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Design protection cost per country - Latin America

You fill find in the table below the information regarding the costs of registering design rights in each Latin American country.

Annuity or renewal costs (necessary to keep the right registered) are also included. The amounts give an estimate of the costs involved in the protection of a specific IP right for the duration indicated. To make the information more readable, the latter costs have been divided in totals for period of 5 years.

Design protection cost per country

Country

Cost of Registration*

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Argentina

Application fee: 25€ for first design, 14€ for designs 2 to 10, 9€ for designs 11 to 20

Approx. total registration fee*: 25€ for first design; 14€ for designs 2 to 10; 9€ for designs 11 to 20

Total annuity fees: 5years 51€ and 10 years 102€

Bolivia

Application fee: 71€

Publication: 24€

Approx. total registration fee*: 95€

Total annuity fees: 5years: 600€ and 10 years: 1200€

Brazil

Application fee: 37€

Examination fee: 56€

Approx. total registration fee*: 93€

Total annuity fees: 10 to 15 years: 75€, 15 to 20 years: 100€ and 20-25 years: 100€

Chile

Application fee: 59€

Examination fee: 376€

Publication fee: 23€

Registration fee: 59€

Approx. total registration fee*: 517€

Total annuity fees: 10 years: 177€

Colombia

Application fee: 160€

Publication fee: 13€

Approx. total registration fee*: 173€

Costa Rica

Application fee: 61€

Approx. total registration fee*: 61€

Total annuity fees: 5 years: 168€, 10 years: 458€

Cuba

Application fee: 160€ + 16€ per additional design

Registration fee: 160€

Approx. total registration fee*: 320€

Total annuity fees: 5 years: 148€, 10 years: 560€

Dominican Republic

Application fee: 175€ per individual design

Publication: 49€

Registration: 65€

Approx. total registration fee*: 289€

Total annuity fees: 10 years: 326€ 15 years: 790€

Ecuador

Application fee: 428€

Approx. total registration fee*: 428€

El Salvador

Application fee: 47€

Publication: 47€

Approx. total registration fee*: 94€

Total annuity fees: 5 years: 95€, 10 years: 307€

Guatemala

Application fee: 105€

Examination fee: 314€

Registration fee: 68€

Approx. total registration fee*: 497€

Total annuity fees: 5 years: 71€, 10 years: 237€, 15 years: 533€

Honduras

Examination fee: 51€

Registration and issuance of certificate: 68€

Approx. total registration fee*: 119€

Total annuity fees: 10 years: 18€, 15 years: 36€

Mexico

Application fee: 81€

Registration fee: 233€

Approx. total registration fee*: 314€

Total annuity fees: 5 years: 224€, 10 years: 688€, 15 years: 1167€, 20 years: 1646€, 25 years: 2078€

Nicaragua

Application fee: 46€

Examination fee: 137€

Approx. total registration fee*: 183€

Total annuity fees: 10 years: 44€ per class and per product, 15 years: 88€ per class and per product in each class

Panama

Application fee: 10€

Examination fee: 98€

Registration + issuance of certificate: 126€

Approx. total registration fee*: 234€

Total annuity fees: 15 years: 101€

Paraguay

Application fee: 51€

Publication fee: 11€

Approx. total registration fee*: 62€

Total annuity fees: 10 years: 50€, 15 years: 100€

Peru

Application fee: 81€

Examination fee: 58€

Approx. total registration fee*: 139€

Uruguay

Application fee: 104€

Examination fee: 42€

Publication fee: 42€

Registration fee + publication of title: 233€

Approx. total registration fee*: 421€

Total annuity fees: 5 years: 316€, 10 years: 842€, 15 years: 11369€

Venezuela

Approx. total registration fee*: 221€

Disclaimer

* The fees included in these results are are an estimation of the minimum price of protection. This estimation only aims to serve as a guide. Additional official costs and taxes may apply. These costs do not include agent fees which may substantially raise the full cost of protection. Furthermore, the costs expressed in € are subject to change due to variations in the exchange rate with the local currency. No responsibility is accepted for actions taken on the basis of the information provided in this online tool.

** Considering the high fluctuation of the exchange rate between € and Venezuelan Bolivars, we are not able to offer a reliable estimation of the costs for EU companies in protecting their intellectual property in Venezuela.

*** The amounts give an estimate of the costs involved in the protection of a specific IP right for the duration indicated.