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Trademark Prosecution in South AfricaThe Trade Marks Act, 1993 (as amended) governs the South African trade mark registration system. Distinctive signs of all kinds and descriptions which are capable of graphical representation are registrable as trade marks. The forty two classes of goods and services of the International Classification is followed. The statute is generally compatible with the European Directive concerning trade marks and affords protection against unauthorised use of both identical and confusingly similar marks in relation to the goods or services in respect of which a mark is registered and in respect of similar or dissimilar goods or services in defined circumstances. TARIFFS:
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First application |
350,00 |
673,00 |
545,00 |
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Second to fifth, each |
317,00 |
599,00 |
491,00 |
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Sixth and onwards, each |
300,00 |
565,00 |
463,00 |
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Claiming convention priority (excluding translation or verification of priority documents) |
21,00 |
39,00 |
31,00 |
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First mark |
203,00 |
393,00 |
313,00 |
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Second to tenth, each |
71,00 |
135,00 |
109,00 |
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Eleventh and onwards, each |
21,00 |
39,00 |
32,00 |
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Preparation of assignment documents, from |
55,00 |
104,00 |
83,00 |
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Application for recordal of registered user against: |
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First mark |
186,00 |
360,00 |
287,00 |
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Second to tenth, each |
42,00 |
80,00 |
65,00 |
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Eleventh and onwards, each |
11,00 |
20,00 |
17,00 |
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Drafting registered user agreement, from |
144,00 |
273,00 |
220,00 |
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Drafting statement of case or affidavit, from |
36,00 |
69,00 |
56,00 |
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First registration |
193,00 |
375,00 |
300,00 |
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Each additional registration in the same name and having the same renewal date |
142,00 |
267,00 |
219,00 |
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Payment of fine |
49,00 |
90,00 |
75,00 |
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Preparing and lodging notice of opposition, application for rectification or counterstatement, from |
102,00 |
196,00 |
158,00 |
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Registrability search in respect of a single trade mark with routine specification of goods or services, and reporting: |
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Up to 30 minutes |
146,00 |
289,00 |
226,00 |
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For each succeeding 30 minutes |
73,00 |
150,00 |
100,00 |
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Name index and general searches through official records per half hour (not including report) |
67,00 |
136,00 |
104,00 |
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Per hour, depending upon the seniority of the para-legal or attorney, see 8.5 below. |
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8.1 |
Receiving, perusing and preparing any document (per folio) (depending on complexity, time taken, etc.) |
13,00 |
24,00 |
19,00 |
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8.2 |
Typing documents (per folio and where not included in 1 above) |
6,00 |
12,00 |
10,00 |
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8.3 |
Translations from French or German (excluding typing) per 100 words, from |
16,00 |
30,00 |
24,00 |
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8.4 |
Photocopies (per page) |
0,60 |
1,00 |
0,80 |
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8.5 |
Professional time charge (per hour) |
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8.5.1 |
qualified practitioner |
139,00 |
268,00 |
214,00 |
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8.5.2 |
practitioner qualified for 10 years or more |
202,00 |
388,00 |
311,00 |
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