Chapter 3. Filing of CTM and RCD applications at national offices

AuthorOffice for Harmonization in the Internal Market
ProfessionEuropean Commission
Pages37-47

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The applicant for a CTM may choose to file his application directly at the Office or through the intermediary of a national office (Article 25 (1) CTMR). The filing route through the intermediary of a national office is available independently of the nationality of the applicant and of the languages chosen as the first and second language in the CTM application.

The following offices are available: the central industrial property offices of the Member States, including the Benelux countries, the Benelux Trade Office for Intellectual Property.

The central industrial property offices of the Member States include their main seat and, where applicable, their sub-offices or branch offices. However, CTM applications may not be filed at other bodies or institutions of the Member States, even if they are competent to receive national trade mark applications under the relevant national law. This is particularly important for Spain, Italy and Germany where national applications may be filed through certain regional administrative or other authorities.

The following table lists the names and addresses and other relevant practical information, such as on technical means of filing, of the national offices, as well as, if applicable, the fee for the handling and transmittal of CTM applications to which Article 25 (2), second sentence CTMR refers.

Applicants using the filing route through the intermediary of a national office should be careful and bear in mind the following:

Applications which reach the Office more than two months after filing shall be deemed to have been filed on the date on which the application reached the Office (Article 25 (3) CTMR);

No payment for a CTM application may be made at or through the intermediary of a national office, and any such payment will have to be returned to the applicant (cf. Communication No 2/97 of the President of the Office of 3 July 1997, OJ OHIM 1997, 758);

No correspondence subsequent to the CTM application as filed and no other correspondence, application or request addressed to the Office may be sent to or through the intermediary of a national office.

Applications for Community designs may be filed with the OHIM or through the industrial property offices of Member States. The following table also includes where applicable, the fee for the handling and transmittal of RCD applications to which Article 35 of the CDR refers.

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Austria Österreichisches Patentamt
Dresdner Straße 87,
Postfach 95
A - 1200 Wien
Tel.:(43-1) 5 34 24 0
Fax: (43-1) 53 424 535
E-mail: info@patentamt.at
http://www.patentamt.at
Telefax
§ 1, AT-PAV
No fee § 69, AT-TML
§ 44a, AT-DeL
Belgium Office de la Propriété
intellectuelle / Dienst voor de
Intellectuele Eigendom
Service public federal economie,
p.m.e., classes moyennes &
energie / Federale
overheidsdienst economie,
k.m.o., middenstand & energie
Ministère des affaires
économiques / Ministerie van
Economische Zaken
North Gate III
Boulevard Roi Albert II 16
B - 1000 Bruxelles/Brussel
Tel.: (32-2) 277 52 97
Fax: (32-2) 277 52 77
http://www.mineco.fgov.be
Benelux Benelux-Bureau voor de Intellectuele
Eigendom (BBIE)
Office Benelux de la Propriété
intellectuelle (OBPI)
Bordewijklaan 15
Postbus / Boîte postale 90404
NL - 2509 LK Den Haag
Tel.: (31-70) 349 11 11
Fax: (31-70) 347 57 08
E-mail: info@boip.int
http://www.boip.int/
E-filing, telefax,
mail
Articles 3.4. and
3.5. ER-BCIP
CTM: Fee = euros 80
(+ transmission
costs if they
exceed euros 25)
Article 4.6 (2),
ER-BCIP
RCD: Fee = euros 71
(+transmission
costs if they
exceed euros25)
Article 4.8, ERBCIP

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Cyprus Tméma Ephórou Etaireión kai
EpÃsemou Paralépte
GonÃa Leoph. MakarÃou kai
KarpenesÃou
PolukatoikÃa 'XSENIOS', 1427
LeukosÃa
Ministry of Commerce, Industry
and Tourism
Department of Registrar of
Companies and Official
Receiver Corner
Makarios Avenue & Karpenisiou
"XENIOS" Building,
CY-1427 Nicosia
Tel.: +357 22404433
Fax: +357 22304887
E-mail:
deptcomp@drcor.mcit.gov.cy
http://www.mcit.gov.cy/mcit/drco
r/drcor.nsf/index_en/index_en?o
pendocument
No fee
Czech
Republic
Úrad prumyslového vlastníctví
The Industrial Property Office
Antonína Cermáka 2a
CZ-160 68 Prague
Tel: (420-2) 20383111
Fax: (420-2) 24324718
E-mail: posta@upv.cz
http://www.isdvapl.upv.cz
Telefax, e-mail
with electronic
signature
Fee CTM = 500
CZK
CZ-FEE
Fee RCD = 500
CZK
§49, CZ -TML
§ 34 (2), CZDL
Denmark Patent-og Varemærkestyrelsen
Helgeshøj Allé 81
DK - 2630 Taastrup
Tel.: (45-43) 50 80 00
Fax: (45-43) 50 80 01
E-mail: pvs@dkpto.dk
http://www.dkpto.dk
Telefax Fee CTM = 200
DKK
§ 12, DK-FEE
Fee RCD = 200
DKK
§ 22, DK-FEE
§48,DK-TML
§ 19, DK-RE
Art. 49 (2), (3),
DK-DeL
Estonia Eesti Patendiamet
Toompuiestee 7
EE - 15041 Tallinn
Tel: (372) 627 7900
Fax: (372) 645 1342
E-mail: Patendiamet@epa.ee
http://www.epa.ee
Fee CTM = 500
EEK
EE-FEE
Fee RCD = 500
EEK
EE-FEE
§ 712, EE-TML
§ 876, EE-DL

