Domestic and International Trademark Registration
Whether you’re just starting to think about your brand or you are seeking registration of an existing trademark, our trademark attorneys will advise you in selecting an effective and cost effective strategy to apply for registration of your trademark.
We have extensive experience with trademark filings and trademark law in the United States Patent & Trademark Office and throughout the world in foreign jurisdictions. Long prior to the Madrid Protocol, we were working with clients and registering International Trademarks through the Madrid Agreement. Not only is our trademark law experience extensive in the United States, we have filed and prosecuted thousands of trademarks internationally.
We offer our trademark registration services on a fixed price basis. You will appreciate knowing up front what your costs will be and budget accordingly.
Summary of United States Trademark Filings
We will file, prosecute and seek registration of a single class application in the United States for $1500.00 (includes government charges and our services to file and prosecute the application; $625.00 for each additional class.) There is no additional charge to file trademark applications on multiple basis, or for color marks, or design marks.
To prepare the filing for a trademark application, we need the following information:
1. The owner’s legal name, place of formation or citizenship and legal address
2. The Mark (if a design, I need a PURE black and white JPG image. It is now possible to file for color marks, but this is typically not recommended, unless the color is distinctive.)
3. The goods/services of interest. Please note that the United States now requires applicants to comply with the 9th Edition of the Nice Agreement.
4. If the mark is in use in the United States, and if so, the date of first use anywhere, first use in the U.S. and a specimen showing use of the mark for the applied for goods/services. If the mark is not in use, and it is not filed on the basis of a foreign priority, then it will be filed on the basis of intent to use.
5. Any foreign application or registration priority information
Searches: As part of our flat rate service fee for filing a trademark in the United States, we will conduct a limited search for identical trademarks in the USPTO and will notify you if there are any obvious absolute bars to registration. Full availability &/or registrability searches are done by specialized search companies, which we can recommend.
Intent To Use Filings: Must be converted to use in order to register. Additional charges to convert to use will apply or if the mark is not in use after approval, then until use commences, every six months extensions must be filed. The cost of either an extension or an allegation of use is $400.00 each for a single class ($225.00 for each additional class, including government charges), until an allegation of use for the mark is accepted .
Please provide the information requested in #1-#5 and we will prepare our “confirmation instructions” detailing the proposed filing for you.
Everything can be done electronically between us. Having filed, prosecuted, litigated and maintained trademarks throughout the world for more than twenty years, with confidence, we can flat fee our rates as outlined herein because we know how to efficiently secure trademark protection for our clients. Let us know if you have any questions and we look forward to the opportunity to work with you.