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Jun 30, 2015 (Newsletter Issue 10/15)
Kazakhstan
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Official Fees Increased


Under the Order No. 294 dated May 26, 2015, of the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan new official fees came into effect as of June 11, 2015.

Particularly, official fees for trademarks have been significantly increased from about 20 to about 100 percent.

The new official fee for filing a trademark application, including examination, is now KZT 60,599.84 for up to three classes. The filing fee for each additional class is KZT 9,800. The official registration fee is KZT 24,000.48.

Also, the possibility of accelerated prosecution of the inventions has been introduced. The official fees for acceleration of the formal and substantive examinations are respectively 15 percent and percent higher than the stipulated basic fees. Previously excluded percent discount on the examination fee for applications with established international search report or an international preliminary examination report was retrieved.

In the meantime, new percent discount was added for applicants being small and middle entities related to the registration of inventions, utility models, industrial designs and selection achievements. It should be noted that aforesaid discount is provided only to resident entities.

Source: Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat & Partners, Ukraine and Tagbergenova & Partners, Kazakhstan