COST OF AN IPR

Whenever you apply for a regional procedure (European Patent, Community trademark or registered design), the procedural cost is generally more expensive but a single attorney is required. Whenever you apply for a national patent, registered design or trademark, you will need as many attorneys as the number of countries where the protection is requested, procedural costs can thus be lower but representation costs are multiplied by the number of countries claimed.

It is not possible to give accurate advice on the overall cost of obtaining a intellectual property rights since the cost of professional advice and possible translations will together make up a significant proportion of the total.

There are a number of other fees covering issues such as renewals, late payments etc. but the basic administrative fees charged for a intellectual property rights application are as follow. Please, check our cost tool disclaimer message in order to know more details on the fees used in the calculations.