How much does it cost to register a design

In order to register a design, two types of fees must be considered: the fee of the application and the fee associated with the maintenance of the right.

The fee will vary depending on the type of register you wish to make. You can request the registration of a:

design in Portugal
design directly in countries where you want to protect design
design at EU level
international design.

Register a design in Portugal

Application fee

		Online	On paper
Aplication (It includes examination, if there is opposition)	Up to 5 products	123€	246€
	Per additional product	12,31€	24,62€
Reply to notification	With alteration of the application (title, description or graphical representation of products) and addition of products (per product)	12,31€	24,62€
Reply to notification	Without alteration of the application (includes the addition of document notification)	6,13€	12,26€
Alteration on the initiative of the applicant	With alteration of the application or registration (title, description or graphical representation of products) or change of other elements	12,31€	24,62€
Alteration on the initiative of the applicant	With addition of products (per additional product)	12,31€	24,62€
Deferment of publication of the application		36,90€	73,80€

Renewal fees

Every 5 years from the date of application	Online	On paper
5 years (Included in the application fee)	0,00€	0,00€
10 years	36,90€	73,80€
15 years	49,19€	98,38€
20 years	61,51€	123,03€
25 years	73,78€	147,56€

Invalidity process

	Online	On paper
Request of annulment or declaration of nullity of the registration	258,56€	457,12€
Reply to the request of annulment or declaration of nullity of the registration	61,51€	123,02€
Reply to notification	6,13€	12,26€
Provision of written explanations	61,51€	123,02€

Common fees

		Online	On paper
Litigation and re-establishment of rights	Opposition	61,51€	123,02€
	Suspension of examination and extension of time limits	30,75€	61,51€
	Request for modification of the decision	184,49€	368,98€
	Request for re-establishment of rights	184,49€	368,98€
	Provision of evidence of use following an opposition or a request for modification of the decision	12,31€	24,62€
Modifications and submission of documents	Amendments	0,00€	0,00€
	Changes of identity / address of applicant or owner	0,00€	0,00€
	Reformulation (following a notification from INPI or on the initiative of the owner, reformulate the application to a different modality)	Fee of the new modality chosen	Fee of the new modality chosen
	Submission of additional documents (without being in response to notification)	0,00€	6,13€
Management of rights	Withdrawal and renunciation (total or partial)	0,00€	0,00€
	Endorsement of transfer with or without division of application/registration	123€	153,75€
	Endorsement of licence of exploitation	104,54€	123€
	Other comments (seizures, pledges, encumbrances, arrests)	0,00€	6,08€
Means of proof	Certificates and Priority documents on paper	49,19€	49,19€
	Dematerialized Certificates and Priority documents	18,46€	18,46€
	Single Certified extract of register on paper	24,60€	24,60€
	Dematerialized single certified extract of register	12,31€	12,31€
	Complete Certified extract of register on paper	61,51€	61,51€
	Dematerialized complete certified extract of register	30,75€	30,75€

Fees updated in accordance with Declaration nr. 447/2024 (portuguese only), published in "Diário da República" on April 10th, 2024.

Register a Community Design ( protected in European Union)

Ensures the protection of a design valid in all countries of the European Union.

Application fee

		Online	On paper
To be paid to EUIPO (See, in detail, fees to be paid to EUIPO)	Application for registration (already includes publication)
	Apply for a Community design	350€
	Apply for 2 to 10 Community designs	175€
	Apply for more than 11 Community designs	80€

If you wish to register an EU design, please note that:

the registration fee and the publication fee of the application in the EUIPO Bulletin must be paid at the same time as the application for registration is made
if you wish to postpone the publication of the application for registration in the EUIPO Bulletin, the respective fee will be paid later, separately from the registration fee
the application for EU registration must be made directly to EUIPO.

Register an international design

It ensures the international protection of a design in the member countries of The Hague Agreement and the application must be submitted directly to the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

Application fee

To be paid to WIPO (see, in detail, WIPO fees)	Application for registration
	of 1 product	397 Swiss francs (+/- 370€)
	of each additional product (included in the same international registration)	19 Swiss francs (+/- 17€)

Information updated on 05 November 2024 23:19