About

Royal Trademark Law Services is a law firm that provides a full suite of trademark services for businesses and entrepreneurs. These services ensure that large and small businesses can develop, grow and protect their brand. At Royal Trademark Law Services, achieving your trademark goals cost-effectively and professionally is the objective. To ensure your goals are achieved, an experienced trademark attorney will guide you through the entire process and personally oversee all aspects of your trademark registration, research, and protection. Royal Trademark Law Services is committed to making your trademark experience seamless so that you can focus on growing your business. If you have been searching for a Trademark Lawyer look no futher!

FAQ's

As defined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), a trademark (or service mark) is
any word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods (or
services) of one party from those of others. This means that a trademark allows customers to quickly
and easily identify and distinguish between products or services. Having a trademark allows business
owners to protect their brand identity and ensure their customers can trust the quality of the good or
service just by looking at the trademark or service mark.

To receive protection under trademark law, all trademarks and service marks must be registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The USPTO is tasked with enforcing the rules and regulations regarding which marks are protectable and preventing confusingly similar marks from obtaining protection. The first step in registering your trademark is filling out an application with the USPTO. Once the application and fee have been submitted, the USPTO will review your application to ensure the mark is both eligible for protection and not confusingly similar to an existing mark. Once it has confirmed that your mark is protectable and distinctive, the USPTO will officially register your mark and begin protecting it by preventing confusingly similar marks from being registered.

Trademark registration requires the owner to pay a filing fee to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The amount you pay will be dependent upon several factors including the application used and the number of classes of goods or services that the mark will protect. Applicants apply using the USPTO’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and must use one of the following applications:

  • TEAS Plus Application: $225 per class of good / service
  • TEAS Reduce Fee Application: $275 per class of good / service
  • TEAS Regular Application: $400 per class of good / service

Registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) typically takes around 9 months. After a completed application has been filed, the application will sit with the USPTO for 3 months before the review begins. Once the 3 months have passed, a reviewer will determine if the mark is distinctive and eligible for protection. Upon completion of the review, the USPTO will publish the mark in its weekly Official Gazette. Parties who wish to oppose the registration of a mark have 30 days from the date of publication to file an opposition. Assuming no oppositions have been filed, the USPTO will issue a registration number roughly 2 months after the publication period ends and then the mark is protected.