Duration & renewals

A Norwegian design registration is valid for 25 years as of the filing date if renewal fees are duly paid. The renewal fees for the five first years are paid upon the filing of the application, and all other renewals are paid at the latest upon the initiation of each of the four remaining five-year periods.

Our computer system keeps a watch on all renewals. Our standard routines include sending you a first warning three months before the renewal fee is due and a second warning two months later (one month before the deadline), requesting your written confirmation that the renewal fee should be paid. For the clients who so wish, we automatically pay all renewal fees unless we are specifically instructed not to pay.

If we receive no instructions, we will send additional reminders. If no confirmation can be received before the deadline, the renewal fee will not be paid. However, the design registration remains active if the fee and a penalty fee is paid within six months of the ordinary deadline. Immediately after the expiration of the ordinary deadline, we will send you a penalty warning and follow up with a reminder one month before the six-month term expires.