How to choose the right trademark class
Selecting the appropriate trademark class requires accurately identifying the goods or services associated with the
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Our attorneys have over 25 years of combined legal trademark experience and have successfully obtained thousands of federal trademark registrations — at transparent, flat fees you can see before you hire us.
We use our experience and collaborate with our clients to deliver protection that fits the brand and the budget.
From branding incorporation, to the federal trademark filing stage, to ongoing trademark maintenance.
Build on the strongest, cleanest available brand — before you invest in it.
Use-based and intent-to-use filings prepared and filed by experienced attorneys.
Keep your registration active, monitored, and enforceable for its full life.
A clear path, with an attorney handling the complex filing work at each stage.
Complete a short questionnaire with your name, the mark, the owner, and the goods or services involved.
We review availability, discuss the strongest legal category, and confirm the right classes for your offering.
We prepare and file the use-based or intent-to-use application with the USPTO, including your specimen.
We respond to office actions, then handle renewals, monitoring, and enforcement to keep the mark strong.
We eliminated the all-in-one package and replaced it with a straightforward fee schedule for each service we provide.
Years of combined trademark experience
Federal trademark registrations obtained
Flat legal fee per class to file
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Business owners choose us for straightforward pricing and attorneys who stay with the matter until it is resolved.
The questions business owners ask us most often about cost, timing, and protection.
For one class of goods or services, the cost is a $700 legal fee plus the $350 governmental filing fee. Each additional class over one is $500 total ($350 governmental fee plus a $150 legal fee).
Traditional firms bundle services you may not want into all-in-one packages that run $1,500–$4,500 or bill hourly at $400–$900 per hour. We publish a transparent, flat, per-class fee schedule and let you choose only the additional services you actually want.
A use-based application is filed when the trademark is already used in the marketplace and requires a specimen proving that use. An intent-to-use application reserves your rights before use begins, establishing a priority date, with the proof of use filed later.
A clearance search is optional but valuable. It identifies identical or confusingly similar marks early, narrows a long list of candidate names, and helps you avoid spending on marketing and packaging for a brand you may have to change.
The USPTO requires proof of continued use in commerce between the 5th and 6th year after registration, and again every 9–10 years thereafter. Missing these filings can cancel the registration.
Short, practical explanations of the trademark issues that affect growing brands.
Selecting the appropriate trademark class requires accurately identifying the goods or services associated with the
The trademark symbols ™ and ® indicate the legal status of a trademark and serve
A trademark clearance search is the process of screening a proposed trademark, such as a
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