Syria - increase in official fees - effective 22 May 2016

News from good friends SMAS that official fees in Syria increased on 22 May 2016.  The email report from SMAS reads:

"Please be advised that the Syrian Ministry of Interior Trade and Consumer Protection has issued a new decision No. 1171 dated 15 May 2016, stipulating that the publication fees of accepted trademarks, industrial deigns, industrial models applications (for new application, as well as, renewals) and the recordal of changes applications have been increased for local and foreign applicants, bearing in mind that the said decision came in force as from  22 May 2016.

The new fees will be as follows:

Description	Amount Syrian pound
Publication fees of new/renewal applications for trademarks, Industrial designs/models (1st & 2nd publication fees)	70,000
Extra publication fees for each extra ten items for new/renewal trademark applications (1st & 2nd publication fees)	2000
Extra publication fees for each additional industrial design /model in the one and the same application	12000
Publication fees for recordal of changes applications	25,000
Extra publication fees for each additional trademark/industrial design/model	5000
Extra publication fees for each additional change in the one and same application	2000

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