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Received an office action from the USPTO? Use the office action form.

Need to file a maintenance or renewal for a registration? Use the maintenance and renewal form.

Registering a copyright? Use the copyright form. 

All information regarding a trademark that you would like to search for or register should be included here.

This form takes approximately ten minutes to complete. Once you submit it, I will send you your engagement letter. If you only want to know if the name you have in mind is clear to use, please select the "opinion" option. If you would like to register the name, choose the "package" option. In both cases, I will conduct a search first. If the name is unavailable, you will receive a refund for the filing fee. 

I count the time frame from the date I sent the opinion. If it's within 14 days, the filing fee is $1,200. If it's more than 14 days later, the cost increases to $1,900 (regularly $2,100) I will need to conduct an updated search. USPTO fees are separate.

Standard delivery is the Monday following a Wednesday engagement. The rush option bypasses the weekly cycle and is available for the one-mark opinion, two-mark opinion, and the registration package (applies to both the search and opinion).

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Please provide the exact name, phrase, slogan, or description of the logo. If you are choosing between two options, select the two-mark option above and provide the information about it below as well.

If you cannot upload here, you may email the image to connect@clothandcode.legal with "Clearance Opinion Intake" in the subject line.

"Use" has a specific legal meaning, so responding, "I'm not sure what qualifies," is perfectly acceptable. This helps determine whether I should file based on current use or intent to use.

A month and year will suffice for now; I will confirm the exact dates before filing. A link to the product page, label, or storefront would help me identify the specimen.

A state filing reserves the name of an entity, but it does not guarantee the availability of a brand name.

A product launch, a collection drop, an announcement, a planned application date. If there's a deadline anywhere in this, please state it here. "No date yet" is an acceptable answer.

Tell me what you found or what you're worried about. Google results, an Instagram account, something in the USPTO database, or a competitor operating under a similar name. I still do my own search for every opinion, but this will help.

This could be one or two sentences, such as "organic face serums and moisturizers" or "an online boutique featuring conscious and vintage clothing." Keep in mind that in a two-mark option, both will be evaluated against the same goods or services listed.

For example, consider adding a candle line alongside your skincare products, or a retail store alongside your online shop. This information will help determine which classes to include in the search at this time.

The application must be filed in the name of the owner, who needs to be the party currently using or intending to use the trademark. Filing the application under the wrong name is a mistake that could later invalidate the registration.

If there are no conflicts, I'll send you the engagement letter and invoice within two business days (by the next business day if you select rush). I begin the search once you've signed the letter and paid the invoice, and all timelines below start then, not when you submit this form.

If you engage by 5 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, you'll receive your written opinion the following Monday. If you engage on Thursday or later, you'll receive it the Monday after next. If that Monday is a federal holiday, I'll deliver the opinion on Tuesday. With rush, you'll receive your opinion within three business days. Through November 6, rush is free for the first two engagements completed each week. After that, it's $600.

If you selected the opinion ($1,400) and the name is clear, the application is $1,200 when you engage me to file. If you selected the package ($2,600), you'll pay $1,400 for the search and opinion first, and I'll invoice the remaining $1,200 once the name clears and you're ready to file. If the name doesn't clear, you'll receive the written opinion and owe nothing further. Either way, if you engage me to file more than two weeks after receiving your opinion, I'll update the search first for an additional $700.

Submitting this form doesn't create an attorney-client relationship. That relationship begins once we both sign the engagement letter.