Ukraine Trademarks | Filing and Prosecution — Steps and Fees

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To get started with TM registration, we need some initial information (usually in the form of a completed questionnaire):

Customer details — the information about the person who will enter into the contract with us and pay for the registration.

Applicant Details —the information about the person who will eventually be the owner of the TM after the registration process is completed.

The applicant (the future owner of the TM) may be:

An individual or a legal entity.
One or more persons. If there are more than one applicant, the official filing fees increase by 30%.

One person may be both the Applicant (future trademark owner) and the Customer (payer), or these may be different persons. I.e. a Customer may order and pay for trademark registration services either on their own behalf or on behalf of another person.

Logo or wording to be registered as a trademark.

Information on goods and/or services to be included in the scope of the trademark protection

Based on these data, on further steps, we will determine (i) classes of goods and/or services for the purpose of trademark searching, and (ii) list of goods and/or services within the selected classes for the purpose of trademark registration.

2. Contract and Power of Attorney

Based on Customer, Applicant, and Trademark information (obtained in Step 1), we draw up a contract and a power of attorney, and send them to you via email.

To move forward, we need a scanned copies of the documents (the contract signed by the customer and the power of attorney signed by the applicant). After the application is filed we would need the original documents within two months.

3. Cost of drafting, filing and prosecution of a trademark application

Description		Fees, UAH
31601	ATTORNEY'S FEE for using standard descriptions of goods and services for a trademark application — per each class of goods or services	1000,00
31603	ATTORNEY’S FEE for drafting and filing a trademark application — coef. 1	2500,00
31604	Trademark prosecution (tracking deadlines, receiving documents, reporting an office action)	1000,00
31701	Trademark application filing fee (1 applicant) (OFFICIAL FEE) [40100] - 1 class of goods or services	3200* / 4160**
31702	OFFICIAL FEE for indication of colors [40100] - 1 applicant	800* / 1040**

* one applicant

** several applicants

Payment deadline — prior to filing the application

Time to completion — we draw up and file a application within 1-2 working days after we get Customer's approval of all the details relating to the filing.

Period of examination — under ordinary procedure it is usually 18-20 months of the filing. Under the accelerated procedure — the examiner's decision is usually received in 6-7 months of the filing date.

If the Ukrpatent examiner finds a conflicting mark (an already registered or a prior-filed pending application owned by another party, being a ground for refusal because of “likelihood of confusion”), there could be additional costs on preparing and filing a response to such a refusal (Office Action) (from EUR 160 per one ground). The likelihood of a preliminary refusal significantly reduces if a trademark search had been conducted and the decision on type and strategy of trademark registration was based on the search results.

4. Cost of trademark publication and grant

Description		Fees, UAH
33501	ATTORNEY’S FEE for paying the publication fee and grant fee, obtaining and forwarding the certificate to the Customer - for residents of Ukraine	1250,00
33502	Publication fee (OFFICIAL FEE) [41700] - 1 class of goods or services	600,00
33503	Additional publication fee (color) (OFFICIAL FEE) [41700]	200,00
33504	Trademark grant fee (OFFICIAL FEE) - for residents of Ukraine	85,00
33505	Trademark grant fee (OFFICIAL FEE) - for non-residents of Ukraine — the equivalent of USD 200	8000,00

Payment deadline — within 3 months following the positive examiner's decision.

Time to completion — the publication could be requested once the positive examiner's decision is received (usually in 18-20 months following the filing date where no acceleration has been requested, or in 6-7 months following the filing date where the acceleration had been requested).

Trademark Consultations

We provide consultations on matters related to the protection of trademarks in Ukraine and worldwide, as well as written materials explaining the stages and cost of registration.