We can help you avoid trademark problems or fix them if you already have any.
We understand how valuable a good trademark is and how costly it can be if it’s not well-protected.
You shouldn’t have to worry about your trademarks when you’re with family, on vacation, or focused on other parts of your business.
Here’s how we help:
We look forward to working with your small business to protect and manage your trademarks!
Learn more about applying for trademark registration and other important trademark topics through our free quick sheets and booklets:
We work using flat rates. You will know up front what the total cost will be for the services most appropriate for you, barring unforeseen circumstances.
Common fees for search, application/registration are listed below. Additional attorney fees, USPTO filing fees, and international filing fees may apply to these listed fees. The fees listed here are starting points. Fees ultimately depend on the complexity of the work required.
A “class” of goods/services is a grouping of similar goods/services by the USPTO. Goods/services fall into one of 45 classes. If you offer a variety of goods/services, you may need to file in more than one class.
Typical cost for application for registration one mark in one class of goods/services: $3,550
Includes:
Does not include $350 USPTO filing fee.
Please see our downloadable fee schedules for a detailed breakdown of costs and what’s included.
While we strongly encourage the comprehensive search, we do not require it. Foregoing it will reduce fees by up to $1700.
We can file your federal and/or state (IL and GA) applications.
We also help with responses to refusals (Office Action) and appeals of final rejections,
We perform searches and analyze the results to spot issues that may prevent or cause other problems for registration and advise you about your options to address them.
We review how you use your mark after registration to ensure your use helps retain your full rights and makes renewal easy (you have to show proper use at renewal).
Yearly, quarterly, monthly, and weekly service is available.
We perform and analyze monthly searches of new federal registration filings to see whether anyone is attempting to register a mark that is possibly infringing on yours.
To see whether there may be other infringing use of marks, searches of social media, domains, and internet use are also available.
We assist with filing maintenance and renewal paperwork for both federal and state (IL and GA) registrations.
This includes assistance with gathering specimens to show ongoing proper use of the mark.
We draft and review licensing agreements to permit others to use your marks in exchange for a fee or to allow you to use others’ marks in exchange for a fee.
We also draft and file assignments and transfers of rights to others, for single marks, a portfolio of marks, or as part of the purchase or sale of a business
We can send and help you respond to cease-and-desist letters.
We can also assist you with cancellations, oppositions, etc.
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