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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1998 No. 1776
TRADE MARKS
The Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 1998
Made        -      -       -      - 9th July 1998
Laid before Parliament 22nd July 1998
Coming into force       -      - 1st October 1998
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54 and 79 of the Trade Marks
Act 1994 (1) (“the Act”), of the power conferred on her by the Department of Trade and Industry
(Fees) Order 1988 (2), and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following
Rules:—
1.These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 1998 and shall come into force
on 1st October 1998.
2.These Rules shall be construed as one with the Trade Marks Rules 1994(3) and the Trade
Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 (4).
3.The fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Act, the Trade Marks Rules 1994
and 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 Rules 1994 or the Trade Marks (International
Registration) Order 1996 that form shall be accompanied by the fee, if any, specified in respect of
that matter (unless the Rules or the Order otherwise provide).
4.Where a fee has been paid in error, the registrar shall repay the same; and where a fee is paid
in excess of the amount specified hereunder, the registrar shall remit the amount paid in excess.
5.The Trade Mark (Fees) Rules 1996(5), except as provided for by rule 5(2), are hereby revoked.
(1)1994 c. 26 .
(2)S.I. 1988/93 , as amended by S.I. 1990/1473 , 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.
(3)S.I. 1994/2583 , as amended by S.I. 1998/925 .
(4)S.I. 1996/714 .
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9th July 1998Ian McCartney
Minister of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
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SCHEDULE Rule 3
FEES PAYABLE
(In this Schedule, references to a rule are references to that rule in the Trade Marks Rules 1994 and
references to an article are references to that article in the Trade Marks (International Registration)
Order 1996.)
Number of corresponding
formItem Amount  £
TM3 Application for registration of
a trade mark (rule 5) or a series
of trade marks (rule 21)200
 Class fee (rule 5), for each
class over one50
 Transformation application
(articles 19–20)—
TM3A Application for additional
classes following examination
of a mark (rule 8(3)), for each
additional class50
TM5 Request to the registrar for a
statement of the reasons for his
decision (rule 56(2))100
TM7 Notice of opposition to the
registration of a mark (rule
13(1)), to the amendment of
an application (rule 18(2)),
or to the amendment of the
regulations relating to a
certification or collective
trade mark (rule 23(4)), to
the alteration of a registered
trade mark (rule 25(3)), to the
removal of matter from the
register (rule 39(2)(a)), to the
reclassification of a mark from
Schedule 3 to Schedule 4 (rule
41(1))200
 Notice of opposition on the
conferring of protection to
the international registration
(article 10)200
TM9 Request for extension of time
(rule 62(2))50
TM11 Renewal of registration (rule
28)200
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Number of corresponding
formItem Amount  £
 Class fee for each class over
one50
 Delayed renewal of
registration (rule 29(1))50
TM12 Request for division of an
application (rule 19(1))100
TM13 Request for the restoration
and renewal of a registration
removed from the register for
failure to renew (rule 30(1))100
TM16 Request to enter details of an
assignment (rule 35(1)(a))50
TM17 Request to merge either
applications or registrations
(rule 20(1))—
TM23 Request by the registered
proprietor for the partial
surrender of a registered trade
mark (rule 26(1)(b))—
TM24 Application to record or cancel
a registrable transaction other
than an assignment or licence
(rule 35(1)(d))—
 Application to record or cancel
a notifiable transaction (article
6)—
TM26 Request for the revocation or
invalidation of a registration
(rule 31(1))200
 Request for the rectification of
a registration (rule 31(1))—
 Request for the revocation
or invalidation of a protected
international trade mark (UK)
(article 13)200
 Request for the rectification
of the supplementary register
(article 15)—
TM28 Recordal of concurrent
registration (article 21)—
TM31C Request for information about
applications and registered
trade marks (rule 42)20
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Number of corresponding
formItem Amount  £
TM31M Request for information in
relation to an international
trade mark (UK) (article 25)20
TM31R Request for certified copy of
an entry on the register (rule
37), per certificate20
TM35 Filing of regulations governing
the use of a certification or
collective mark (rule 22)200
TM36 Request to amend regulations
governing the use of a
certification or collective mark
(rule 23(1))100
TM50 Application for the registration
of a licence under registered
trade mark (rule 35(1)(b))—
 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
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules revoke and replace the Trade Mark (Fees) Rules 1996 (S.I.1996/1942 ) except for rule
5(2) of those rules.
They also provide for the removal of fees in some instances and a substantial reduction in a number
of others. The most significant are in respect of—
(a)applications for registration of a trade mark (Form TM3), from £225 to £200;
(b)renewal of registrations, from £250 to £200 (Form TM11);
(c)class fees: for each class over one, from £200 to £50 (Form TM11);
(d)request to merge applications or registrations, from £100 to no fee (Form TM17);
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(e)request for rectification, from £200 to no fee (Form TM26);
(f)application for registration of a licence, from £50 to no fee (TM50).
A compliance cost assessment is available, copies of which have been placed in the libraries of
both Houses of Parliament. Copies are available also from the Legal Division, Patents and Designs
Directorate, the Patent Office, Newport, Gwent, NP9 1RH.
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