Increase in IP Australia fees
IP Australia will increase their official fees for important trademark, patent and design services effective as of 1 October 2020.
What fees are increasing?
There are many increases in the official fees relating to patent, design and trade mark matters.
Patents: There is an increase in the excess claim and renewal fees.
Trade Marks: There is an increase in the application filing costs if you do not use the ‘pick-list’ and Hearing costs.
Designs: There is an increase in the renewal costs and including more than one design in the application.
The table below summarises some of these fee increases:
How Can We Help?
These fee changes will come into effect on 1 October 2020. We will send you our updated fee schedules reflecting these fee changes at this time. In the meantime, please let us know if you have any questions and stay safe!
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