Canada Trademark Registration Costs and Registration Procedures

The legal basis of Canada trademark is Trade-marks Act. Canada is a member of the Paris Convention. The application may be filed on three bases (or a combination of the three bases): Use in Canada, Proposed use in Canada and Application or registration abroad and use. Canada adopts first-to-use basis for trademark protection. A trademark registration is valid for 15 years from the date of registration and could be renewed for 15 years before the expiry date.

Example 1: One mark one class
If you want to have your trademark "ABC" registered in Class 25 (clothing, footwear, headgear), that is, one mark one class, the total fees for trademark pre-filing search, registration request and certificate are:

Pre-filing search: USD270
Request for registration: USD1,150
Final registration/Certificate: USD660
TOTAL: USD2,080

Example 2: One mark two classes
If you want to have your trademark "ABC" registered in Class 25 (clothing, footwear, headgear) and Class 26 (lace and embroidery, ribbons and braid; buttons, hooks and eyes, pins and needles; artificial flowers), that is, one mark two classes, the total fees for trademark pre-filing search, registration request and certificate are:

Pre-filing search: 270 + 270 = USD540
Request for registration: 1,150 + 350 = USD1,500
Final registration/Certificate: USD660
TOTAL: USD2,700

Example 3: Two marks one class
If you want to have your trademarks "ABC" and "DEF" registered in Class 25 (clothing, footwear, headgear), that is, two marks one class, the total fees for trademark pre-filing searches, registration requests and certificates are:

Pre-filing searches: 270 + 270 = USD540
Request for registrations: 1,150 + 1,150 = USD2,300
Final registrations/Certificates: 660 + 660 = USD1,320
TOTAL: USD4,160

The costs illustrated in the examples above are based on the assumption of a smooth application, that is, no objection being raised by the CIPO or any other third party. Also, the costs stated above exclude courier charges for sending the Certificate of Registration upon acceptance of registration and fees for filing Specimens of use and documents of foreign application or registration.

It is further assumed that the number of items of products included in each class is no more than 20. Each additional item after the first 20 is charged at a fee of USD10.

Currently it takes around 7 - 10 months to get a trademark registered in Canada in a smooth case.

Our fees for each stage of an application are to be invoiced and settled before the commencement of each stage of service. If a China or Taiwan Value-Added Tax invoice is required, 7% or 5% additional charge will be incurred.

No refund of fees will be made after the commencement of services. For example, if we have conducted a pre-filing search and found an identical mark is already in the register, the application will not be proceeded, the fees for pre-filing search will not be refunded. If we have already filed an application and the application is objected by the CIPO or any other party or refused, there will not be any refunded of fees.

In case you have paid our fees for all three stages of an application and the search result indicates that an identical mark is already in the register, the application will not be proceeded. The fees for services not performed, i.e., filing for application and issuing of certificate of registration will be refunded, after deducting bank wiring charge.