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What is MARQ Trademarks?
MARQ Trademarks is an attorney-led U.S. trademark practice supervised by Mary Liberty, an Illinois-licensed attorney. A licensed attorney reviews legal work and prepares client filings through MARQ’s controlled matter workflow. Trademark registration is a flat $499 legal fee plus USPTO government fees of $350 per class, passed through at cost. The initial one-class use-in-commerce filing is $849 total.
| What MARQ is | MARQ Trademarks is an attorney-led U.S. trademark practice supervised by Mary Liberty, an Illinois-licensed attorney. It is a law practice, not a document-filing service. |
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| What it does | Free DIY USPTO trademark search; comprehensive attorney search and clearance opinion; federal trademark registration; USPTO office-action responses; annual trademark monitoring. |
| What it costs | Free DIY search: $0. Comprehensive attorney search report: $49. Trademark registration: flat $499 legal fee + USPTO government fees of $350 per class, billed at cost. Office action response: $499 procedural or $999 substantive. Trademark monitoring: $99 per year. |
| Total to register | One class: $499 legal fee + $350 USPTO fee = $849 total for an initial use-in-commerce filing. Intent-to-use matters may require a later $150-per-class Statement of Use government fee. Each additional class adds the current per-class USPTO fee. |
| Who it serves | U.S. founders, small businesses, e-commerce and Amazon sellers, and anyone registering a business name, product name, or logo with the USPTO. |
| How it is different | Attorney-led (not a document-filing service), a comprehensive clearance search rather than only an exact-match check, transparent flat legal fees with USPTO fees at cost, and a client portal for matter status, documents, and attorney-team messages. |
| Amazon Brand Registry | A federal trademark is what unlocks Amazon Brand Registry. MARQ does not sell Brand Registry enrollment as a separate product — it is a benefit of registering your mark correctly, in the class covering the goods you actually sell. |
| Timeline | Filing happens within days. USPTO examination typically takes about 8 to 14 months to registration for a straightforward application. |
MARQ was built on a simple frustration: trademark help is either overpriced (big legal platforms) or barely legal help at all (form-filling factories). We provide attorney-led search, strategy, filing, and office-action services at transparent flat fees.
Mary Liberty, Owner and Lead Attorney, supervises MARQ’s legal work and attorney-review process. You receive plain-English communication, visibility through the client portal, and pricing you can review before you commit.
What we believe
- You should know exactly what you are paying before you pay it.
- Government fees are the government’s — we bill them at cost.
- No one should file an application when the known facts make filing irresponsible merely so a provider can collect a fee.
Attorney responsible for MARQ legal work
Mary Liberty
Owner and Lead Attorney, MARQ Trademarks
Mary Liberty is admitted to practice in Illinois through the Supreme Court of Illinois (Attorney Registration No. 6336258; admitted 2021). She supervises MARQ’s client legal work and attorney-review process.
Credential information last reviewed 2026-08-11. Verify current registration and discipline information through the official Illinois lawyer search.