As of Monday, June 17, brand owners filing trademark applications will be paying more, as the amended Trade-marks Act and the new Trademarks Regulations come into force.At present, to file a trademark application, “regardless of the number of goods and services, regardless of the number of classes,” the fee is $250, says Janet Fuhrer of Ridout & Maybee LLP in Ottawa. As of Monday, she says, the base fee will be $330 for one class of goods and services and $100 for each additional class of services.
Following the launch of Madrid e-filing in the Lithuanian IP Office in February, the IP Office of Estonia becomes the second Baltic State and the third Member this year to offer Madrid e-filing to its trademark community.