Work with a real trademark attorney
Licensed U.S. trademark attorney. Flat $499 + USPTO fees at cost. No hourly billing, no packages, no upsells.
MARQ is an attorney-led trademark practice. Every clearance opinion and every USPTO filing is done by a licensed U.S. trademark attorney — led by owner and lead attorney Mary Liberty — not by a form-filling platform with an attorney rubber-stamp at the end. Federal registration is a flat $499 legal fee plus USPTO government fees of $350 per class, passed through at cost. One class: $849 all-in.
What the attorney actually does
A comprehensive clearance search and a written likelihood-of-confusion opinion, so you know before you spend. The class selection, and the identification of goods and services — the two decisions that quietly cause most refusals. The filing basis: use in commerce or intent-to-use, which determines whether you can lock in a name before you launch. Specimen review, so a valid mark is not lost on a technicality. Then the filing itself, examination monitoring, and, if the USPTO pushes back, an office-action response.
Do you need an attorney to file a trademark?
If you are domiciled in the United States, you are allowed to file on your own. If you are foreign-domiciled, USPTO rules require a licensed U.S. attorney. But allowed is not the same as advisable: most refusals trace back to an inadequate search, the wrong class, a sloppy identification of goods, or a bad specimen — all decisions made before you ever see an examiner. That is where an attorney changes the outcome, and it is why we price the attorney work flatly instead of hiding it in a package tier.
What it costs, in full
Free DIY search: $0. Comprehensive attorney search report: $49. Federal registration: $499 + $350 per class in USPTO fees at cost. Office action: $499 procedural, $999 substantive. Trademark monitoring: $99/year. That is the entire price list — see pricing, or compare us with the filing platforms.
DIY Search
- Instant USPTO federal search
- Availability signal & close matches
- No account or card
Pro Search Report
- Attorney-reviewed comprehensive search
- Likelihood-of-confusion analysis
- Submit your name & logo
- Clear go / no-go guidance
Complete Registration
- Full federal application, filed by an attorney
- Comprehensive search included
- USPTO filing & status monitoring
- Client portal access
- USPTO fee $350/class, at cost
Office Action Response
- $499 procedural responses
- $999 substantive refusals
- Attorney-drafted & filed
- Upload your office action
Trademark Monitoring
- Automated USPTO watch service
- Alerts on conflicting new filings
- Annual subscription — cancel anytime
- No manual back-and-forth
Three steps, no surprises
We handle the complexity so you can focus on running your business.
Search
Run the free instant search to check availability. Upgrade to a $49 attorney report for a full clearance opinion before you commit to filing.
Apply
Your attorney prepares and files the full federal application with the right classes and goods descriptions — flat fee, no surprises.
Monitor
We track your application through the USPTO review process and handle any office actions or conflicts that arise after registration.
Our straight-shooter guarantee
If our search shows your mark can't be filed responsibly, we tell you before you pay to file. If we can't file your application at all, you get a full refund. No doomed filings, no surprise fees, USPTO costs always at cost.
Talk to a trademark attorney
Start with a free search, or tell us about your mark and we will tell you straight whether it is worth filing.
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