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Does trademark registration cost money?

According to the provisions of Article 63 of my country’s Trademark Law, those who apply for trademark registration and handle other trademark matters must pay fees, and the specific fee standards will be determined separately. According to this article, a registered trademark applicant submits a registered trademark application to the Trademark Office, or the owner of the exclusive right to a registered trademark requests renewal or change of registered trademark matters, or other people object to the registered trademark application and request the cancellation of the registered trademark, etc. Certain fees need to be paid in accordance with regulations. On December 21, 1995, the State Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance issued the "Notice on Fee Standards for Trademark Business" No. [1995] 2404, which abolished the "Notice on Fees for Trademark Registration" issued by the former State Price Bureau and the Ministry of Finance in 1992. "Notice on Standards and their Scope of Use" and came into effect on January 1, 1996. The charging standards stipulated in the notice mainly include the following contents: (1) In order to adapt to the development of my country's trademark management work, solve the current problem of low trademark business charges and inconsistent charges by Chinese and foreign enterprises, and gradually integrate with international management, it was decided to appropriately increase the trademark business charges standards, and implement unified standards for Chinese and foreign enterprises. The specific charging standards are: 1,000 yuan for trademark registration (limited to 10 products in this category. For more than 10 products, an additional 100 yuan will be charged for each product), and a 1,000 yuan reissue trademark registration certificate fee (including lost listings) Declared fee), the fee for accepting transfer of registered trademark is 1,000 yuan, the fee for accepting trademark renewal registration is 2,000 yuan, the fee for accepting registration delay is 500 yuan, the fee for accepting trademark review is 1,500 yuan, the fee for delaying trademark review is 500 yuan, the change fee is 500 yuan, and the receipt is issued The trademark certification fee is 100 yuan. (2) According to Caizongzi [1995] No. 88, the Ministry of Finance and the State Planning Commission's "Notice on Increasing the Fee Items for Trademark Registration Management and Related Issues", the charging standard for new trademark services is determined as: the collective trademark registration fee is 3,000 yuan , the registration fee for accepting certification trademarks is 3,000 yuan, the trademark opposition fee is 1,000 yuan, the trademark cancellation fee is 3,000 yuan, the well-known trademark recognition fee is 5,000 yuan, the collective trademark registration fee is 3,000 yuan, and the trademark application licensing contract filing fee is 300 yuan. (3) The production fee for the "Designated Trademark Printing Unit Certificate" issued by the local industrial and commercial administration department and the "Designated Trademark Printing Unit Certificate" and "Trademark Registration Certificate" verification fees are charged by the provincial price department in conjunction with the financial department at the same level. formulated. After a trademark is registered, there is no need to pay any annual maintenance fees. In addition, on June 7, 1995, the State Planning Commission issued the "Notice on Adjusting the Standards of Trademark Search Fees" in the Price Letter [1995] No. 50, which stipulated related issues such as trademark search fees. According to regulations, the Tongda Trademark Service Center handles ordinary trademark inquiries for domestic and foreign entities and individuals, and shall provide inquiry results within 5 days, and charge trademark inquiry fees according to the following standards: (1) 60 yuan per Chinese trademark for ordinary inquiry; (2) ) The general search fee for foreign language trademarks is 100 yuan per item; (3) The search fee for graphic trademarks is 120 yuan per item (it is now stipulated that the search for graphic trademarks is no longer required). For urgent trademark inquiries at the request of the inquiry unit or individual, the inquiry results shall be provided within 2 days, and the expedited inquiry fee shall be doubled according to the above charging standards. If trademark inquiry units and individuals require express delivery or fax to obtain inquiry information, the express delivery and fax fees will be calculated separately based on the actual costs incurred. This regulation will be implemented on July 1, 1995, and the past regulations on trademark search fees will be abolished at the same time. Strictly speaking, trademark search fees are not included in the fees for handling trademark matters stipulated in this article, but they are closely related to the provisions of this article.