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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1996 No. 715
TRADE MARKS
The Trade Marks (International Registration) (Fees) Rules 1996
Made        -      -       -      - 11th March 1996
Laid before Parliament 11th March 1996
Coming into force       -      - 1st April 1996
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 53, 54 and 79 of the Trade
Marks Act 1994 (1), of the power conferred on him by the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees)
Order 1988 (2), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following
Rules—
1.These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (International Registration) (Fees) Rules 1996
and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
2.These Rules shall be construed as one with the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order
1996 (3).
3.The fees to be paid in respect of any matter arising under the Trade Marks (International
Registration) Order 1996 shall be those specified in the Schedule to these Rules; and in any case
where a form specified in the Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is specified
in the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 that form shall be accompanied by the
fee specified in respect of that matter.
11th March 1996Ian Taylor
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
Science and Technology,
Department of Trade and Industry
(1)1994 c. 26 .
(2)S.I.1988/93  which was made under section 102 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51) . The relevant provisions of that Order
are article 5 and Part II of Schedule 1; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/1473 .
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SCHEDULE Rule 3
FEES PAYABLE
(In this Schedule, references to an article are references to that article in the Trade Marks
(International Registration) Order 1996)
Corresponding Form (where
applicable)Item Amount £
 Submission fee for an
application for international
registration to the International
Bureau by the Patent Office
(article 22)40
 Handling fee for the
transmission by the Patent
Office of monies payable to
the International Bureau for
renewal of an international
registration (article 31)20
TM3 Transformation application
(articles 19–20)100
TM28 Recordal of concurrent
registration (article 21)50
TM24 Application to record or cancel
a notifiable transaction (article
6)50
TM26 Request for the revocation or
invalidation, of a protected
international trade mark
(UK); rectification of the
supplementary register (article
13; article 15)200
TM31M Request for information
relating to an international
trade mark (UK) (article 25)20
TM7 Notice of opposition to the
conferring of protection to
the international registration
(article 10)200
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules prescribe the fees payable for matters arising under the Trade Marks (International
Registration) Order 1996 which implements the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement
concerning the International Registration of Trade Marks (“the Madrid Protocol”) (Cm 1601
Miscellaneous Series No. 14 (1991). In particular, these Rules make provision for the following—
(a)a handling fee for submission of an application for international registration originating
in the United Kingdom;
(b)handling fees for the transmission by the Patent Office of monies payable to the
International Bureau for the renewal of an international registration;
(c)a fee for a transformation application;
(d)a fee for the recordal of a concurrent registration;
(e)fees in relation to the supplementary register maintained by the registrar for the purpose
of recording certain transactions in relation to international trade marks (UK);
(f)fees for the revocation or invalidation of a protected international trade mark (UK);
(g)forms that are required by the registrar for the payment of the prescribed fees.
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