Trademark Renewal in Chile: Complete Guide 2026
Legal deadlines, official INAPI penalty table by month overdue, and what happens if you let your registered trademark lapse. Based on the 2026 INAPI Guidelines.
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- Registration duration: 10 years from the grant date, renewable indefinitely for successive 10-year periods (Law 19.039, art. 24).
- Renewal window: 6 months before expiry (no surcharge) up to 6 months after (with escalating surcharge). After 6 months the trademark lapses.
- Base INAPI fee: 6 UTM per Nice class covered by the registration. The late surcharge adds 20% cumulatively per month or fraction.
- Success rate: renewal is a preservation act. If you pay the fee on time and the data is correct, there is no material rejection.
Legal renewal window: 12 months total
INAPI allows filing the renewal application during a 12-month window centered on the expiration date. The 6-month post-expiration grace period is the only way to save the trademark after its formal expiry.
6 months BEFORE expiration
On-time renewal. 6 UTM per class, no surcharge. The best option to avoid surprises or conflicts with third parties monitoring expiries.
6 months AFTER expiration
Grace period with a surcharge that escalates 20% per month or fraction. It can double the base fee by the sixth month. After 6 months, the trademark lapses by operation of law.
Official INAPI table: fee by payment month
Literal table from article 18 bis E of Law 19.039 and §41 of INAPI Trademark Guidelines. The amount is per class covered by the registration.
| Month of payment after expiration | UTM per class | Accumulated surcharge |
|---|---|---|
| 1st month (on time or ≤ 30 days past expiration) | 6 UTM | — |
| 2th month (days 31 to 60) | 7.2 UTM | +20% |
| 3th month (days 61 to 90) | 8.4 UTM | +40% |
| 4th month (days 91 to 120) | 9.6 UTM | +60% |
| 5th month (days 121 to 150) | 10.8 UTM | +80% |
| 6th month (days 151 to 180) | 12 UTM | +100% |
| More than 6 months: lapse by operation of law. The trademark enters the public domain and anyone may apply for it. | ||
What happens if I let the trademark lapse?
If you do not renew within the 6 months following expiry, article 30 of the Industrial Property Law Regulations declares the trademark abandoned and its rights lapsed. This is automatic — INAPI does not need to issue a resolution.
The practical consequences are three:
- Loss of exclusive rights. You can no longer prevent third parties from using your trademark for the products or services you had protected.
- Vulnerability to opportunistic registrations. Any third party — including direct competitors — can file a new application for the same sign. If no one opposes it, INAPI grants it to whoever applied first.
- Loss of associated advertising slogans. Registered advertising slogans dependent on the lapsed trademark are also cancelled ex officio (art. 19 bis A IPL).
Recovering a lapsed trademark requires filing a new application (not a renewal) and going through the entire registration process from scratch — searches, oppositions, ~6-10 months of processing — with no guarantee of success if someone else applied first.
Full renewal vs partial renewal
Full renewal
You keep the registration for all originally covered products and services.
Recommended when you are still operating in all classes or have expansion plans in the next 10 years.
Partial renewal
You renew only for some products or classes. The rest are considered tacitly relinquished.
Useful to reduce costs when you have stopped operating in certain sectors or want to concentrate protection on what you actually use.
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We search for your trademark by registration number or name, calculate the exact cost using the official INAPI table, and handle the entire process. You just confirm the details and pay.
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