Trademark Renewal in Nepal: Timelines, Fees, and Procedures

The timeline: one anniversary, two windows

Everything keys off the registration date. The term runs 7 years to that anniversary; renewal is then due within 35 days after expiry at the normal fee — and in practice the Department accepts filing before the anniversary, which is how careful proprietors avoid the deadline entirely.

Miss the 35-day window and a six-month grace period opens: same renewal, plus the NPR 1,000 late fine. If grace also lapses, the consequences are automatic and unsentimental — cancellation, with no hearing and no revival.

Fees, per class, as the system counts them

Renewal fees are charged per mark, per class — consistent with Nepal's single-class filing structure. Current practice prices the on-time renewal at NPR 3,500 per class (the Schedule 3 statutory base is NPR 500) and the grace-period renewal at NPR 4,500 including the NPR 1,000 fine. Fees can be revised, so confirm current rates before paying.

A portfolio note: because each class filing renews separately, a three-class brand has three renewal events to track — potentially in different years if the classes were filed at different times. Portfolio renewals are calendar work, not paperwork work.

• On-time renewal: NPR 3,500 per class (current practice)
• Grace-period renewal: NPR 4,500 per class (fee + NPR 1,000 fine)
• Every class registration renews on its own anniversary

The procedure: Schedule 2(f), documents, confirmation

The renewal application uses the Schedule 2(f) format, filed at the Industrial Property Section with the fee. The document set is short: the registration certificate (original, or a certified copy at NPR 1,000 if lost), proprietor identity or corporate documents proving the requester is the registered owner, and a Power of Attorney where an agent files — notarised for foreign proprietors.

A renewal is complete when the register reflects the renewed term — not when the fee is paid. Follow the filing through to register confirmation; that register entry is what renewal notices, oppositions and enforcement will all rely on for the next seven years.

• Schedule 2(f) application, per mark, per class
• Certificate + proprietor documents + POA (if an agent files)
• Done = register shows the renewed term; keep the confirmation

What lapsing actually costs

The NPR 1,000 fine is not the risk — the loss of the mark is. A cancelled registration leaves the name open for anyone, including a competitor, to apply and register. In a first-to-file system, the former owner has no special priority in the scramble that follows; re-filing is possible only if nobody else has moved, and by then the mark may already be gone.

The quieter cost is enforcement: a lapsed mark cannot ground an opposition or infringement action while it is dead. Renewal is the cheapest IP insurance a Nepalese brand buys — the discipline is entirely in the calendar.

Renewal does not watch the register

One caution to close: a renewed registration is protected class-wide, but it does not watch for new conflicts. Later similar applications still publish, still proceed if unopposed, and still need a watch. Renewal and monitoring are different disciplines — a portfolio needs both.