Practical information for your next step

Trademark Guides and Resources

Understand the stage you are facing, then choose the relevant service for your actual matter.

Plan your trademark filing

Separate the service price from government charges, then account for classes, application details and later work.

Start with the mark, the correct owner and the goods or services.

A trademark search is a defined research exercise, not a single availability check.

Classes organize goods and services for filing and fee purposes.

There is no single completion date for every application.

An Office Action is a USPTO notice identifying an issue with a trademark matter.

A Statement of Use addresses the use-related stage of an eligible intent-to-use application after a Notice of Allowance.

A specimen is evidence of how a mark is actually used with the relevant goods or services.

Maintaining a registration involves the correct filing, accurate use information and the applicable filing window.

Trademark protection is not simply an expiration date on a brand name.