RESOURCES

Understand your next step.

Explore filing costs, searches, use requirements, notices, and the life of your registration.

Understand the cost before you choose your next step.

Prepare the right information for your filing.

Look beyond an exact-name match.

Start with what your business actually offers.

Understand the stages, rather than a promised finish date.

Read the notice before deciding what to do.

Plan for the use-related stage of your application.

Put your trademark use in context.

Keep maintenance connected to the actual registration.

Registration is the beginning of ongoing maintenance.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Start with your actual situation.

Tell us what you want to protect or which stage your application has reached.