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Finland Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus
Patent- och
registerstyrelsen
Arkadiankatu 6A
FIN - 00100 Helsinki
Tel.: (358-9) 6939 500
Fax: (358-9) 6939 5328
http://www.prh.fi
Fee CTM = euros 40
§ 6, FI-FEE
Fee RCD = euros 50
§ 7 FI - FEE
§57, FI-TML

§ 33 b, FI-DeL
France I. Institut national de la
propriété industrielle (INPI)
26bis, rue de Saint-Pétersbourg
F - 75800 Paris Cedex 08
Tel.: (33-1) 53 04 53 04
Fax: (33-1) 42 94 02 09
http://www.inpi.fr
II. Branch offices
Bordeaux:
2, place de la Bourse
F - 33076 Bordeaux Cedex
Tel.: (33-5) 56 81 12 60
Fax: (33-5) 56 51 64 99
Grenoble:
5, place Robert Schuman
BP 1515
F - 38025 Grenoble Cedex 01
Tel.: (33-4) 76 84 08 84
Fax: (33-4) 76 84 06 87
Lille:
97 boulevard Carnot
F - 59040 Lille Cedex
Tel.: (33-3) 28 36 33 80
Fax: (33-3) 28 36 33 62
Lyon:
43, rue Raulin
F - 69364 Lyon Cedex 07
Tel.: (33-4) 78 72 59 42
Fax: (33-4) 78 61 77 21
Marseille:
32, Cours Pierre Puget
F - 13006 Marseille
Tel.: (33-4) 91 33 41 00
Fax: (33-4) 91 54 86 54
Telefax
(does not apply to
the filing of colour
marks)
Article 1, FR-DEC
Nº 95-196
Fee CTM = euros 40
Fee RCD = euros 40

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Nancy:
123, rue du Fbg des Trois
Maisons
BP 749
F - 54064 Nancy Cedex
Tel.: (33-3) 83 17 87 00
Fax: (33-3) 83 32 92 23
Nantes:
3 place de la petite Hollande
BP 82308
F - 44023 Nantes cedex 1
Tel.: (33-2) 40 35 82 90
Fax: (33-2) 40 35 82 99
Rennes:
Centre d'Affairs Patton
BP 79 157
11, rue Franz Heller
F - 35079 Rennes Cedex 07
Tel.: (33-2) 99 38 16 68
Fax: (33-2) 99 36 99 29
Sophia Antipolis:
249, rue Fernand Léger
Sophia Antipolis
F - 06560 Valbonne
Tel.: (33-4) 93 65 37 37
Fax: (33-4) 93 65 41 34
Strasbourg:
2, rue Brûlée
F - 67000 Strasbourg
Tel.: (33-3) 88 32 25 44
Fax: (33-3) 88 23 50 55
Toulouse:
3, rue Michel Labrousse Parc
d'activités Basso Campo
BP 1356
F - 31106 Toulouse Cedex
Tel.: (33-5) 61 40 96 00
Fax: (33-5) 61 40 75 06

