Following our client alert on 14 July about the reductions in the UAE official trade mark fees relating to official government registration and renewal of trade marks by the UAE Trade Mark Office, Cabinet Resolution No. 51/2019 was announced on 18 July 2019.

The Cabinet Resolution clarifies that the changes are much broader than what we originally had sight of.

In summary, registration and renewal fees have been reduced by 33%, effective immediately against new and pending applications. 

Registration Renewal (including all stage application, publication & renewal fees)
Old Fees (USD) 2,740 3,435
New Fees (USD) 1,825 2,375

The below table highlights a number of (non-exhaustive) fees that have now been deleted by the UAE Trade Mark Office and no longer apply.

Service Value (AED) Service Value (AED)
Annual subscription to Trademark Journal 1,200 Appeal before Appeals Committee formed under Federal Law No. (17) Of 2002 Regulating and Protecting Industrial Property for Patents, Industrial Drawings and Designs (corporate entity) 1,000
Appeal against rejection of application for trademark registration or making its acceptance conditional 5,000 All annual fees for Industrial Designs and Patents protection  
Amendment in registration particulars of a trademark registration agent 1,000 Application for rectification or amendment of data of the documents for industrial property patents protection for a natural person 200
Application for an extension of time for submission of a document entitling priority of filing a previous application for registration of a trademark in a state party to the Paris Convention 500 Application for rectification or amendment of data of the documents for industrial property patents protection for a corporate entity 400
Application for an extension of time for submission of a priority document entitling precedence of filing in a state party to the Paris Convention for registration of a trademark three months after filing the subsequent application 500 Assignment registration of industrial property patents protection document for a natural person 400
Application for reconsideration of the initial technical check decision issued on application for registration of a trademark 1,000 Assignment registration of industrial property patents protection document for a corporate entity 800
Registering a trademark registration agent, for an individual entity 3,000 Changing the registration agent 1,000
Registering a trademark registration agent, for a national company 5,000 Application status inquiry (natural persons) 200
Renewal of registering a trademark registration agent, for an individual entity 1,500 Application status inquiry (corporate entity) 400
Renewal of registering a trademark registration agent, for a national company 2,500 Transferring the ownership of patents (natural persons) 500
Renewal of registering a trademark registration agent, for a foreign company 5,000 Transferring the ownership of patents (corporate entity) 1,000
Obtaining a certified true copy of any protection document, any other related papers, a certificate of the contents thereof, or an extract from the relevant register (natural persons) 100 Restoration of application after lapsing  (natural persons) 1,500
Obtaining a certified true copy of any protection document, any other related papers, a certificate of the content thereof, or an extract from the relevant register (corporate entity) 200 Restoration of application after lapsing  (corporate entity) 3,000
Appeal before Appeals Committee formed under Federal Law No. (17) of 2002 Regulating and Protecting Industrial Property for Patents, Industrial Drawings and Designs (natural persons) 500    

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