Clients are frequently confused or alarmed when they are billed a second time for an order, usually several days later.
Our services all consist of two components - attorney fees (what you pay Markavo) and what you have to pay the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in government filing fees.
Every service we offer that requires a government filing fee advertises this fact on the webpage for that service.
For a step by step overview of how we provide services, see the How We Deliver Services article. The billing of government fees are discussed in Step 4 of the article.
Why don't you bill the government fees when I make the initial purchase?
Government fees are typically related to the number of classes on a trademark application.
For new applications, we don't know if it makes strategic sense to apply in more than one class until we speak to the client.
For pending applications or registration being renewed, every class needs to be reviewed before being filed. It's frequently the case that your attorney will suggest removing a class for a variety of reasons, saving you money.
In both cases, government fees are determined after the attorney starts working, and thus billing them at the time of the initial purchase is not possible. Government fees are expensive and non-refundable and so attorney review is going to save you money.