Trademark Registration Fee Calculator — Pakistan
Work out the IPO-Pakistan government fees for registering your trademark — before a lawyer quotes you a package price. The defaults are the First Schedule fees (TM-55 search Rs 1,000, TM-1 filing Rs 3,000, TM-11 registration Rs 9,000 per class), checked 5 November 2026, and every rate below is editable if IPO revises it.
Calculate your trademark fee
Pakistan uses a single-class system: one application and one set of fees per class. A mark in four classes costs four times the one-class fee.
Classes 1–34 cover goods, classes 35–45 cover services (Nice Classification). A shop selling clothes (class 25) and offering retail services (class 35) needs two classes — two applications, two sets of fees.
What IPO charges at common class counts
Filing plus registration per class is Rs 12,000. Add Rs 1,000 per class for the official search. Renewal (Rs 15,000 per class) is not in this table — it falls due after 10 years.
| Classes | Filing + registration | With official search |
|---|---|---|
| 1 class | Rs 12,000 | Rs 13,000 |
| 2 classes | Rs 24,000 | Rs 26,000 |
| 3 classes | Rs 36,000 | Rs 39,000 |
| 5 classes | Rs 60,000 | Rs 65,000 |
| 10 classes | Rs 120,000 | Rs 130,000 |
Why guides disagree: several guides still quote the pre-2019 schedule — filing Rs 2,000, registration Rs 6,000, renewal Rs 5,000 — which the First Schedule replaced on 9 March 2019. One 2026 guide invents a “publication fee Rs 2,500” and claims registration costs “Nil”, which contradicts the Schedule’s TM-11 fee of Rs 9,000. Renewal is quoted as “about Rs 10,000” in one guide against Rs 15,000 in every schedule-based source, and another guide’s “physical 5,000 / online 4,500” filing figures match no statutory schedule at all. If a quote matches one of those old or invented figures, ask which schedule it came from.
From search to certificate in five steps
Search the register (TM-55)
File a search for your mark in each class (Rs 1,000 per class, 2–3 working days). IPO offices also offer a 15-minute personal database search for Rs 300. Skipping this step saves Rs 1,000 and risks losing the Rs 3,000 filing fee on a mark that was already taken.
File the application (TM-1)
One application per class, Rs 3,000 each, with the mark’s representation. If an agent files for you, attach Form TM-48 (power of attorney, on Rs 1,000 stamp paper). Acknowledgement arrives in about 10–15 days.
Examination
The Registry examines the mark and issues a report in about 3 months. Objections must be answered — an unanswered objection stalls the application, and the filing fee is not refunded.
Publication and opposition
The mark is published in the Trade Marks Journal. Anyone may oppose within 2 months (Form TM-5, Rs 9,000). An unopposed mark moves straight to the demand notice.
Demand notice and certificate
IPO issues a demand notice for the registration fee — Form TM-11, Rs 9,000 per class. Pay it and the Registration Certificate is issued. The mark is protected for 10 years from the filing date.
Trademark fee questions
Rs 12,000 in government fees per class: Rs 3,000 to file the application (Form TM-1) plus Rs 9,000 to complete registration (Form TM-11). With the optional official search (Form TM-55, Rs 1,000 per class) the total is Rs 13,000 per class. A mark in four classes costs four times that, because Pakistan uses a single-class system.
Form TM-55 is an official search of the Trade Marks Register for one mark in one class, at Rs 1,000 per class. It is optional, not required, but it is the only step that checks for identical or confusingly similar marks before you pay the filing fee — most guides recommend it. IPO offices also offer a 15-minute personal database search for Rs 300.
Realistically 12 to 18 months if nobody objects or opposes. The acknowledgement arrives in about 10 to 15 days, the examination report in about 3 months, then the mark is published in the Trade Marks Journal for a 2-month opposition window before the registration fee is demanded.
Ten years from the filing date, renewable indefinitely for further 10-year periods. Renewal is Form TM-12 at Rs 15,000 per class. Your rights start from the filing date, not the registration date, which is why early filing matters.
By pay order or bank draft from a scheduled bank in favour of the Director General, IPO-Pakistan. The Registry does not accept cash. Applications can also be filed online through the IPO-Pakistan e-filing portal.
Lawyer or agent professional fees, the TM-48 power of attorney stamp paper (Rs 1,000), any opposition defence (Form TM-5 costs Rs 9,000), and copyright or patent registrations, which are separate IPO registrations. Only the IPO government fees are in the total.
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