Iceland Renewed Service Fees on Patent, Trademark and Designs

Release Time：2025-02-28 10:30Author：Views：179

A new regulation on service fees for the Icelandic Intellectual Property Office, concerning rights granted under Act No. 17/1991 on Patents (PA), Act No. 45/1997 on Trademarks (TMA), and Act No. 46/2001 on Designs (DA), took effect on February 15, 2024.

Following are the newest fees according to the regulation.

Patents

Patent applications
Application fee for a patent application, an international application proceeded with in Iceland, or a request for a review, division, or excision			ISK 76.000
Additional fee for each patent claim exceeding ten:			ISK 4.900
Fee as referred to in Articles 36 and 37 of the PA			ISK 64.900
Additional fee for an additional time limit provided to submit the required translation in connection with a patent application proceeded with in Iceland			ISK 20.500
Handling fee for the processing of a novelty search with an International Searching Authority			ISK 8.900
Annual fees (ISK) An annual fee which is paid within six months of the due date shall increase by 20%.
1. 13.000 2. 13.000 3. 13.000 4. 24.000 5. 27.000	6. 30.000 7. 35.000 8. 39.000 9. 45.000 10. 50.000	11. 56.000 12. 61.000 13. 67.000 14. 72.000 15. 79.000	16. 85.000 17. 92.000 18. 98.000 19. 105.000 20. 111.000
Granting of a patent
Publication fee for the first 40 pages of the patent document (description, claims, drawings and abstract)			ISK 40.000
Additional fee for each page exceeding 40			ISK 1.500
Additional fee for each claim added after the filing of an application			ISK 4.900
Fee for reissuing a patent			ISK 40.000
Fee for amendment of claims and reissuing a patent			ISK 40.000
European Patents
The validation of a European patent, reissuing of a patent or publication of corrected translation			ISK 43.000
Supplementary Protection Certificate
Application fee			ISK 76.000
Fee for extension of supplementary protection certificate			ISK 56.200
Annual fee for each fee year commenced of a supplementary protection certificate (An annual fee paid within six months of the due date shall increase by 20%)			ISK 111.000
Fee for notification of a waiver from supplementary protection			ISK 8.200
Other fees
Fee for request for limitation on the scope of patent protection			ISK 40.000
Notice of opposition to a patent			ISK 50.000
Services in relation to preliminary scanning of novelty and inventive step of an invention			ISK 40.000

Trademarks, collective marks and guarantee and certification marks

Application or renewal fee, including one class of goods or services	ISK 40.600
Additional fee for each additional class of goods and/or services	ISK 8.900
Fees for designation of Iceland in an application for an international registration of a trademark or for its renewal are paid to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
A request for alteration according to paragraph 1. or 2 of Art. 24 TMA	ISK 10.000
A request for division of an application or registration	ISK 29.900
Notification of opposition or a claim that a registration of a mark be annulled or revoked	ISK 50.000
Search of the trademark registry for a similar mark	ISK 8.000

Design

Application fee for each five-year period	ISK 24.000
Application fee for each design in excess of one in a multiple registration for each five-year period	ISK 6.000
Fee for each picture in excess of one	ISK 4.900
Examination fee	ISK 20.000
Renewal fee for each five-year period	ISK 43.000
Renewal fee for each design in excess of one in a multiple registration for each five-year period	ISK 14.800
Fee for a claim that a registration be revoked	ISK 15.000

Miscellaneous provisions

Processing fee for reception and processing of international patent, trademark or design applications	ISK 20.300
Fee for a request for reinstatement	ISK 13.000
Fee for a request for re-establishment of rights to a patent or design	ISK 50.000
Fee for a request for entry of information on change of ownership, licences or mortgaging in the register	ISK 8.200
Fee for a request for other entries in the register, such as change of a holder’s name or address, change of a trademark definition, modification of list of goods and/or services or change regarding the representative	ISK 4.200
Electronic copy of an application or patent granted, a registered mark or design or other documents from the archiving system	ISK 1.500
Certified copy of documents as referred to in the last item or the issuance of a priority document	ISK 5.400
Printouts or photocopies of documentation, each A4 page	ISK 400
For services which are not included in the unit prices of this Regulation, such as very extensive searches, observations, processing or computer printouts, hourly fee shall be paid	ISK 8.200
Fee for appeal based on the Patent Act, Trademark Act or Design Act	ISK 120.000
If a case is revoked before an appeal committee is fully appointed, the case is dismissed by the appeal committee or it is successful the Ministry shall repay ISK 100.000.