
60,000 Amount ($) 
4 
30 
100 
300 
15 
15 
100 
100 
25 
10 
10