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Germany Deutsches Patent- und
Markenamt
Zweibrückenstr. 12
D - 80331 München
Postal address:
Deutsches Patent- und
Markenamt
Markenabteilungen
D - 81534 München
Tel.: (49-89) 21 95 0
Fax: (49-89) 21 95 22 21
E-mail: info@dpma.de
http://www.dpma.de
Jena:
Deutsches Patent- und
Markenamt
Dienststelle Jena
Goethestr. 1
D - 07743 Jena
Postal address:
Deutsches Patent- und
Markenamt
Dienststelle Jena
D - 07738 Jena
Tel.: (49-3641) 4054
Fax: (49-3641) 4056 90
Berlin:
Deutsches Patent- und
Markenamt
Technisches Informationszentrum
Berlin
Gitschiner Str. 97
D - 10969 Berlin
Postal address:
Deutsches Patent- und
Markenamt
Technisches Informationszentrum
Berlin
D - 10958 Berlin
Tel.: (49-30) 25 99 20
Fax: (49-30) 25 99 24 04
Telefax
(cf. Communication
of the
President of the
German Patent
Office of 5.2.1997,
Bl. f. PMZ 1997,
69)
§ 11 DE-ORD
Fee CTM = euros 25
Fee RCD = euros 25
(per application
up to a maximum
weight of 2 kg)
= euros 50 (per application
up to a
maximum weight
of 12 kg)
= euros 70 (per application
with a
weight of more
than 12 kg)
§125a, DETML
§ 2
Annex No 335
100
DE-FEE
§ 62, DE-DL
§2, §15
Annex No 344
100; 344 200;
344 300
DE-FEE

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Greece Trade Marks:
Ministry of Development
Department of Commerce
Unit for Trade and Industrial
Property
The Kanning Square
GR - 101 81 Athens
Tel.: (30-10) 38 43 171
Fax: (30-10) 38 21 717
Designs:
Industrial Property
Organization
5, Pandanassis St.,
GR - 151 25 Paradissos
Amaroussiou
Tel.: (30-210) 6183500
Fax: (30-210) 6819231
Email: info@obi.gr
http://www.obi.gr
Hungary Magyar Szabadalmi Hivatal
Garibaldi utca 2.
H -1054 Budapest
Tel.: (36-1) 312 4400
Fax: (36-1) 331 2596
E-mail: mszh@hpo.hu
http://www.hpo.hu
Fee CTM = 10
700 HUF
Art. 11 (6), HUFEE
Fee RCD = 10
700 HUF
Art. 10 (5), HUFEE
Art. 76/B
HU-TML
Art. 60/B
HU-DeL
Ireland Irish Patents Office
Government Buildings
Hebron Road
IE - Kilkenny
Tel.: (353-56) 77 20 111
Fax: (353-56) 77 20 100
E-mail: patlib@entemp.ie
http://www.patentsoffice.ie
Fee CTM = euros 25
Fee RCD = euros 25
Section 57 (1)
IE-TMA and
IE-S.I. No 10

Section 3 (2)
IE-S.I. No. 27
of 2003,
IE-CD
Regulation
Italy Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e
Marchi
Ministero delle attività
produttive
Via Molise, 19
I - 00187 Roma
Tel.: (39-6) 47 05 30 81
Fax: (39-6) 47 05 30 35
http://www.uibm.gov.it

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Latvia Latvijas Republikas Patentu
valde
Citadeles iela 7/70
P.O.Box 824,
LV-1010 Riga
Tel: (371) 7099 600
Fax: (371) 7099 650
E-mail: valde@lrpv.lv
http://www.lrpv.lv
Fee CTM = 11,80
LVL
Rule 14, LV-REFEE
Malta Ministry for Competitiveness
and Communications,
Commerce Division,
Industrial Property Registration
MT-Lascaris, Valletta, CMR 02
Tel: (356) 25690206
Fax: (356) 25690338
E-mail: ipoffice@gov.mt
http://www.mcmp.gov.mt
Fee CTM = 20
MTL
Fee RCD = 20
MTL
Rule 4
N.L. 233 of
2003
Fee RCD = 11,80
LVL
Rule 14, LV-REFEE
Art. 39.1 (1),
LV-TML
Lithuania Lietuvos Respublikos
Valstybinis patentu biuras
Kalvariju g. 3,
LT-09310 Vilnius
Tel: (370-5) 278 02 50
Fax: (370-5) 275 07 23
E-mail:spb@vpb.gov.lt
http://www.vpb.gov.lt
Fee CTM = 100
LTL

Fee RCD = 100
LTL
Art. 55(1),
paragraph 3,
LT-TML;
Annex 4,
paragraph 17,
- LT-TMFEE
Art. 51(1),
paragraph 3,
LT-DeL;
Annex 2,
paragraph 12,
- LT-DeFEE
Luxembourg Direction de la Propriété
Intellectuelle
Ministère de l'économie et du
commerce exterieur
19-21, boulevard Royal
L - 2914 Luxembourg
Tel.: (352) 47 84 187
Fax: (352) 22 26 60
http://www.eco.public.lu/
attributions/dg2/
d_propriete_intellectuelle/
index.html
Malta Ministry for Competitiveness
and Communications,
Commerce Division,
Industrial Property Registration
MT-Lascaris, Valletta, CMR 02
Tel: (356) 25690206
Fax: (356) 25690338
E-mail: ipoffice@gov.mt
http://www.mcmp.gov.mt
Fee CTM = 20
MTL
Fee RCD = 20
MTL
Rule 4
N.L. 233 of
2003

