Trademark Service

The minimum cost for trademark registration with the USPTO is $250. (This is the fee for one trademark that is registered under one class.) We charge an extra $249 for each trademark application we process, which includes reviewing your trademark, conducting a clearance check, offering advice, submitting your application, monitoring deadlines, and responding to procedural office actions. That’s why your trademark registration total with Northwest is $499.

Want to go it alone? No problem. Our How to Apply for a Trademark guide will help get you started.

Choosing when to file a trademark can be difficult. You can file with either a use in commerce basis (meaning you’ve already used the trademark in connection with goods/services) or intent-to-use (meaning you plan to use the trademark in commerce at a later date). You may also want to consider your marketing plans and business registration timeline when deciding when to file your trademark application.

The USPTO splits goods and services into 45 different trademark classes that help categorize marks. Trademarks can belong to multiple classes. For example, a sweater company that spins its own yarn might have a trademark belonging to class 23 (yarns and threads), as well as class 25 (clothing and apparel products).

The USPTO charges $250 per class, so if you register under two classes, your USPTO fee is $500. Regardless of how many classes you register your trademark under, Northwest’s Trademark Service fee is $249. So if you use our service to register your mark under two classes, your grand total is $749.

Our team of attorneys and trademark specialists work together to ensure your mark has the best chance of being registered. An attorney will review your intake form to determine if any information is missing or potentially problematic, and will advise you on how to fix any issues. They’ll then prepare your application, and once it’s ready, a filer will submit it.

We get it—things happen. Maybe your branding changed and you’re no longer ready to register your trademark. If you change your mind about trademark registration, we’ll refund you in full as long as we haven’t yet submitted your application to the USPTO.

If the USPTO issues an initial refusal of your application (likely taking the form of an office action), some back-and-forth will ensue between us (your attorneys) and the USPTO. From there, the registration will ultimately be approved or a final refusal will be issued. A final refusal often means there is an inherent problem with the trademark itself. Thus, you may need to return to the drawing board. We do everything we can to ensure refusal doesn’t occur, but we cannot guarantee the USPTO will approve your trademark registration.

An office action is an issue with either your trademark or application that’s identified by the USPTO. Office actions must be remedied prior to registration. There are two types of office actions: procedural (minor) and substantive (complex). With our Trademark Service, we fix procedural office actions right away. Substantive office actions require additional attorney time. If your application is returned with a substantive office action, we’ll refer you to the attorneys at Law on Call.

Law on Call is a law firm owned by Northwest, and the attorneys there can help sort out any substantive office actions at rates as low as $150 an hour. (Alternatively, clients are welcome to find different representation.)

No. Our trademark registration service is operated by Northwest and does not require a Law on Call subscription. If you hire Law on Call’s attorneys for additional trademark services, such as responding to substantive office actions, we’ll provide a complementary subscription.