Fees and charges

Administrative fees and special charges for filing an appeal

The appellant is obligated to pay the administrative fees and procedural charges for starting of appeal procedure, in prescribed amount, not later than the expiry of the time limit for the appeal. In the case of non-payment of the administrative fees and procedural charges, the appeal shall be rejected.

The administrative fee for filing an appeal in the proceedings of the grant and maintenance of industrial property rights is regulated under the Law on administrative fees in the field of intellectual property rights (OG 64/00 , 160/04, 62/08, 30/09 and 49/2011) amounting 100.00 HRK (Tariff No.  8.5)

The procedural charges for filing an appeal are regulated under the Regulation on special charges and charges for information services provided by the State Intellectual Property Office (OG 109/2011), for each individual procedure, as follows:

Patents (Article 18) 2,800.00 HRK (in the case of filing an appeal against a decision issued in the procedure concerning the proposal for the declaration of nullity of a patent the respective charges shall increase by 20%)

Trademarks ( Article 28) 1,800.00 HRK (in the case of filing an appeal against a decision issued in the procedure concerning a request for a declaration that trademark is invalid charges shall increase by 20%)

Industrial designs ( Article 33) 1,100.00 HRK

Geographical indications and appellations of origin ( Article 40) 1,000.00 HRK

Topographies of semiconductor products ( Article 44) 700.00 HRK