Trademark Registration

Trademark rights in the United States arise from use, but federal registration transforms what those rights are worth. A registration on the Principal Register gives you nationwide priority, a legal presumption of ownership and validity, the right to use the ® symbol, and a public record that deters others from adopting a similar mark. For most businesses, it is the single most cost-effective step toward securing a brand.

We handle the application from strategy through registration: selecting the correct filing basis (use in commerce, intent to use, or foreign priority), drafting the identification of goods and services, classifying them properly, and reviewing your specimens before filing. Careful work at this stage matters — a large share of refused applications trace back to identification, classification, or specimen problems that could have been avoided at the outset. After filing, we monitor the application and respond to examiner inquiries as it moves through examination.

If you filed an application yourself and received an Office Action, we also offer standalone Office Action responses at a flat fee — you do not need to have filed through us. Any registration package may be upgraded from the Federal Clearance Search to the Nationwide Clearance Search at a flat additional fee. As with all of our services, every engagement is quoted as a fixed fee before work begins. And if an application is opposed before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, we represent applicants in the resulting proceeding — see our TTAB Opposition Proceedings service.