Business Conditions

Business Conditions for services provided on the www.trademark.eu website

 

Please note that the Business Conditions of filing national trademark applications are listed in a different document available on an other page.

 

Company profile

 

 

Company name: Georg Pintz & Partners Patent and Trademark Attorneys

Associate of professional representatives at the OHIM under no. 28331

Location of head office: Budapest, Hungary, European Union

Address: Pf. 590, 1539 Budapest, Hungary
Telefax: +36 1 457-0065

E-mail: info@trademark.eu

EU-VAT identification no.: HU 18172351

 

Sub-offices are

in Germany (Center Unterfoehring, Feringastrasse 6, D-85774 München, munich@trademark.eu)
in Spain (WTC, Edificio Sur 2na Planta - Muelle de Barcelona, E-8039 Barcelona, barcelona@trademark.eu)

The place of business is the head office to avoid the VAT in concern of German and Spanish clients.

 

 

Specification of the authorisation

 

We provide services according to the rules of legal representation. This is based on the cooperation of the parties. It comes from the nature of this legal relation that the office is obliged to handle your case professionally and carefully. In case of an application for registration the final decision is made by the authorities therefore the office has no responsibility in this regard. It is our policy that we do not accept cases where there is a conflict of interest in respect of our existing clients. In such cases (e.g. at an opposition against our clients) the office refuses the authorization request and refunds all effected payments. In case you feel that your matter is not treated appropriately, please turn directly to the manager of the head office. We thoroughly investigate any complaint. The operation of the office is ruled by the HU Law No. XXXII of 1995 on patent attorneys.

 

Annulment of an agreement

 

The provision of services is regulated by the rules of legal representation and mandate agreements. Generally Georg Pintz & Partners accept mandates where one of the languages of the procedure is English and there is no conflict of interest in the representation. The mandate can be revoked any time however any costs incurred up to that time shall be charged to and paid by you. Mandates given by using online forms are processed within a short period of time. There is no possibility for reimbursement of fees once the application is forwarded to the authorities since the mandate is completed and the authorities do not reimburse the official fees. It is not possible to amend the applications unless it is allowed by the applicable law. Our office reserves the right to refuse or to suspend any mandate requests or terminate an accepted mandates with 15 days notice. Overpayments shall be refunded if any.

 

Payment via bank card

 

You can pay with VISA, VISA Electron, Mastercard (EC/MC), and JCB bank cards. The payment is effected on the secure site of the bank. When submitting an application on the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) interface you are connected directly to our Bank (K&H). K&H Bank Hungary is the affiliate of KBC Bank Belgium. Georg Pintz & Partners does not receive or handle any information relating to your card, our office receives only a short message about the payment from the bank. The bank has a secure 128-bit encrypting key to protect the communication channel. VeriSign certified K&H bank to use this 128-bit key, based upon which it ensures the application of SSL-based encryption. This encryption method is applied in 90 % of today’s global e-commerce. The browser program used by you (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) encrypts the cardholder’s data before transmission. This means that the information given by you gets to the destination in an encoded form and no unauthorised party is able to interpret or to use it.

 

Payment via bank transfer

 

The fees do not include the remittance fee of your payment. All of the remittance must be paid by the order. In case we receive less payment than indicated in the business conditions, the amount shall be refunded automatically after deducting the bank charges. The application or the subject matter of the mandate is taken care of only after having received the total payment. With regards to the experience with previous applications we would like to ask our clients to please make sure that bank transfer costs are not charged to us.

 

Bank connection data:

Georg Pintz & Partners

Pf. 590, 1539 Budapest, Hungary

K & H Bank, Budapest, Hungary

Swift: OKHBHUHB
IBAN: HU08-10401093-49575048-54481002

 

Accomplishment of the mandate for applications

 

After having received the full documentation and payment our office processes the matter. The application is filed as soon as possible, generally within 8 days, taking into consideration the complexity of the case. A CTM “Follow up” page is available for your convenience to be able to monitor the actual status of your case.

Tisztelt Látogató!

Honlapunk szolgáltatásait magyar nyelven nem nyújtjuk. Kérjük, hogy keresse meg közvetlenül budapesti irodánkat, ha magyar nyelven kíván szolgáltatást igénybe venni. Amennyiben online kíván magyar védjegybejelentést tenni, úgy keresse fel a TM-Online honlapot, amelyen magyar ügyfeleink részére kedvezményes szolgáltatást nyújtunk.

 

Costs

You may estimate the costs of online services with the Fee calculator. Georg Pintz & Partners handles the application after filing according to the common rules of the applications with legal representation. It charges the fees according to its discount Schedule of Charges (EUR). These fees are to be paid via bank transfer. If due to any miscalculation discrepancy occurs between the costs displayed on the ”Pay & submit” page and the prices listed in the Business Conditions, the prices listed in the Business Conditions shall prevail. Any information on the official fees shall be considered an estimation and the actual fees apply. Georg Pintz & Partners charges you correspondingly for each official fee which is due before OHIM at filing or later.

