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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2009 No. 2089
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The Trade Marks and Trade Marks and
Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2009
Made        -      -       -      - 23rd July 2009
Laid before Parliament  30th July 2009
Coming into force
Rules 20 to 22 4th October 2009
Remainder 1st October 2009
The Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections
41, 78 and 79 of the Trade Marks Act 1994(1) and section 123 of the Patents Act 1977 (2).
In accordance with articles 5 and 7 of the Department of Trade and Industry (Fees) Order 1988(3),
the Secretary of State has taken into account the functions and matters specified in Parts 2 and 4 of
Schedule 1 and Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to that Order.
In accordance with paragraph 24 of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act
2007 (4), the Secretary of State has consulted the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council before
making these Rules.
Citation and commencement
1.These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks and Trade Marks and Patents (Fees)
(Amendment) Rules 2009.
2.Rules 20 to 22 of these Rules come into force on 4th October 2009 and all other rules come
into force on 1st October 2009.
Amendments to the Trade Marks Rules 2008
3.The Trade Marks Rules 2008(5) are amended as follows.
(1)1994 c. 26 .
(2)1977 c.37 . Section 123 was amended by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c.48) , Schedule 5, paragraph 29, and
the Patents Act 2004 (c.16) , Schedule 2, paragraph 26.
(3)S.I. 1988/93 , amended by S.I. 1990/1473 , both of which were made under section 102 of the Finance (No.2) Act 1987 (c. 51) .
(4)2007 c.15 .
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4.In rule 2(1), for the definition of “the Office” substitute—
““the Office” means the Patent Office which operates under the name “Intellectual Property
Office”;”.
5.In rule 5, omit paragraph (1) and insert—
“(1)  An application for the registration of a trade mark (other than a transformation
application, which shall be filed on Form TM4) shall be filed on Form TM3 or, where the
application is filed in electronic form using the filing system provided on the Office website,
on Form e-TM3.
(1A)  Where an application is filed on Form TM3 (a “standard application”) the
application shall be subject to the payment of the standard application fee and such class
and series fees as may be appropriate.
(1B)  Where an application is filed on Form e-TM3 (an “electronic application”) the
application shall be subject to the payment of the e-filed application fee and such class
and series fees as may be appropriate, which shall be payable at the time the electronic
application is made and if they are not so paid the application shall be subject to the payment
of the standard application fee referred to in paragraph (1A) and such class and series fees
as may be appropriate.”.
6.In rule 5, at the beginning of paragraph (2) insert “Subject to paragraph (6)”.
7.In rule 5(3), for the words “Form TM3 which shall be filed electronically using the filing
system provided on the Office website, or by such other means as the registrar may permit in any
particular case,” substitute “Form e-TM3”.
8.In rule 5, after paragraph (5) add—
“(6)  Where it appears to the registrar that the period (the “routine period”) within which
applicants are routinely notified of the outcome of an examination under section 37 is equal
to or less than the period specified in paragraph (5), the registrar may suspend the right of
applicants to file a request for expedited examination until such time as the routine period
exceeds the period specified in paragraph (5) and the registrar shall, in each case, publish
a notice on the Office website to this effect.”.
9.In rule 13(2), for the words “one month” substitute “14 days”.
10.In rule 26(1), for the words “for a division” substitute “to divide the specification”.
11.In rule 28, omit paragraph (1) and insert—
“(1)  An application may be made in accordance with rule 5 for the registration of a series
of trade marks in a single registration provided that the series comprises of no more than
six trade marks.
(1A)  Where an application for registration of a series of trade marks comprises three or
more trade marks, the application shall be subject to the payment of the prescribed fee for
each trade mark in excess of two trade marks.”.
12.In rule 28, omit paragraphs (3), (4) and (7).
13.In rule 77(2)(a), after “extension” insert “relates to a time or period other than one specified
under rule 13 and”.
Amendments to the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 2008
14.The Schedule to the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 2008(6) is amended as follows.
(6)S.I.2008/1958 .
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15.In the entry “TM3 – Application for registration of a trade mark (rule 5) or a series of trade
marks (rule 28) – 200”, before “Application” insert “Standard”.
