Securing a Trademark protects your brand identity, builds trust with customers, and helps prevent others from using your name or logo.
Trademark basics
A trademark is a word, phrase, sybmbol or design or a combination of the aforementioned and can be registered at the United States Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO).
Do I need a U.S-licensed attorney?
No, unless you are a foreign-domiciled trademark applicant, registrant, or party to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings, you do not need one.
What's the fee?
The base fee is $350 for each class of goods or services in a Section 1 or Section 44 application. There are additional fees depending on application information.
Searching for trademarks
Once a product or service has a registered trademark, the owner has exclusive rights. It helps in preventing unauthorized use of the services and products that are identical to the registered products and trademark registrations last 10 years. You can check if a product or service is a registered trademark in the Trademark search system.
Trademark Registration
HOW TO REGISTER
You can apply to register your trademark through the Trademark Center: The USPTO’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).
- Prepare your trademark (choose format & identify goods/services)
- File Online via the USPTO website and pay the fee per class
- Wait for review by the USPTO (usually within 3 months).
- Get approved or address any issues if raised.
WHAT YOU NEED TO APPLY
- Applicant Details: Name, domicile address, and email.
- Trademark format: (standard, stylized, or sound)
- Goods/services description: What you're offering.
- Filing basis: (use in commerce or intent to use)
Laws and Rules
How Does the USPTO Implement the Trademark Modernization Act?
Regulations implementing the act gave individuals, businesses and the USPTO tools to
clear and expunge unused
registered trademarks from the federal trademark register.
All fees are subject to change every 2 years.
