Marci. Taxe


Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 774 of August 13, 1997 on the fees for the services with legal significance in the field of intellectual property

No
 Legal services Amount of fees,euro
34 Filing of a trademark application 40
35 Examination of a trademark application:
a) of an individual trademark:
- for one class of goods and services 200
- for each additional class of goods and services 50
b) of a collective mark:
- for one class of goods and services 250
- for each additional class of goods and services 50
38 Classification of goods and services, whether the classification as appeared in the application, is incorrect 10
39 Filing an opposition to the provisional rejection of the application 10
40 Registration and grant of a registration certificate:
- for an individual trademark for a period of 10 years 250
- for a collective mark for a period of 10 years 500
41 Renewal of a registration certificate for a period of 10 years:
a) of an individual trademark:
- for one class of goods and services 250
- for each additional class of goods and services 50
b) of a collective mark:
- for one class of goods and services 400
- for each additional class of goods and services 50
42 Grant of a 6 months grace period for the renewal of the registration certificate: 50% of
the renewal
fee
- of an individual trademark
- of a collective mark
43 Withdrawal of an application by the applicant or cancellation of a trademark or appellation of origin registration at the owner’s request 25
Withdrawal, by the applicant or owner, of an opposition filed against the examination decision 15
Withdrawal of an opposition filed against registration of a trademark by third parties 15
Withdrawal of an opposition filed against the provisional rejection of an application 10
44 Receipt, inspection, examination and transfer of the international application 100
Other fees
63 Priority claiming in an application for registration of an intellectual property object 100
64 Internal priority claiming in an application for registration of an intellectual property object 10
65 Publication of an erratum/correction 10
66 Entry of an amendment 50
67 Registration of a license, assignment, franchise and pledge contract (including
the entry of amendments in the Register):
for one intellectual property object 200
68 Entry of amendments in the registered contract or termination thereof 100
69 Filing of an opposition and appeal:
opposition 100
appeal 150
70 Examination and registration of an intellectual property assessment document 500
71 Examination of a request for recognition of a trademark as well-known 750
72 Attestation of representatives in industrial property 50
73 Registration and issue of a certificate of representative in industrial property 50
74 Attestation of evaluators in intellectual property 50
75 Registration and issue of a certificate of evaluator in intellectual property 50
76 Extension of the time limit for the response to the examination notification, suspension of procedure (per month) 20
77 Re-establishment of the unobserved time limit, per month 50
78 Reinstatement of rights 100
79 Registration of the collective mark Statute 50
80 Registration and issue of titles of protections for industrial property objects in case of assessment of rights 50
81 Issue of an official document of the type: copy, copy of the title of protection, certificate, priority act 20
82 Consultation of the National Register:
without the issue of a legalized extract from the National Registerl gratis
with the issue of a legalized extract from the National Register 30
83 Entry in the National Register of changes in the name of the company of the representatives in industrial property and/or in the mailing address 10
84 Participation in the training courses \“Protection of Intellectual Property\” 120
85 Participation in the training courses "Evaluation of Intellectual Property" 240

Note:

  1. Payment of fees shall be made in cash or by transfer, on the account of the State Agency on Intellectual Property, except for fees established in items 622, 623, 6210-6213, which is made on the account of the State Commission for Variety Testing of the Republic of Moldova, as follows:
    • natural and legal persons having their domicile or headquarters in the Republic of Moldova pay the established fees in Moldovan lei, according to the official exchange rate established by the National Bank of Moldova against the euro on the date of payment;
    • foreign natural and legal persons having their permanent domicile or headquarters abroad pay fees in euro or in amounts equivalent to them in Moldovan lei, according to the official exchange rate established by the National Bank of Moldova against the euro on the date of payment.
  2. The applicant or owner of the right of protection of the invention, utility model and plant variety, which has not taken or transferred his right legally or until the date of payment, pay fees as follows:
    • 15% of the amount of the prescribed fee, if it is an enterprise that meets the criteria set out in art. 2(2)-(4) of the Law on Support of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector no. 206-XVI of 07.07.2006, or if it is a natural person and is not the author/breeder;
    • 5% of the amount of the prescribed fee and exemption from payment of maintenance fees for the first five years, if it is an organization in the science and innovation sphere;
    • 5% of the amount of the prescribed fee, if it is a natural person and is the author/breeder.
  3. Where there are more applicants or owners, they benefit by incentives, if each of them meets the condition referred to in paragraph 2. The incentives set out in paragraph 2 shall not apply to fees provided for in Section I, paragraphs 15, 16 and Section VIII, except for paragraphs 66, 76 and 77.
  4. The applicant or owner of the right of protection of trademark or appellation of origin, which has not taken or transferred his right legally or until the date of payment and is an enterprise that meets the criteria set out in art. 2(2)-(4) of the Law on Support of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector no. 206-XVI of 07.07.2006, pay 50% of the amount of fees provided for in section V. The incentives provided for in this section shall also apply to natural persons.
  5. The applicant or owner of the right of protection of industrial design, which has not taken or transferred his right legally or until the date of payment, pay the fees provided for in section VI and paragraphs 66, 76 and 77 of Section VIII, as follows:
    • 15% of the amount of the prescribed fee, if it is a natural person and is the author;
    • 35% of the amount of the prescribed fee, if it is an enterprise that meets the criteria set out in art. 2(2)-(4) of the Law on Support of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector no. 206-XVI of 07.07.2006, or if it is a natural person and is not the author.
  6. . Invalids, pensioners definable in the workforce, pupils, students (day department), servicemen (soldiers and sergeants) shall be exempted from payment of fees established in this Annex, as follows:
    • in paragraphs 1, 3, 6, 7, 9 (for the first three years), 17, 19, 20, 21, 23 (for the first three years); 45, 46, 47, 50, 621, 624, 625 (for the first three years), 69, in the case when the person is the only author of the invention, utility model, industrial design or the only breeder of the plant variety and requests the title of protection on behalf of his name, or is the only owner of the patent, plant variety patent, utility model registration certificate, industrial design registration certificate. The exemptions referred to in this paragraph shall also be granted to a group of applicants or owners, provided that each member of this group is entitled to the exemptions listed;
    • in paragraphs 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 and 61 of section VII.
  7. In cases of transfer of rights, the applicant, owner or successor in title which meets the requirements of paragraphs 2, 4, 5 and 6 shall be required to pay the previously unpaid fee or to liquidate the difference, in the case of partial payment.