Croatia Trademark Registration Costs and Registration Procedures

The legal basis of Croatia trademark is the Trademarks Act and Acts on Amendments to the Trademarks Act. Croatia is a member of the Paris Convention, the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol. Croatia adopts first-to-file basis for trademark protection. A trademark registration is valid for 10 years from the date of application and could be renewed for 10 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: USD620
Request for registration: USD910
Final registration/Certificate: USD1,300

TOTAL: USD2,830

Example 2: One mark four classes

If you want to have your trademark "ABC" registered in Class 7 (machines and machine tools etc), Class 25 (clothing, footwear, headgear), Class 26 (ribbons and braid) and Class 27 (carpets, rugs and mats), that is, one mark four classes, the total fees for trademark pre-filing search and registration request and certificate are:

Pre-filing search: 620 + 50 = USD670
Request for registration: 910 + 90 = USD1,000
Final registration/Certificate: 1,300 + 120 = USD1,420

TOTAL: USD3,090

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: 620 + 620 = USD1,240
Request for registrations: 910 + 910 = USD1,820
Final registrations/Certificates: 1,300 + 1,300 = USD2,600

TOTAL: USD5,660

The costs illustrated in the examples above are based on the assumption of a smooth application, that is, no objection being raised by the SIPO or any other third party. Also, the costs stated above exclude courier charges for sending the Power of Attorney, delivery of Certificate of Registration upon acceptance of registration, translation fees, miscellaneous for photocopies and travel expenses if any.

It is further assumed that the certificate is less than 3 pages and 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 9 - 12 months to get a trademark registered in Croatia 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.

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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 SIPO 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.