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Overview Of Trademark Processing Fees As Applicable
Trademark processing fees are often a concern for business people who want to protect their trademarks, but don’t want to spend thousands in the process. Unfortunately there is no easy way around trademark processing fees, but at Smit & Van Wyk Intellectual Property Attorneys we do our best to keep the trademark processing fees to the minimum without having to compromise on the quality of professional service that we provide.
The trademark processing fees, however, include for instance, the trademark searches at the specific country’s Trademark Office, the international databases and journals as well as the company registrar. In addition trademark processing fees also include the processing and filing of the application in for instance, South Africa or overseas where applicable.
When filing for trademark rights in another country, one must also consider the cost of translation into the required languages and the fees payable at the particular trademark office.
The trademark processing fees include the fees asked by the trademark office and only once all fees are paid as required by the particular trademark office will the application be processed completely.
In addition one must also budget for the advertising of the trademark application, design costs, and handling of each application in the specific classes intended. Where one wants to register more than one variant of the trademark, the trademark processing fees for each should be considered as well.
If you plan to export to a country it will be wise to also trademark your product or service in the particular country to protect against infringement.
We at Smit & Van Wyk understand the need to keep trademark processing fees to a minimum and as such provide discounted prices where clients have to register a mark in more than one class, for more than one variant and for both aesthetic and functional protection.
Contact us today for complete information regarding trademark processing fees for South African and international applications.
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