Trademark applications

[sitetutor]

How much does it cost to get the process started and what are your chances to get an approval. I have never trademarked anything before and was wondering if any of you guys have done so successfully.

[webzenstar]

I'm not an expert in this field but I know enough to let you know a Trademark is always delivered for a given country.

Since over 192 countries can emit Trademarks, some more easily than others, it's important that you identify which jurisdictions you need protection in.

Once you get your Trademark protection (between 3 months and 2 years for your answer, depending on the country), you'll need to be able to defend it in court, in the event it's infringed upon. Needless to say this can be a major budget drain, not to mention a colossal waste of time.

Just sending in a Trademark infringement letter to the infringing party will seldom make the "abuse" stop. It'll frequently turn into a battle where you're de facto going to need to "defend" your argumentation.

If you want the easy way out through a Trademark Office (usually lawyers), you'll need to invest between 5k$US and 10k$US to have the proper paperwork filled, sent and followed-up upon, per country.

All in all, you're the only one who knows if this is all worth it for you.

If you're just looking to protect web content, perhaps this -very affordable- service could be enough. It's a far cry from a full Trademark application but if you have a limited budget, it can be a start.

[Phoenix Flame]

I've never tried to copyright anything before, but mind you thats probably because I haven't made anything worth copyrighting

[Zap]

There was one guy who posted here very recently. He had just completed the process. He said it took him 3 years and a cost of about $600.

[JuggoPop]

This might help a bit.

US Patent Office: http://www.uspto.gov/
Fees: http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/index_feefaq.html
Products: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/cio/cis/prodsvc.htm
Tradmark Information: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/...s/tmprod-1.htm

[Wing Chun]

there's seperate registration for each country, and my country (UK) has about 50 different industry sectors to register in, so even if you pay for every sector in every registerable country, there's still gonna be some1 in a different country who's breaking no laws by using ur trademark. unless ur seriously making the big time, they're a waste of time!

a good indicator as to when you should consider registering trademarks is when you have a regular expert lawyer to sort it all out for you

[ablaye]

You can always add the little "TM" on your stuff to fool people by making it look like it is trademarked. That should be enough to scare off all the potential copiers.

[Marketing Guy]

Its actually illegal to use (R) in the UK if you dont have a registered trademark. TM indicates that your mark is a trademark, not that it has actually been registered. (R) or the abbreviation RTM indicates a registered trademark.

In the UK, the patent office (http://www.patent.gov.uk/) deals with it. It costs £200 per application + £50 per additional class of goods or services (if you use a lawyer it can cost around £600).

IIRC, there's a central European method of registering your trademark worldwide so that cuts down on paperwork and cost.

[imaginemn]

Originally Posted by Zap

There was one guy who posted here very recently. He had just completed the process. He said it took him 3 years and a cost of about $600.

That would be me.

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?r...entry=78430082

I just went to the site, read over the registration process and felt I didn't need additional assistance. It took a little over 2 years and after all the fees it came out to around $600. I didn't pay any attorney fees unless they were included in the fees that the trademark office requested.

The only thing with this is that it's all time sensitive and a very slow process. When they finally get back to you, you typically have to respond very quickly or your application can be rejected or delayed. Overall it was a very simple process.