Fees
Flat fees, in writing, before we start
Every job has one price. You see it in the engagement letter before we lift a finger, and it doesn’t change if the work takes us longer.
Name it
For a new business name, product name or logo. The fee follows how many classes of goods and services the mark covers.
Start with a callSearch and written opinion
Application filed
Routine letters until registration
Launch kit
A name, its logo and the copyright papers from your designer, quoted as one fee for the launch.
Start with a callTrademark search and application
Logo copyright assignment
One copyright registration
Hold my place
A provisional patent application before you show the invention. One fee per invention.
Start with a callDrafting call and review
Provisional application filed
Reminder before the year runs out
Government filing fees are extra and passed on at cost. We tell you the amount before we file. A substantive office action, extra classes and the full patent application are quoted on their own.
Paying us
Paying a flat fee, step by step
What does the first call cost?
Nothing. It’s twenty minutes on video, and you leave with a written quote if there’s work to do.
When do I pay?
Half when you sign the engagement letter, half when we file. For licensing, all of it when we send the draft or the marked-up copy.
What isn’t covered by a flat fee?
Anything the letter doesn’t list. If something new comes up, like a refusal on the merits or a dispute, we quote it before we start on it.
Why charge flat fees at all?
Because founders budget. You shouldn’t have to wonder whether an email to us costs money.