Application Monitoring & Docket Watch

A trademark application does not sit still. It moves through examination on the USPTO's schedule, and several of its milestones start clocks that will not wait — most importantly publication, which opens a thirty-day window to oppose. Whether the application is your own or a competitor's that conflicts with your rights, the difference between watching a docket and discovering an event after the fact can be the difference between a full set of options and none.

We docket the application and monitor it continuously: examination status, Office Actions, publication, notices of allowance, and every other event the USPTO records. At each milestone you receive a plain-English report of what happened, what it means for your position, and what decision — if any — it puts in front of you. When a monitored application approaches a decision point, such as the opening of an opposition window, we flag it in time to act.

For registration owners, we offer the same vigilance in the other direction: periodic watch of newly filed applications for marks confusingly similar to yours, with a report and recommendation when something surfaces. Caught at the application stage, a conflict is almost always cheaper to address than after a registration issues. All monitoring and watch services are quoted as a flat fee.