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The cost of registering a trademark or trade name is around 144 euros for the first class requested. There is a 15% discount for applications sent electronically. The second and any subsequent classes requested cost around 93 euros.
To maintain these rights you will have to pay for them to be renewed every ten years. The fees are revised annually through the General State Budgets Act and details of the amount payable can be found on the SPTO web page (“SPTO Fees”).
Ten years from the date of application. After ten years the trademark and/or trade name must be renewed. The trademark and/or trade name can be renewed indefinitely.
The SPTO will advise you in plenty of time when the period is due to expire. It is important that you notify the SPTO of any change of address. It is advisable to indicate an e-mail address as your preferred method of notification, as this is the quickest way of receiving notifications.
Notwithstanding the above, it is important to bear in mind that some national registrations awarded under the old trademark legislation are still valid and therefore, if the application date was prior to 12 May 1989, it is worth consulting the Office’s information services to find out the next renewal and payment dates for your trademark or trade name.
Si se trata de un mero error en el número de la clase, la OEPM lo modificaría de oficio. Si el error afectara también a los productos o servicios, la OEPM se lo comunicaría al solicitante para su subsanación.
To find the most suitable class or classes for the product or service you wish to register, you can go to the databases section of the SPTO web page, Trademarks and Trade Names, where you will find an application (CLINMAR) that incorporates the Nice International Classification of Products and Services and the classification shared by the European trademark offices (Harmonised).
This system enables you to view the definitions of the 45 classes of products and services and allows you to perform searches entering key words, offering guidance on the classifications that can be used for each product or service (Nice and harmonised).
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