Trademark – Fee Schedule for international clients 2024
Typical Procedure Flow
Basic information on trademark applications in Japan can be found here.
Trademark application filing based on basic application
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Basic filing fee* | ¥50,000 | ¥3,400 + ¥8,600 x N** |
| – Additional fees for 2 or more classes (each class) | ¥15,000 | |
| Claiming Paris priority (per case) | ¥5,000 | |
| Submitting a priority document | ¥10,000 | |
| Application for renewal registration | ¥35,000 | ¥43,600 x N |
| – Additional fees for 2 or more classes (each class) | ¥10,000 | |
| Conversion between application for trademark registration and application for defensive mark registration | ¥35,000 | ¥3,400 + ¥8,600 x N |
| Filing a divisional application | ¥35,000 | ¥3,400 + ¥8,600 x N |
*The same basic filing fee is applied to the application for defensive mark registration.
**N indicates number of classes.
Before Examination
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Petition for accelerated examination | ¥30,000 | |
| Amendment for addressing formality matter | ¥15,000 |
Office Action
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Reporting an office action | ¥20,000 | |
| English translation of office action | ¥14/Japanese character | |
| Reviewing an office action, providing comments on the office action, and preparing and filing a response to the office action | Hourly charges | |
| Conducting an interview with examiner | ¥40,000 | |
| Request for extension of due date for response to office action (each time) | ¥10,000 | ¥2,100 |
| Hourly rates | ¥20,000 |
Provisional Refusal
Regarding a provisional refusal issued by the JPO in an international trademark application under the Madrid system, our fees for response to the provisional refusal are about 40,000 JPY to 80,000 JPY, which depends on the difficulty of the reasons for refusal. In this regard, we could provide competitive fees in case where the examiner’s proposal is acceptable.
Registration
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Reporting a notice of allowance | ¥20,000 | |
| Payment of registration fees | ¥15,000 | ¥32,900 x N* |
| Request for extension of due date for payment of registration fees | ¥15,000 | ¥2,100 |
| Sending a certificate of registered trademark | ¥10,000 |
*N means number of classes, and ¥17,200 x N is required for installment payment (renewal every 5 years).
Decision of Rejection/Dismissal of Amendment/Appeal against the Decision
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Reporting a decision of rejection/ decision of dismissal of amendment | ¥20,000 | |
| English translation of the decision | ¥14/Japanese character | |
| Filing an appeal against the decision of rejection | ¥100,000 | ¥15,000 + ¥40,000 x N |
| Filing an appeal against the decision of dismissal of amendment | ¥90,000 | |
| Reviewing a decision, providing comments on the decision, and preparing and filing an appeal against the decision | Hourly charges | |
| Petition for accelerated trial | ¥30,000 | |
| Hourly rates | ¥20,000 |
Trademark Search
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Character trademark search* | From ¥40,000 | |
| Graphic trademark search* | From ¥50,000 |
*Varied depending on the number of classes/sub-classes.
Expert Opinion
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Basic fee for expert opinion | ¥300,000* | |
| Hourly rates | ¥20,000/hr.** |
*Professional fees for 8 hours of review are included.
**This rate will be charged if the review time exceeds 8 hours.
Opposition
Opponent side
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Basic fee for opposition request | ¥250,000* | ¥3,000 + ¥8,000 x N |
| Hourly rates | ¥20,000/hr.** | |
| Submission of opposition request by dummy | ¥20,000*** |
*Professional fees for 6 hours of review are included.
**This rate will be charged if the review time exceeds 6 hours.
***This fee will be applied if you wish to use a dummy in the opposition request.
Trademark owner side
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Basic management fee for opposition request | ¥40,000 | |
| Reporting an office action made by the board of appeal | ¥20,000 | |
| English translation of office action | ¥14/Japanese character | |
| Reviewing an office action, providing comments on the office action, and preparing and filing a response to the office action | Hourly charges | |
| Hourly rates | ¥20,000/hr. |
Invalidation trial
Requester side
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Basic fee for invalidation trial | ¥400,000* | ¥15,000 + ¥40,000 x N |
| Hourly rates | ¥20,000/hr.** |
*Professional fees for 8 hours of review are included.
**This rate will be charged if the review time exceeds 8 hours.
Trademark owner side
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Basic fee for invalidation trial | ¥300,000* | |
| Hourly rates | ¥20,000/hr.** |
*Professional fees for 8 hours of review are included.
**This rate will be charged if the review time exceeds 8 hours.
Cancellation trial for non-use of registered trademark
| Descriptions | Professional Fees (JPY) | JPO Fees (JPY) |
| Basic fee for cancellation trial | ¥150,000* | ¥15,000 + ¥40,000 x N |
| Hourly rates | ¥20,000/hr.** | |
| Submission by dummy | ¥20,000 |
*Professional fees for 5 hours of review are included.
**This rate will be charged if review time exceeds 5 hours.
You can see the detailed schedule of JPO fees here.