 

  

 

A/ Filing	Official fee (EUR)	Service fee (EUR)
1.a/ Filing CTM application up to 3 classes	900	195
b/ Surcharge for each additional class	150	95
2/ Forwarding the search report or reporting on an official action or registration	-	120
3/ Registration service fee, checking documents and forwarding certificate        (applicable only if the application is successful)	-	120
4/ Claiming priority or seniority, each	-	80
5/ Disbursements, administrative costs (at each action)	-	45
6/ Taking over the representation (applicable only if the mark has already been filed to OHIM by client)	-	180
B/ Renewal
1.a/ Renewal of CTM up to 3 classes	1350	55
b/ Surcharge for each additional class	400	25
2/ Taking over the representation	-	80
3/ Reporting renewal, checking, forwarding document (pre-paid)	-	60
4/ Disbursements	-	45
C/ Opposition
1/ Filing the opposition	350	295
2/ Taking over the representation	-	80
3/ Hourly rate of professional attorney’s work	-	180
4/ Reporting on procedure	-	120
5/ Disbursements (at each action)	-	45
D/ Assignment
1/ Filing assignment/change of address or name for CTM	-	85
2/ Taking over the representation	-	80
3/ Disbursements (at each action)	-	45
4/ Multiple assignment/change at 3-10 CTMs, each (band discount)	-	45
5/ Taking over the representation (at item 4, each)	-	40
6/ Disbursements (at item 4, each)	-	15
7/ Multiple assignment/change over 10 CTMs, each	-	15
8/ Taking over the representation at item 7, each	-	20
9/ Disbursements (at item 7, each)	-	5
E/ Cancellation
1/ Filing the cancellation	700	590
2/ Taking over the representation	-	80
3/ Hourly rate of professional attorney’s work	-	180
4/ Reporting on procedure	-	120
5/ Disbursements (at each action)	-	45
F/ Research
1/ Similarity search
1.a/ European Union (one class*)	-	490
* the service fee for the European Union includes the following countries: AT, BX, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, PL, PT, SE, SI, SK
1.b/ Each additional class (up to 11)	-	+ 10%
2/ Special research
2.a/ Greece (GR) per strong word	-	150
2.b/ Malta (MT)	-	150
2.c/ Romania (RO)	-	150
2.d/ Bulgaria (BG)	-	150
2.e/ Each additional class (up to 11) at a/ GR , c/ RO and d/ BG	-	+ 20%
2.f/ Each additional class  at b/ MT	-	150
3/ Legal opinion on availability	-	140
4/ Disbursements	-	45
DESIGN
A/ Filing
1.a/ Filing RCD application	230	95
1.b/ Surcharge for each additional design 2-10, each	115	55
1.c/ Surcharge for each additional design over 10, each	50	55
2.a/ Paying the publication fee (pre-paid)	120	50
2.b/ Surcharge for each additional design 2-10, each	60	10
2.c/ Surcharge for each additional design over 10, each	30	10
3.a/ Reporting on registration or refusal, checking document and forwarding certificate (pre-paid)	-	120
3.b/ Surcharge for each additional design over 1, each	-	10
4/ Disbursements	-	45
5/ Taking over the representation (if the design has already been filed by client)	-	180
B/ Renewal
1. Renewal of RCD for the first time	90	55
2/ Taking over the representation	-	80
3/ Reporting on renewal and checking document (pre-paid)	-	60
4/ Disbursements	-	45
5/ Multiple renewal at 3-10 RCDs, each (band discount)	90	35
6/ Taking over the representation at item 5, each	-	40
7/ Reporting on renewal and checking document at item 5, each (pre-paid)	-	30
8/ Disbursements (at item 5, each)	-	15
9/ Multiple assignment over 10 RCDs, each	90	15
10/ Taking over the representation at item 9, each	-	20
11/ Reporting on renewal and checking document at item 9, each (pre-paid)	-	20
12/ Disbursements (at item 9, each)	-	5
C/ Invalidation
1/ Filing the invalidation	350	595
2/ Taking over the representation	-	80
3/ Hourly rate of professional attorney’s work	-	180
4/ Reporting on procedure	-	120

 

 

 

Handling of private information

 

Personal information e.g. name, address and e-mail address provided by you will only be used and given to any third party in connection with fulfilling your request of the application or the respective service and for the purpose of executing your instructions.

 

Privacy policy

 

The office acknowledges that the information you provide may be confidential. Our firm will maintain the confidentiality thereof and protect your information in accordance with the firm’s standard procedures and all applicable laws. The office does everything to keep your information accurate and up to date. Please assist us to comply with this practice by ensuring that you inform us of any changes to your data. We may change the business conditions from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page regularly to ensure that you are informed of any changes. If you have any questions in relation to this policy please contact the head office.

 

Cookies

 

We use cookies only for the purpose of offering you higher quality of service. Your editable private links are saved through cookies on the front page and they are used for saving data for further applications, if you choose so at the forms.

 

Magyar ügyfeleink figyelmébe

 

Tisztelt Látogató!

Honlapunk szolgáltatásait magyar nyelven nem nyújtjuk. Kérjük, hogy keresse meg közvetlenül budapesti irodánkat, ha magyar nyelven kíván szolgáltatást igénybe venni. Amennyiben online kíván magyar védjegybejelentést tenni, úgy keresse fel a TM-Online honlapot, amelyen magyar ügyfeleink részére kedvezményes szolgáltatást nyújtunk.