A practice manual for renewing Russian trade mark registrations. Two things need arranging early here. The first is the fee structure changed in October 2025, under which the number of goods in each class enters the amount alongside the class count. The second is the payment route: whether the official fee can actually be remitted varies, so funding has to be settled ahead of the deadline rather than at it.
1. At a glance
- System type
- Ten-year renewal cycle
- Anchor date
- Filing date
- Due date rule
- Tenth anniversary of the filing date
- Renewal window
- The final year of the term
- Grace period
- 6 months with a 50% surcharge, to be confirmed
- Restoration
- None — refiling only
- Fee structure
- Metered since 2025-10-01, reflecting the number of goods
- Basic fee
- RUB 22,000, covering up to 5 classes and 10 goods per class
- Electronic discount
- Abolished in October 2024 — the 30% in older sources no longer exists
- Risk level
- Caution
2. Anchor date and due-date calculation
The anchor is the filing date. Renewal falls due on its tenth anniversary, with the window opening during the final year of the term.
Worked example
For a registration filed 2020-06-15.
| Item | Formula | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Window opens | Expiry − 1 year | 2029-06-15 |
| Renewal due | Filing + 10 years | 2030-06-15 |
| Grace ends | Due date + 6 months (50% surcharge) | 2030-12-15 |
| Next due date | Every 10 years thereafter | 2040-06-15 |
3. Fees — the October 2025 metered structure
The amount used to turn on the class count alone. Under the amendment in force from 2025-10-01, the number of goods also enters it, so two registrations with the same class count differ if one carries a longer list.
| Item | Coverage | Amount (RUB) |
|---|---|---|
| Basic fee | Up to 5 classes and 10 goods per class | 22,000 |
| Additional classes | Per class from the sixth | 2,000 |
| Additional goods | Per item from the eleventh in a class | 500 |
| Grace surcharge | 50% on the total, to be confirmed | — |
4. Grace period and surcharge
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Grace period | 6 months from the due date |
| Surcharge | 50%, to be confirmed |
| If missed | The right lapses — no restoration |
5. Lapse and restoration
After the six-month grace period the right lapses and no procedure revives it; only refiling remains. Since a delay in remittance can itself become a missed deadline here, settling the payment route early is the practical defence.
6. Watching for changes
- The 30% discount for electronic filing was abolished in October 2024; quoting from older material understates the amount.
- The metered structure took effect in October 2025, so any formula built before then omits the goods count.
- Proposals to raise fees sharply for foreign companies have been reported. Whether they are enacted is unsettled, so do not assume a particular figure — recheck the current schedule at renewal.
- Where Russia is designated through an international registration, renewal goes to WIPO under the individual fee system.
7. Management checklist
- The filing date, from which expiry is derived.
- The class count and the number of goods in each class, both needed for a metered quotation.
- Confirm the payment route when the window opens; checking near the due date is too late.
- The electronic discount in older sources no longer applies — calculate on current rates.
- Whether the case is a direct filing or a Madrid designation, since designations renew at WIPO.
- There is no restoration, so do not plan around the grace period.
Sources, cut-off date and disclaimer
This manual is based on iphere's August 2026 survey of country-by-country overseas maintenance rules, together with values produced by the deadline engine that runs on those same rules. Official fees and deadline rules change by office notice, so please confirm against the official source and your local agent before any actual payment or filing.