Most trademark filings require the collection and review of a significant amount of information that must be 100% accurate in order for a registration to be legally valid. We have developed a streamlined process that allows us to handle a wide variety of trademark matters efficiently and in an organized manner.
Step 1: Pay for the service on our website
The first step, before you will receive legal advice, is to pay the attorney fee for the service you need on our website. This hires the firm to work on your project.
Step 2: Complete our intake form
Within several minutes of your payment clearing, you will be sent a link to an intake form. This will be emailed from [email protected] to the email address you entered on our online checkout. If you entered your cell phone number and you are in the U.S, Canada, or the United Kingdom, we will also send this link to you via SMS.
We can't proceed with your order until you complete the intake form. Payment in Step 1 does not provide us the information we need to complete a trademark filing.
There are no wrong answers on the intake form. Everything you provide is reviewed by your attorney before filing with the USPTO (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office).
Step 3: Attorney review and advice
Your completed intake form is assigned to your attorney. They review your submission for common errors, perform trademark searches, ask follow up questions to collect unclear or missing information, and provide legal advice.
Many projects are completed entirely over email, SMS, or WhatsApp. Some very complex issues require a scheduled telephone consultation. In all cases, regardless of where you live in the world, it is easy to contact us.
Step 4: You review proposed draft and government fees
Once you and your attorney have finalized the details about what your trademark filing will entail, they will message you with a draft of the information that will be filed with the government. We will also include a break down of the government fees we will charge the credit card you gave us in Step 1.
You will need to review the draft information, confirm it is accurate, and have all government fees paid before we can proceed to Step 5.
This is your chance to catch spelling errors, inaccurate mailing addresses, or raise any final questions about government fees before we submit this information to the USPTO.
Step 5: We file and you electronically sign declarations
After receiving your confirmation and collecting any necessary government fees, we transmit the filing to the USPTO.
For many filings, but not all, it is necessary for the owner of the trademark or a representative of the trademark owner to electronically sign declarations at the USPTO as part of the process.
You should immediately sign online declarations once sent to you from your attorney. Filings that require signatures aren't complete or accepted until you do.
Your attorney will send you a link where you can sign any declarations electronically.
Step 6: Patiently wait for the government
The USPTO is incredibly slow and there is no "fast-track" option. Almost every filing will wait multiple months before it is even reviewed by a government attorney. Your attorney will give you an estimate of your wait time when we file. While you wait, we track the status of your applications and update you when there is an issue that needs to be addressed.
While it takes the USPTO a year or more to officially register a trademark, once the trademark registers, your trademark rights date back to the day you filed the application. As a practical matter, your trademark is protected from the day we file the application, so it really doesn't matter that the review process is so slow.