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Netherlands Octrooicentrum Nederland
Netherlands Patent Center
Patentlaan 2
NL - 2288 EE Rijswijk
Tel.: (31-70) 398 66 99
Fax: (31-70) 398 66 06
http://www.octrooicentrum.nl
Poland Urzad Patentowy
Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Al. Niepodleglosci 188
PL 00 - 950 Warszawa,
Tel.: (4822) 825 80 01
Fax: (4822) 875 06 80
E-mail: informacja@uprp.pl
http://www.uprp.pl
Fee CTM = 120
PLN
PL-FEE
Fee RCD = 120
PLN
PL-FEE
Annex 3,
PL-FEE

Annex 2,
PL-FEE
Portugal Instituto Nacional da
Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
Campo das Cebolas
P - 1100 Lisboa
Tel.: (351-1) 8 88 11 01
Fax: (351-1) 8 87 53 08
E-mail: atm@inpi.pt
http://www.inpi.pt
Fee CTM = euros
27,03
PT-FEE
Fee RCD = euros
27,03
PT-FEE
Slovakia Úrad priemyselného
vlastníctva Slovenskej
republiky
Jána -vermu 43
SK-974 04 Banská Bystrica 4
Tel: (421-48) 4300111
Fax: (421-48) 4132563
E-mail: urad@indprop.gov.sk
http://www.indprop.gov.sk
CTM = No Fee
RCD = No Fee
§36a,
SK -TML
Slovenia Urad Republike Slovenije
za intelektualno lastnino
Kotnikova 6
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: (386-1) 478 31 54
Fax: (386-1) 478 31 10
E-mail: info@uil-sipo.si
http://www.uil-sipo.si
Fee CTM = SIT
10 000
Fee RCD = SIT
10 000
Article 2,
SL-CTM
Decree
Article 2,
SL-CD Decree

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Spain Oficina Española de
Patentes y Marcas
P°Castellena, 75
E - 28071 Madrid
Tel.: (34-90) 2 15 75 30
Fax: (34-91) 3 49 55 97
http://www.oepm.es
Fee = euros 26,02
(receipt & transfer
to OHIM)
Fee RCD = euros
25,51
Article 84 and
Annex Article 1
(1) d, ES-TML
Sweden Patent- och Registreringsverket/
Swedish Patent and
Registration Office
Valhallavägen 136
P.O. Box 5055
S - 102 42 Stockholm
Tel.: (46-8) 782 25 00
Fax: (46-270) 173 51
http://www.prv.se
or
Patent- och Registreringsverket/
Swedish Patent and
Registration Office
Kungsgatan 8
P.O. Box 530
S-826 27 Söderhamn
Tel.: (46-8) 782 25 00
Fax: (46-270) 173 51
Fee CTM = 300
SEK
§ 27, SE-RE
Fee RCD = 500
SEK
§ 30, SE-De-RE
§65, first
sentence
SE-TML
§ 50,
SE-DeLaw
United
Kingdom
The Patent Office
Concept House
Cardiff Road
Newport NP10 8QQ
UK
Tel.: (44-1633) 81 40 00
Fax: (44-1633) 81 45 63
or
The Patent Office
Harmsworth House
13-15 Bouverie Street
London
EC4Y 8DP
UK
E-mail: enquiries@patent.gov.uk
http://www.patent.gov.uk
Fee CTM = £ 15
(If fax back is
required an
additional fee of £
25 will be
charged)
Fee RCD = £ 15
UK-CD FEE

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Member State
Address of the office
Technical possibilities of filing
National fee (CTMR 25 (2), second sentence), (CDR 35 (2) second sentence)
Legal Basis
Bulgaria Patentno vedomstvo na
Republica Bulgaria
52B, Dr. G.M. Dimitrov Blvd.,
BG-1040 Sofia
Tel.: (359-2) 970 13 14
Fax: (359-2) 873 52 58
E-mail: bpo@bpo.bg
http://www.bpo.bg
Romania Oficiul de Stat Pentru Inventii si
marci
Sector 3,
RO-030044,Bucuresti,
Tel.: (40-21) 315 19 65
Fax: (40-21) 312 38 19
E-mail: office@osim.ro
http://www.osim.ro

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