National Institute of Intellectual Property
The procedure for trademark extension
In accordance with paragraph 1 of Art. 15 of the Law "On Trademarks, Service Marks and Appellations of Origin" (hereinafter referred to as the Law), trademark registration is valid for ten years from the date of filing of the application.
In accordance with paragraph 2 of Art. 15 of the Law, the validity of a trademark registration is renewed every time for ten years at the request of the owner filed during the last year of its validity.
The application is submitted in Kazakh or Russian.
The application is signed by the owner (copyright holder) or representative acting on the basis of a power of attorney.
The application is accompanied by:
1) a document confirming payment for the renewal of the registration of a trademark, a well-known trademark;
2) a power of attorney (if the application is submitted by a representative) or copies of a power of attorney (if the application is filed by a patent attorney).
The application and the documents attached to it are submitted directly to the expert organization, sent by mail or to the company’s email address.
It is also necessary to pay for the renewal of the registration in accordance with the "Prices for work and services sold by the RSE" NIIP "of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
A fee for the Extension of the validity period of a trademark, collective trademark, well-known trademark, service mark registration and publication of information on the extension, with the exception of SMEs, is set at 97144.32 KZT from January 1, 2021.
The fee is set taking into account the practice of foreign countries and international experience (OECD and Eurasian countries).
At the same time SMEs have a benefit for paying for this service in the period
from 01.01.2021 to 31.12.2021 - 50%,
from 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022 - 25% of the established fee,
from 01.01.2023 the benefit is canceled.
The fee for the service "Additionally for each class of the Nice Classification over 3, for the extension of the validity of a trademark, collective trademark, well-known trademark, service mark and publication of information on the extension, except for SMEs" is set at 16993.76 KZT, with similar discounts for SMEs provided for 2021 (50%) and 2022 (25%). The benefit is canceled from January 01, 2023.
*Changes were made in accordance with the order of the Director of the National Institute of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, dated December 23, 2020 No. 254нқ, in coordination with the authorized body.
