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Fees

What each job includes

Fixed fees for each piece of work, quoted in writing before you pay. Government fees are passed through at cost and never marked up.

  • Clearance search

    Before you print anything: a full search of federal and state registers and unregistered use, and my written opinion on the risk.

    • Federal, state and common-law search
    • A written risk opinion in plain words
    • A 30-minute call to go through it
    • Filing the application

    Credited toward a filing within 90 days.

  • Filing

    Most common

    The application itself, written around how you actually sell, then watched until it registers or we decide together to stop.

    • Goods and services written for your business
    • Specimens checked before filing
    • One office action response
    • USPTO filing fee

    USPTO fees are paid at cost, on top.

Fees are for one mark in one class. Government fees are quoted before you pay.

Single jobs, at a flat fee

  • Copyright registration

    One application to the Copyright Office.

  • Takedown notice

    A notice to remove a copy of your work.

  • Cease-and-desist letter

    To someone using your mark, with one follow-up.

  • License review

    A memo and a marked-up copy of their draft.

  • License drafting

    Written for your deal, with two rounds of changes.

  • Trademark renewal

    The declarations and renewal the USPTO asks for.

Anything not listed here is quoted in writing before work starts.

Deposits, invoices and government fees

When do I pay?

Half when you sign the engagement letter, half when the work is filed or delivered.

What are government fees?

The USPTO and the Copyright Office charge their own fees per application. I tell you the amount before filing, and you pay exactly that.

Is anything ever billed by the hour?

Only negotiation or a dispute that grows past a letter, and only after you agree to a rate and a cap in writing.