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The official fee schedule for trademark filing: TM-A costs ₹4,500 per class online for an individual, startup or small enterprise (₹5,000 on paper), and ₹9,000 online for everyone else.

Trade Marks: forms and official fees (IP India)

From ipindia.gov.in by Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Official fee schedule

  • File online to pay the lower fee.
  • Fees are per class, so file only the classes you trade in.
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The Copyright Office's official fee schedule: ₹500 per work to register a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, ₹2,000 for an artistic work used on goods or services, ₹5,000 for a film and ₹2,000 for a sound recording.

Copyright: Forms and Official Fees

From ipindia.gov.in by IP India (Copyright Office) Fee schedule

  • Software is a literary work: ₹500 per work.
  • A logo used on goods is ₹2,000 per work.
  • Fees are paid online to the Registrar of Copyrights.
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The Patent Office's statement of what can be patented: an invention that is novel, has an inventive step, is capable of industrial application and is not excluded by section 3.

Basics of Patents (IP India)

From ipindia.gov.in by Office of the CGPDTM

  • An idea alone is not patentable; an invention must be new and non-obvious.
  • It must be capable of industrial application.
  • Section 3 lists what is excluded.
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The statutory patent fee schedule, with a column for natural persons, startups, small entities and educational institutions and one for everyone else.

The First Schedule: patent fees (IP India)

From ipindia.gov.in by Office of the CGPDTM

  • Form 1 filing: Rs 1,600 for startups and individuals, Rs 8,000 for others (e-filing).
  • Request for examination: Rs 4,000 or Rs 20,000.
  • Expedited examination (Form 18A): Rs 8,000 or Rs 60,000.
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The Patent Office's own description of filing: Form 1 with Form 2 as a provisional or complete specification, the complete specification within 12 months of a provisional, and examination only on a Form 18 or 18A request.

Patents: Filing Process (IP India)

From ipindia.gov.in by Office of the CGPDTM

  • A provisional specification secures the date; file the complete one within 12 months.
  • Nothing is examined until you file Form 18 or 18A.
  • All communication is by email.
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