Trademark Prosecution

It simply shouldn't cost five figures to obtain a trademark registration. Protect your brand assets with our expert advice but avoid the exorbitant and unnecessary costs of big firms.

We charge a fixed fee for each of the 5 stages of the trademark prosecution process:

Step one: The Trademark Search ($500 plus database fee) we search and analyze proprietary databases of existing trademarks, tradenames, product names and business names and we give you our best prediction as to the likelihood of registering your proposed trademark.

Step Two: File Application ($500 plus filing fees) we draft and prepare your trademark application.

Step Three: Office Action Response ($700 per office action) For a variety of reasons the United States Patent and Trademark Office can and often does reject trademark applications. These rejections are called "office actions." If there is an office action, we respond with legal briefs and direct negotiations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office agents.

Step Four: Approved Application ($500) In order to finalize your approved application, you need to prove that you are actually using the mark. We help you prepare the examples of this use.

Step Five: Trademark Maintenance ($100 per year) The United States Patent and Trademark Office requires payment of fees periodically to maintain your trademark, in addition to other requirements, e.g., filing updates if you change how you are using the mark.

Parameters of Trademark Prosecution Service:

  • We can't guarantee that we can obtain a registration for your trademark but as part of the "Step One Trademark Search" we will give you our best prediction as to whether a mark can be registered and to what extent you could receive protection.
  • You pay all official filing fees charged by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Service includes
    1. all responses from filing the application to a notice of allowance or a first final rejection, whichever comes first,
    2. responses to office actions,
    3. phone interviews with the examiner, amendments and responses to Office Actions and any reminders, and
    4. all calls with you.