Recently, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the UAE Ministry of Economy announced that it will further reduce some official fees related to trademark affairs. In fact, in July 2019, the UAE has already slashed some trademark official fees, for example by reducing the cost of registering a trademark in the country from 10,000 Dirham (about USD2,723) to 6,700 Dirham (about USD1,825).
The reduction of the official fee will take effect from April 5, 2020. The UAE trademark (latest) and patent application fees are attached as follows.
UAE Trademark application fee |
|
Item |
Office Fees (USD) |
Trademark search in one class |
95 |
Filing a Trademark application (in one class) |
205 |
For each additional class |
272 |
Publication on the official gazette |
272 |
Trademark registration |
1362 |
Obtaining a certified copy of Trademark registration |
41 |
Renewal (in one class) |
2995 |
Renewal in the three-month grace period (in one class) |
3267 |
Trademark (in one class) assignment/ recorded license contract |
463 |
Recordal of change of name/address |
136 |
Trademark opposition |
2042 |
Hearing of Trademark opposition |
95 |
Applying for Review |
2042 |
UAE Patent application fee |
|
Item |
Office Fees (USD) |
Patent application |
545 |
Search and first examination |
1907 |
Second/third examination |
1361 |
Publication of the grant |
218 |
Request for opposition |
272 |
Specification amendment after submitting |
110 |
2nd year annuity |
218 |
3rd year annuity |
228 |
4th year annuity |
240 |
5th year annuity |
250 |
* Exchange rate: 1 Dirham=0.2723 Dollar
* To save space, only the first five years’ annuities are listed here.
Source: UAE Ministry of Economy