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My trademark registration is about to expire or has expired
Trademark registration lasts ten years and can be renewed. What you can do depends on how long ago it expired.
File a surcharge renewal within six months of expiry.
Urgent - a deadline or loss of rights may be close
- If the renewal fee was unpaid at expiry, the mark may be removed from the register, but removal does not occur if a surcharge application under the proviso to section 25(3) is filed on Form TM-R within six months of expiry (rules 58-59).
- The Registrar sends a notice on Form RG-3 to the address for service not more than six months before expiry. Check the address for service on record is correct.
- Pay the fee and surcharge shown in the First Schedule; we do not quote amounts.
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