Changes in Amounts of Individual Fees for Japan: Madrid Protocol

The Japan Patent Office (JPO) has declared to modify the amounts of the individual fee payable with respect to Japan under Article 8(7) of the Madrid Protocol.

ITEMS Present(in Swiss francs) New Amounts(in Swiss francs)
Application or Subsequent Designation First Part: 92 for one class 108
70 for each additional class 82
Second Part: 229 for each class 269
Renewal 315 for each class 371

 

This change takes effect on December 14, 2016.

Therefore, these amounts will be payable where Japan:

(a)  is designated in an international application which is received, or is deemed to have been received under Rule 11(1)(c), by the Office of origin on or after that date;  or

(b)  is the subject of a subsequent designation which is received by the Office of the Contracting Party of the holder on or after that date, or is filed directly with the International Bureau of WIPO on or after that date;  or

(c)  has been designated in an international registration which is renewed on or after that date.

 

Japan was the 5th designated member.

According to the WIPO Statistics Database, June 2016, the numbers of designations made in Madrid applications for Japan from the top 20 origins in 2015 is 13,533.

It was followed by the Switzerland (13,071) and Australia (11,993).

The most designated member was China, the only country to exceed 20,000 designations.

It has become a routine to obtain trademark registrations in Japan by means of Madrid Protocol.

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Masaki MIKAMI – Attorney at IP Law (Japan)

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