16.In the entry “TM3 – Request to the Registrar for expedited examination of application
for registration of a trade mark (rule 5(2)) – 300”, for “TM3” substitute “e-TM3” and before
“application” insert “electronic”.
17.In the entry “TM3 – Class fee (rule 5), for each class over one – 50”, after “over one” insert
“contained in a standard application”.
18.After the entry “TM3 - Class fee (rule 5), for each class over one – 50” insert the following—
“TM3 Series fee (rule 28(1A)), for each trade
mark over two contained in a standard
application50
e-TM3 Electronic application for registration of a
trade mark (rule 5(1B)) or a series of trade
marks (rule 28)170
e-TM3 Class fee (rule 5), for each class over one
contained in an electronic application50
e-TM3 Series fee (rule 28(1A)), for each trade
mark over two contained in an electronic
application50”
19.In the entry “TM9 – Request for extension of time (rule 77(2)) - 50” for “50” substitute “100”.
Amendments to the Patents (Fees) Rules 2007
20.The Patents (Fees) Rules 2007 (7) are amended as follows.
21.In rule 3, at the end of paragraph (1)(b) insert “ (except where an application is filed in
electronic form or using electronic communications in accordance with directions given under
section 124A and the application is accompanied by the fee, in which case the application fee is
£20)”.
22.After rule 3 insert the following rule—
“Electronic filing fee reduction
3A. Where Form 9A or 10 is filed in electronic form or using electronic communications
in accordance with directions given under section 124A, the fee specified in Schedule 1 in
respect of a request for a search in accordance with rule 27 of the 2007 Rules or a request
for a substantive examination in accordance with rule 28 of the 2007 Rules shall in each
case be reduced by £10.”.
Transitional Provisions
23.Rule 12 shall not apply to an application for registration of a series of trade marks which was
filed before 1st October 2009.
(7)S.I. 2007/3292 .
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23rd July 2009David Lammy
Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual
Property
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Trade Marks Rules 2008 (SI 2008/1797 ) (“the 2008 Rules”), the Trade Marks
(Fees) Rules 2008 ( SI 2008/1958 ) (“the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules”) and the Patents (Fees) Rules
2007 ( SI2007/3292 ) (“the Patents (Fees) Rules”).
The amendments to the 2008 Rules and the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules contained in rules 4 to 19
make the following changes of substance—
(1)  An application for the registration of a trade mark which is filed electronically on Form e-
TM3 shall be subject to a fee of £170 where the fee (and any relevant class or series fees) are paid
in full at the time the application is filed. Where the full fees do not accompany the application, the
standard application fee of £200 shall apply, together with any class or series fees (rule 5).
(2)  Rule 5(2) of the 2008 Rules contains a provision under which for a fee of £300 an applicant
may request an expedited examination of the application, in which case the report is issued within
10 working days or the fee is refunded. Rule 5 is amended to provide that where the time period
within which standard examinations are routinely dealt with is equal to or less than 10 days, the
registrar may suspend provision of the expedited examination service as there will be no benefit to
applicants over the standard service. In this event, the registrar will advertise the suspension of the
service on the website operated by the Intellectual Property Office. If the time period within which
standard examinations are routinely dealt with subsequently exceeds the 10 day period, the registrar
may resume the expedited examination service and advertise the same (rule 8).
(3)  The right to file a single application in respect of a series of trade marks under rule 28 of
the 2008 Rules is now limited to six trade marks and a fee of £50 will be payable in respect of each
trade mark over two in number. The right to request a division of an application for a series of trade
marks into separate applications is removed in relation to applications filed on or after 1st October
2009 (rules 11, 12 and 23).
(4)  The fee to request an extension of time under rule 77(2) of the 2008 Rules is increased from
£50 to £100 (rule 19).
The Patents (Fees) Rules are amended by rules 20 to 22. Under rule 21, the application fee for a
patent is reduced from £30 to £20 where the application is filed electronically and it is accompanied
by the fee. Under rule 22, the search fee and the examination fee are each reduced by £10 where the
relevant form (Patents Form 9A or Patents Form 10) is filed electronically.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and
the voluntary sector is available from the Intellectual Property Office, Room 2B36, Concept House,
Cardiff Road, Newport, NP10 8QQ and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is
available alongside the instrument on the OPSI website.
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