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 Industrial designs are protected by the Latvian “Law on Designs”, effective since November 18, 2004. Full text of the law can be found at the Latvian Patent Office’s website. An industrial design is the appearance of the whole or part of a product, which is protected by a registration certificate.
A product is any industrial or handicraft item, also parts intended to be assembled into a complex product, packaging, trimming, and graphic symbols. In regard to industrial designs we render the following services:
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STATE FEES FOR LEGAL PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
Excerpt from Regulations No. 472 of the Cabinet of Ministers, June 28, 2005
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Fee Description
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Amount of Fee (LVL)
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Filing of a design application
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30
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When filing a multiple application - for each design in excess of one:
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second to tenth design
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20
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eleventh and subsequent designs
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15
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Amendments to the application made on applicant’s initiative
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15
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Registration and publication of a design
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45
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Publication of each reproduction in excess of one
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15
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Postponement of publication under Article 22, Paragraph 1 of the Regulations on Industrial Designs
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25
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Renewal of a design registration under Article 34, Paragraph 2 of the Regulations on Industrial Designs:
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for a second period
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120
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for a third period
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160
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for a fourth period
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200
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for a fifth period
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240
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additional fee for renewal of a design registration within a period of six months after the expiration of the registration
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45
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Actions with respect to the terms mentioned in Article 35 of the Regulations on Industrial Designs:
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extension
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20
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renewal
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30
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Filing of an appeal
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120
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Filing of an opposition to the registration of a design
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120
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Registration of a transfer of design rights or of a license contract
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30
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Amendments and corrections in the State Register of Industrial Designs (including cancellation of a design registration on the initiative of the owner (surrender of the registration) under Article 38 Paragraph 1 of the Regulations on Industrial Designs)
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20
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Issuance of a duplicate of the registration certificate
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30
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Designers - individual authors, who are applicants of the design, have to pay 40% of the respective fees.
Designers - pupils, students and pensioners, who are applicants of the design, have to pay 20% of the respective fees.
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