Simple, flat-fee pricing
No hourly billing. No hidden fees. USPTO government fees always billed at cost.
DIY Search
- Preliminary federal USPTO search
- Availability signal & close matches
- No account or card
Federal Knockout Search
- Search of the federal USPTO register for exact and confusingly similar marks
- Attorney review of the results (not an automated-only result)
- Written availability read on the federal register
- Delivery through the client portal and email
What is not included
- State business-registry (Secretary of State) common-law search
- Domain-name and social-handle availability checks
- A full written likelihood-of-confusion clearance opinion
- USPTO application preparation or filing
- A guarantee that the mark will register or remain unchallenged
Comprehensive Clearance Search
- Everything in the Federal Knockout Search
- State business-registry (Secretary of State) search for common-law use
- Domain-name and social-handle availability checks
- Attorney-reviewed likelihood-of-confusion analysis
- Written availability recommendation
- Delivery through the client portal and email
What is not included
- USPTO application preparation or filing
- State, international, domain-name, and marketplace disputes
- Handle checks on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok or X (these cannot be verified reliably)
- A guarantee that the mark will register or remain unchallenged
Complete Registration
- Attorney-led comprehensive clearance search before filing
- Additional clearance searches for alternative proposed names if the initial name is unavailable before filing
- Class and filing-basis guidance
- Application preparation and USPTO filing
- Application status monitoring and client-portal updates
- USPTO fee $350/class, at cost
- Not selling yet? An intent-to-use filing adds a later Statement of Use cost: $100 service fee + $150/class USPTO fee. Not charged on use-in-commerce filings.
What is not included
- USPTO government fees, which are charged per class at cost
- A later Statement of Use or extension request for intent-to-use filings
- Office-action responses, oppositions, enforcement, litigation, or international filings
- A guarantee that the USPTO will approve or register the mark
Office Action Response
- $499 procedural response
- $999 substantive response
- Attorney review, drafting, and filing for the selected tier
- Upload your office action securely for classification
Scope by response type
Procedural ($499): technical requirements such as agreed identification, disclaimer, or specimen corrections. Substantive refusals requiring legal argument are excluded.
Substantive ($999): agreed legal response to a substantive refusal such as likelihood of confusion or descriptiveness.
Both tiers exclude appeals, TTAB proceedings, coexistence agreements, enforcement, litigation, and third-party or government costs not shown at checkout. No outcome is guaranteed.
Trademark Monitoring
- Automated monitoring of new federal trademark filings
- Common-law watch: state business registries, domain names and marketplace listings
- Alerts when the system identifies a potentially conflicting filing or use
- Annual subscription with cancellation available before renewal
What is not included
- Attorney review of what the watch finds — that is the Attorney Review tier
- Acting on a conflict: letter of protest, opposition, cancellation, cease-and-desist, enforcement or litigation are billed separately
- A guarantee that every conflict or unregistered use will be detected
Trademark Membership
If you are protecting more than one name, or expect office actions, searches and filings over the next year, membership takes 25% off our attorney fees and includes monitoring.
25% off MARQ attorney fees on Federal Knockout Search, Comprehensive Clearance Search, Complete Registration, Procedural Office Action, Substantive Office Action, Statement of Use filings and Letter of Protest that you purchase while your membership is active. USPTO government filing fees are passed through at cost and are never discounted. The discount applies to purchases you make while the membership is active — work bought before you joined is not repriced.
Monthly
Rolling monthly, no commitment. Cancel any time — it stops at the end of the period you have paid for.
- 25% off MARQ attorney fees on every trademark service you purchase while the membership is active
- Trademark monitoring included at no extra charge while the membership is active
- Rolling monthly — cancel any time, and it stops at the end of the period you have paid for
What is not included
- USPTO government filing fees, which are passed through at cost and are never discounted
- Work purchased before the membership started — the discount applies to purchases made while it is active, and nothing already paid for is repriced
- Oppositions, cancellations, enforcement, litigation and international filings
Annual, paid up front
$2,148 charged today — $179 × 12 months. You save $20 a month against the monthly plan.
Renews automatically each year at the then-current rate unless you cancel before the renewal date. We email you 7 days before it renews, and the renewal date is shown in your client portal.
- 25% off MARQ attorney fees on every trademark service you purchase while the membership is active
- Trademark monitoring included at no extra charge while the membership is active
- Twelve months at a lower monthly rate than paying month to month, charged once today
What is not included
- USPTO government filing fees, which are passed through at cost and are never discounted
- Work purchased before the membership started — the discount applies to purchases made while it is active, and nothing already paid for is repriced
- Automatic renewal cannot be avoided by ignoring it: it renews for another twelve months at the then-current rate unless you cancel before the renewal date
Trademark monitoring is included at no extra charge, on the automated tier. If you already pay for a separate trademark monitoring subscription, it will keep billing until you cancel it — joining does not cancel it for you, and we will tell you so before you pay.
The trademark Amazon Brand Registry asks for
Amazon will not enroll a brand without a trademark. Its published requirement is a registered trademark or a pending trademark application, issued by the government trademark office of a country with a corresponding Amazon store — the USPTO, for a U.S. seller. The mark has to be a word mark, or a design mark that contains words, letters, or numbers. A wordless logo does not qualify, and the trademark text has to match the brand name on your listings.
We do the filing: clearance, classes, description, and the application itself, at a flat $499 legal fee plus the USPTO's $350 per class, billed at cost. We do not do the enrollment. That is a free form you submit yourself, and Amazon alone decides it. MARQ is not part of Amazon IP Accelerator and has no relationship with Amazon.
