The Community Trade Mark covers all fifteen countries in the EU:
| Austria | Belgium | Denmark | Eire | Finland |
| France | Germany | Greece | Italy | Luxenbourg |
| Netherlands | Portugal | Spain | Sweden | UK |
The cost of filing an application in up to three classes of goods and services
inclusive of both Government and our own fees is £1,500. Each additional
class filed (over three classes) at the same time inclusive of our fees is £265.
The Patent Office charge a handling fee of £40 and a completion of registration
fee of £1,500 is payable, which again include the Government fee.
Work carried out on the application after filing is charged at a standard rate
of £175 an hour. We are unable to give a precise estimate of the additional
work. It is unlikely that any one application will be acceptable in all the
countries which it is filed and so it is possible that work over and above the
normal will have to be undertaken.
We believe that it is important to cover your trade marks in the countries in
which they are currently used, or in which you intend to use the in the future.
May European countries only grant rights in a trade mark by registration of
the mark. Use only gives no protection.
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