Protect your business name, logo, and slogan with a registered US trademark. One dedicated specialist manages your clearance search, USPTO filing, and registration certificate, start to finish, for a transparent flat fee. No call centers. No outsourced busywork.
Registering a trademark with the USPTO costs a base government fee of $350 per class of goods or services (2026 rate), plus any service or legal fees you choose to pay for help with the filing. A clean application usually reaches registration in 12 to 14 months; if the USPTO issues an office action, which happens to more than 60% of applications, add several months more. Simple Consulting Services manages the entire process, clearance search, application, USPTO correspondence, and certificate delivery, for one flat fee with a single point of contact.
A trademark is any word, logo, slogan, or design that identifies your business as the source of your goods or services. The moment you use a name or logo in commerce, you gain limited "common law" rights in the area where you operate, and you can mark it with a ™ symbol. That protection is thin: it is local, hard to prove, and easy for a copycat to challenge.
Federal trademark registration with the USPTO is what turns that thin protection into a real, enforceable asset. Once your mark is registered, you get nationwide priority over anyone who starts using a similar name later, the legal right to use the ® symbol, a public record that deters copycats before they ever contact a lawyer, and standing to sue for infringement in federal court. Registration is also the entry ticket for two things most growing brands eventually need: enrolling in Amazon Brand Registry and filing for international protection through the Madrid Protocol.
Whether you are filing your first word mark or building an international portfolio, we cover every type of trademark registration under one roof.
We register your business name or product name as a standard character mark, the broadest form of protection for how your brand is spoken and written.
Your logo, icon, or stylized lettering is filed as a design mark, protecting the exact visual identity customers recognize. Many clients register both a word mark and a logo trademark for full coverage.
Once your US mark is filed or registered, we extend protection abroad through the Madrid Protocol, a single application covering 120+ countries and regions.
If the USPTO raises an objection, we prepare and file the legal response so your application stays alive and on track.
We track your Section 8 and Section 9 deadlines and monitor the register so you never lose a mark to a missed filing date or an unnoticed copycat.
Pair your trademark filing with US LLC registration, bookkeeping, and website setup so your brand, entity, and finances launch in sync.
Trademark protection is rarely the only thing a growing business needs at once. Each plan bundles your filing with the rest of the support most founders ask for next.
For first-time founders trademarking a new business name or logo alongside their US LLC formation.
For scaling brands protecting a word mark and logo together, with bookkeeping and tax support running alongside.
For global expanders building a multi-mark, multi-country trademark portfolio backed by full legal, finance, and tech support.
This is the exact procedure for registration of a trademark that we run for every client, whether you are filing online from the US or applying from abroad.
We search the USPTO trademark database and common law sources to confirm your name or logo is available before you spend a dollar on the application form.
We choose the right filing basis (use in commerce or intent to use), select the correct international classes, and write your goods and services description using USPTO's approved ID Manual language to avoid surcharges.
We submit your trademark registration application electronically through the USPTO's Trademark Center, pay the government filing fee on your behalf, and provide your serial number the same day.
A USPTO examining attorney reviews your application, typically within 4 to 5 months of filing. If they raise an objection (an office action), we prepare the legal response.
Approved marks are published for a 30-day opposition period. If no one objects, the USPTO issues your registration and delivers your trademark registration certificate electronically.
A clean, uncontested trademark registration application usually takes 12 to 14 months from filing to certificate. Add 6 to 12 months if the USPTO issues an office action, which happens on more than 60% of applications, usually because of a wrong class, a vague description, or a name that is too close to an existing mark. Preparing the application correctly the first time is the single biggest factor in how fast you register.
The cost of trademark registration has two layers: the government fee you pay the USPTO, and the service or legal fee you pay for help getting the application right. Here is the current 2026 USPTO fee schedule.
| Filing | USPTO Fee (per class) |
|---|---|
| Base electronic application | $350 |
| Free-form description surcharge | +$200 |
| Description over 1,000 characters | +$200 |
| Incomplete basic filing info | +$100 |
| Section 8 renewal (year 5 to 6) | $325 |
| Combined Section 8 & 9 (10-year renewal) | $650 |
| Late filing, grace period | +$100 per section |
Most self-filers who skip the fine print end up paying $550 to $850 per class once one or two surcharges hit. We write every application to the USPTO's approved format from the start, so you only ever pay the base $350 government fee per class, plus our flat, quoted-upfront service fee. No hidden costs, no surprise invoices.
We register trademarks for clients across all 50 US states and for entrepreneurs abroad who want to sell into the US market or build a global brand. The path looks slightly different depending on where you are based.
Filing from the US: you can act as your own applicant, or let us manage the filing under your authorization from search to certificate.
Filing from outside the US: since August 2019, USPTO rules require every foreign-domiciled applicant to be represented by an attorney licensed in the United States. This is a hard legal requirement, not optional paperwork. Our team coordinates this for you, connecting you with licensed US counsel through our partner network as part of your filing package, so you never have to search for representation on your own.
Expanding beyond the US: once you hold a US application or registration as your "basic mark," we can extend protection to 120+ countries and regions through a single Madrid Protocol filing, submitted through the USPTO as your office of origin.
Once your trademark registration application is filed, you do not have to wonder where it stands.
Before you file, search the USPTO's public trademark database to see whether your name, logo, or a confusingly similar mark is already registered or pending in your class.
After filing, your serial number lets you track every update, from examiner assignment to office actions to publication, through the USPTO's Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system.
When your mark clears publication with no opposition, the USPTO issues your official registration and delivers your trademark registration certificate electronically, ready to use in licensing, Amazon Brand Registry, or investor due diligence.
Get any one of these wrong, the class, the description, the specimen, and you risk an office action that adds months to your timeline. We confirm every requirement before we file, not after.
Plenty of platforms will take your $350 and hand you a form to fill in yourself. That's where most rejected applications start.
One named specialist owns your filing from search to certificate. No ticket queues, no re-explaining your case to a new agent every time you call.
Every application, response, and filing is prepared by a human specialist who reviews your specific business, never a generic auto-filled template.
Trademark filing, US LLC registration, bookkeeping, and your website can all run through the same team, so nothing falls through the cracks between vendors.
You see your full quote, government fee plus service fee, before you pay anything. No surprise surcharges after filing.
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"Our specialist caught a conflicting mark before we filed, saved us months of rework, and answered every question through one direct line, no runaround."
"Filing from abroad felt impossible until they lined up US counsel and handled every USPTO letter on our behalf. Our mark registered without a delay."
"They filed our word mark and logo together, flagged the right classes upfront, and we had our certificate months faster than we expected."
If you are based in the US, you can legally file your own application, though most people hire help to avoid the surcharges and office actions that come from a wrong class or a vague description. If you are based outside the US, a US-licensed attorney is legally required, not optional.
The ™ symbol can be used by anyone claiming rights to a mark, registered or not. The ® symbol can only be used once the USPTO has actually issued your registration certificate. Using ® before registration is issued is a legal misstep to avoid.
They are filed as two separate marks, a word mark for the name and a design mark for the logo, because they protect different things. Most brands register both for full coverage, and we bundle the two filings together to simplify the process.
A rejection almost always starts as an office action, a formal letter from the examining attorney explaining the issue. You typically have three months (extendable to six) to respond. We handle these responses directly so a first objection does not become a dead application.
Yes. Amazon Brand Registry requires an active, registered trademark, word or image mark, filed with the USPTO or the relevant national trademark office, before your brand can be approved.
Tell us about your business name, logo, or slogan. Your dedicated specialist will reply with a clearance check and a transparent, flat-fee quote, no obligation.
