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Trade Marks: forms and official fees (IP India)

Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks · ipindia.gov.in Paid Beginner India

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.

  • File online to pay the lower fee.
  • Fees are per class, so file only the classes you trade in.
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