Following the government consultation earlier this year, new fees rules are being introduced (The Registered Design (Fees) Rules 2016) which will introduce a new fee structure from 1 October 2016 (subject to parliamentary agreement).
These new 2016 Rules prescribe the new fees payable for registration of designs when an application is made electronically. The Rules also reduce the fees charged for renewal of designs and makes minor reductions to other fees under the registered designs service. Although it reduces the majority of the fees charged in relation to the registered designs service, the instrument imposes an above-inflation increase in the fee for issuing a certified copy of an entry or extract from the official register of designs.
Users are asked to check that they ensure they enclose the correct fee from 1 October 2016 when submitting Design Forms to Intellectual Property Office (IPO).
The following forms are associated with these 2016 rules:-
- DF2A – Application to register one or more designs
- DF2B - Application to register one or more designs divided from an earlier application
- DF2C - Application to register one or more deferred designs
- DF9 - Renewal of design registration
- DF19A - Request to invalidate a design registration
- DF21 - Request for a search of the UK designs register
- DF23 – Request for a certified copy
- DF29 - Request to restore a registration
All IPO Designs and Designs Rights forms are available in FormEvo.
Further reading:- Business guidance on changes to registered design fees