For foreign design owners filing in Israel, the cost of protecting a product’s appearance consists of Israeli Patent Office fees, local attorney fees and, where necessary, the preparation of compliant drawings or photographs. The filing structure also affects cost: a single design, a qualifying set of articles and several independent designs are charged differently.
According to the Israel Patent Office’s 2026 official fee schedule, the application fee for one design is NIS 471. A practical planning estimate for legal work on preparing and filing one ordinary design application is NIS 2,000–3,000, bringing the combined indicative cost to roughly NIS 2,500–3,500, excluding VAT on legal services and any special expenses. The attorney-fee figures are indicative budgeting estimates, not official fees or a binding quotation.
Official Israeli Design Application Fees in 2026
The official fee for a standard application covering one design is NIS 471. The fee for an application concerning a qualifying set of articles is NIS 707. Two separately filed designs attract two ordinary filing fees, totaling NIS 942 before legal and other costs.
The filing distinction requires attention to the subject matter. A manufacturer’s commercial product collection may include separate designs with distinct visual identities; the rules governing a set of articles determine the appropriate application structure. Identifying the intended filings in advance allows the fee budget to reflect the actual protection strategy.
The above amounts are those published for 2026. The Israel Patent Office’s official 2026 fee table is the basis for the figures quoted here.
Reduced Filing Fees for Eligible Applicants
Israeli design regulations provide a reduced filing fee for qualifying applicants filing their first application for the particular design. Eligible applicants may pay 60% of the ordinary application fee, subject to the statutory conditions.
The relevant categories include individuals who are not corporations, companies or partnerships whose turnover in the preceding year did not exceed NIS 10 million, and certain higher education institutions. Eligibility is examined under the applicable regulatory definitions and the applicant’s circumstances.
The reduction concerns the official filing fee. Attorney fees and third-party drawing costs are assessed separately. When several entities in an international group are involved, the identity of the applicant and the corresponding eligibility criteria should be established before filing.
Israeli Attorney Fees for Preparing and Filing a Design
For planning purposes, NIS 2,000–3,000 is an indicative range for legal work on a relatively straightforward application covering a single design. The work includes examining the materials, identifying the visual features to claim and preparing the application for filing.
Fees depend on the number of designs, the quality of the existing visual representations, the use of partial-design claims, ownership questions and the filing history. Matters involving multiple product variants or previous public disclosure require a more detailed scope of work.
A foreign instructing firm should establish whether the engagement includes only initial filing or also prosecution, examination reports, replacement drawings, amendments and responses to objections. A filing budget can separate these stages without inflating the initial cost with optional work.
Additional Expenses: Drawings, Searches and Accelerated Examination
Professionally prepared product illustrations, photography and CAD-based images may be charged separately. The quality and consistency of the representations influence what appearance is claimed and later compared in enforcement proceedings.
A prior-design search may also be commissioned to assess earlier disclosures relevant to novelty and individual character. The scope of the search depends on the product, Locarno classification and the jurisdictions or design databases examined.
Israel provides a procedure for accelerating examination of a design application. Under the 2026 fee schedule, the additional official fee for expedited examination is NIS 295 per design. Preparation of the reasoned request, affidavit and related work may attract separate professional fees.
Design Renewal Fees and Maximum Protection Period
A design registered under the 2017 Israeli Designs Law can remain protected for up to 25 years from its application filing date, subject to payment of the prescribed renewal fees. Protection is divided into five-year periods.
| Five-year protection period | 2026 official renewal fee |
|---|---|
| First period: years 1–5 | Covered by the original filing |
| Second period: years 6–10 | NIS 589 |
| Third period: years 11–15 | NIS 707 |
| Fourth period: years 16–20 | NIS 825 |
| Fifth period: years 21–25 | NIS 943 |
The figures above reflect the 2026 fee schedule; a renewal is paid according to the fee in force when that renewal falls due. A foreign owner maintaining an Israeli design portfolio should include both official renewal fees and any local-agent monitoring and payment charges in its longer-term budget.
In the Israeli Patent Office’s decision concerning Peleg Design, Registered Design No. 63008 (22 January 2025), a lapsed registration was restored after the company established reasonable monitoring measures and completed the prescribed payment and application steps under Section 43 of the Designs Law. The decision illustrates the importance of renewal records and documented docketing procedures.
The Israel Patent Office’s design renewal service sets out the administrative requirements for payment and renewal.
Costs of Extending Design Protection Outside Israel
Israeli registration protects the design in Israel. International portfolios may involve direct foreign national or regional applications or the Hague System administered by WIPO.
Under WIPO’s Hague System fee schedule, the basic fee for an international application containing one design is CHF 397. Additional publication and designation fees depend on the jurisdictions selected. National or regional examination may generate local representation and response costs.
The Hague route does not require an earlier Israeli registration as a general prerequisite. Filing options depend on the applicant’s entitlement to use the system and the relevant territories. For protection in several countries, the six-month design-priority period and the timing of public disclosure should be coordinated with the portfolio budget.
Budgeting an Israeli Design Portfolio for Foreign Companies
To obtain a useful fee quotation, provide the Israeli attorney with product images, the number of variants, details of any earlier public disclosure, ownership information and intended territories. The quote should identify how many applications will be filed, the official charges, drawing preparation, prosecution work and ongoing renewals.
Cost allocation is particularly important for product families with shared visual elements. Registering a core appearance and selecting commercially significant variants can produce a focused portfolio whose enforcement value is proportionate to its cost.
For the effect of public disclosure on filing strategy see Design Registration After Public Disclosure in Israel. For the filing and prosecution service see Design Registration and Prosecution in Israel. A fuller discussion of the Israeli application and renewal system appears in Yonatan Drori and Yotam Werzansky-Orland, Designs and Industrial Designs Law (Hebrew, 2nd ed., 2019), Chapter 6, Section 6.1.1, and Chapter 4, Section 4.1.4.
