Renewing a mark costs essentially one thing: the official fee that you pay directly to the BOIP or the EUIPO, depending on where your mark is registered. That fee depends on the number of classes that belong to your mark and on the mark territory — Benelux or European Union. No lawyer or representative is involved in filing a renewal, so in practice there need not be a service fee for the filing itself.
What does matter is that you renew on time. A mark that is not renewed simply lapses — there is no reminder from the register itself that you can ignore without consequences. The fee is therefore an amount you will lose anyway, but the risk lies in the timing: if you miss the deadline, you do not lose part of your investment, but the entire mark.
Where the amount comes from
The official fee for a renewal is set by the BOIP or the EUIPO itself, not by an intermediary. Both registers publish their current rates on their own website, and that is also where you will find the exact amount for your situation. What applies to everyone: the more classes your mark covers, the higher the fee. A mark registered for one class is cheaper to renew than a mark covering five classes, simply because each additional class is charged separately.
The mark territory also makes a difference. A Benelux registration at the BOIP and a Union mark at the EUIPO each have their own fee structure, and these are not directly comparable. Anyone who is unsure whether their mark was applied for in the right territory at the time can find out more in the explanation about the options per situation for Benelux or Europe.
What the class classification does with the costs
Because the number of classes directly determines the height of the fee, it is wise to take another look when renewing whether all registered classes are still relevant for your business. A class that was included ten years ago but has never been used costs money at every renewal without anything to show for it. Conversely: a class that you now actively need but did not include back then cannot be added through the renewal — a new application is required for that. The renewal only confirms what is already there, it does not extend anything.
Anyone who no longer remembers exactly which classes belong to their mark or how they relate to current business activities can easily check. A good starting point is to see in a few questions how your mark stands now, before you start with a renewal.
What marcai.eu does and does not charge
Marcai.eu does not charge a service fee for filing the renewal itself — that is an administrative action that you handle independently with the BOIP or the EUIPO with proper preparation, just as you did with the original application. What marcai.eu does offer is monitoring of the deadline: a subscription that keeps track of the renewal timeline for you and warns you in time, so the date does not quietly pass while you are dealing with other matters. That subscription also covers the ongoing scan for new mark applications that resemble your mark, with the opposition deadline in mind.
The official fees of the BOIP or the EUIPO always run directly through the bureau in that model, never through marcai.eu. A complete overview of what is and is not included in the service fee and the monitoring subscription can be found on the page with current prices.
What you can do now
Whether your renewal is a few months or a few years away, the preparation is the same: know which classes you have, know in which trademark territory your registration is located, and make sure the date is recorded somewhere you won't overlook it. Questions about how that process works exactly and where the information on this site comes from are answered on the page with an explanation of how marcai.eu works.
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