IPR Acts - Renewal Times and Fees

IPR Act	Application Fee	Duration of Right	Renewal Due Date	Renewal Duration, Renewals	Renewal/Extension Fee	Special Cases
PA	If Natural Person then R1000, If Other than Natural Person then R1000*4	0+2Y	2Y-x	+1Y/2Y, =Y20	If Natural Person then Y3 to Y6=R500/Y, Y7 to Y10=R1,500/Y, Y11 to Y15=R3,000/Y, Y16 to Y20=R5,000/Y, If Other than Natural Person then Yn¢=Yn*4, where n=3 to 20	If Pages>30 then +R100/Page, If Claims>10 then +R200/Claim, If Other than Natural Person then R400/Page, +R800/Claim
CRA	R50/W, R400/W related to Goods	L+50Y,	ø	ø	ø	If Author is Anonymous then Duration of Right=0+50Y
DA	R1000	0+10Y	Duration of Right-x	+5Y, 1	R2,000	Ø
TMA	If TM then R2500/C, If Collective Mark/Certification Mark then R10,000	0+10Y,	Duration of Right     -/+6M* *If +6M then Renewal Fee = +R3000 Surcharge	+10Y, ∞	Same TM, Series TM = R5,000 Collective Mark, Certification Mark=R10,000 1 TM>1 Class =R5,000/Class,	ø
GIA	R5000	0+10Y	Duration of Right -/+6M** **If +6M then Renewal Fee = +R3,500 Surcharge	+10Y, ∞	Proprietor=R3,000, Authorized User=R1,000	ø

n Patent Year if Natural Person  n¢  Patent year if Other  than Natural Person x Any time unit CRA Copyright Act, 1957 DA Designs Act, 2000 GIA Geographical Indication of  Goods Act, 1999 IPR Intellectual Property Right L Life of author M Month PA Patent Act, 1970 R Indian Rupees TM Trademark TMA Trademarks Act, 1999 W Work Y Year 0 Priority Date ø None § Section ∞ Perpetuity < Before > More than – Minus + Plus / Per, Or = Equals, Upto

IPR Related Treaty/Act - Renewal Times and Fees

t Given year x Any time unit BDA Biodiversity Act, 2002 IPR Intellectual Property Right PBR Plant Breeders’ Rights PVPFR Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 R Indian Rupees SA Seeds Act, 1966 SICLDR Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Layout Design Act, 2000 T Tree V Vine Y Year 0 Priority date ø None ∞ Perpetuity / Per, Or + Plus – Minus

IPR Related Treaty/Act	Subject Matter	Application Fee	Duration of Storage/Right	Extension/ Approval Due Date	Approval/Extension Period, Extensions	Renewal/ Approval Fee
Budapest Treaty	Microorganism storage for patent procedure	ø	0+30Y, 0+5Y	Duration of Storage -x	1Y+, ∞	R2,000/Y
BDA	IPR including PBR, non-local communities’ commercialization or biosurvey of plants, animals or microorganisms	R500	Ø	Prior to obtaining IPR/Commercialization. Benefit or royalty sharing may be condition to approval.	Ø	Ø
PVPFR	Plants, Farmers	If Extant then R1,000, If Derivative then R5,000/R7,000/R10,000, If §2j(iii) then R2000/R7000/ R10,000	If T/V then 0+9Y, If Extant §5 SA/Other then 0+6Y	Duration of Right-x	If T/V then +1Y, =Y18, If Extant §5 SA/Other then +1Y,=Y15	Individual= R5,000/Y, Educational= R7,000/Y, Corporate= R10,000/Y
SICLDR	Integrated Circuits	R5000	0+10Y	Ø	Ø	Ø