Most private-label sellers need one class, and it is the class covering the goods they actually sell — apparel, supplements, skincare, housewares — not Class 35 retail services. Filing "online retail store services" because you sell online is the most common way an Amazon seller ends up protecting the wrong thing.
Read it before you file
What Amazon accepts, what a pending mark does and does not unlock, and where the trademark timeline collides with a launch date.
Amazon Brand Registry guideSee the timelineStatement of Use
If you are not selling under your mark yet, there is one more cost later. Here it is up front.
Each additional class adds $150 in USPTO fees. The $100 service fee is charged once, whatever the class count.
- MARQ service fee$100Flat fee to prepare and file your Statement of Use. Charged once, no matter how many classes.
- USPTO filing fee$150 / classGovernment fee, passed through at cost. We add nothing to it.
When this applies — in plain English
Only if you file on intent to use. That is the option for a mark you have not started selling under yet. The USPTO lets you claim the name early, then prove you are using it later.
You are charged later, not now. Nothing for the Statement of Use is due at checkout. After your application is allowed, the USPTO issues a Notice of Allowance, and you have six months to begin using the mark and file. We bill the $100 service fee and the $150-per-class government fee at that point — when the mark is actually in use and the Statement of Use is filed.
You do not pay this at all if you are already using the mark. A use-in-commerce filing needs no Statement of Use, so this cost never applies. If you are already selling under the name, your total is $499 plus the $350-per-class USPTO fee and nothing further.
You file it from your client portal. When you are ready, open the matter in your MARQ portal, enter your first-use dates, upload a specimen showing the mark in use, and pay. It goes straight to your attorney to prepare and file with the USPTO.
If you need more time, the USPTO grants six-month extensions for a separate government fee. We tell you what is due before anything is filed, and we track every deadline for you.
Know what your trademark service includes
Package names are not standardized. Compare the attorney’s role, search depth, filing scope, government fees, later-stage work, and written terms before purchasing.
| Question | MARQ’s published approach | What to verify with any provider |
|---|---|---|
| Who performs the legal work? | Attorney-led workflow supervised by Mary Liberty | Named responsible attorney, jurisdiction, and actual review responsibilities |
| What is the registration legal fee? | $499 flat legal fee | Whether package tiers, add-ons, or later required work change the legal fee |
| How are USPTO fees handled? | $350 per class at cost for the initial application | Current per-class government fee and any later intent-to-use fees |
| What search is included? | Attorney clearance review before filing | Federal, state, common-law, phonetic, design, and related-goods coverage |
| Are office actions included? | Separate $499 procedural and $999 substantive services | Which refusal types, appeals, evidence costs, and filing work are excluded |
| How are updates delivered? | Client portal for matter status, documents, and attorney-team messages | Update cadence, document access, support path, and response expectations |
MARQ statements reflect the current service catalog. Third-party offerings change; review each provider’s current engagement terms directly.
Clear scope before filing
MARQ reviews the information you provide before filing. If a legal or factual issue changes the recommended service or prevents responsible filing, we explain it before proceeding and apply the written fee and refund terms in the Client Service Agreement. USPTO government fees are passed through at cost.
Frequently asked
Is there any cost after the $499 + USPTO fee?
For a mark you are already selling under — a use-in-commerce (1(a)) filing — no: $849 all-in for one class ($499 legal + $350 USPTO). If you file on intent to use (1(b)) because you have not launched yet, there is one later cost: the Statement of Use, which is $100 for us to prepare and file plus the USPTO's $150 per class — so budget $1,099 total in one class, charged only once you begin selling. Extra classes ($350 each) and any office action are the only other possible fees, and we flag them before you pay.
How long does trademark registration take?
Straightforward applications typically register in roughly 8 to 14 months. The USPTO examines your filing, publishes it for opposition, and — if there are no issues — registers it. Filing correctly the first time avoids the delays an office action causes.
What is the difference between the TM and R symbols?
You can use TM (or SM for services) on any mark you claim, even without a registration. The R-in-a-circle symbol may only be used once your mark is federally registered with the USPTO.
Do I have to register in every country?
No — a U.S. registration protects you in the United States. If you sell abroad, you can extend protection to other countries, often through the Madrid Protocol based on your U.S. filing.
Is my payment and information secure?
Yes. Stripe processes payment-card information; MARQ does not store your full card number. Matter information is handled through access-controlled systems for service delivery, operations, and legal recordkeeping as described in the Privacy Notice.
Do I really work with a real attorney?
Mary Liberty, an Illinois-licensed attorney, supervises MARQ’s legal work and attorney-review process. Your application is handled through that attorney-led workflow rather than filed as an unreviewed form submission.
What does "$499 + USPTO fees" actually mean?
Our flat legal fee is $499. The USPTO charges a separate government filing fee (currently $350 per class of goods/services). We bill that at cost — we never mark it up.
What if my trademark is already taken?
If our search turns up a conflict that makes filing unwise, we'll tell you before you pay to file — and help you explore alternatives. No filing a doomed application just to collect a fee.
How long does registration take?
Filing is fast — usually within days. The USPTO review process itself typically takes several months to a year, which is outside anyone's control. We monitor your application the whole way.
What is an office action?
It's an official letter from the USPTO raising an issue with your application. Procedural ones ($499 to respond) are usually simple; substantive refusals ($999) need a legal argument. We handle both.