How much does an intellectual property lawyer cost [Up To Date]

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federal registration is not inexpensive it's about two to three thousand dollars usually per mark it will depend in part on the number of classes of goods or services you're applying for there's a classification system and so you will do apply for the mark with certain goods and services each class is about $300 a filing fee to the united states patent and trademark office so if you're just using in one class that two to three thousand dollars is probably realistic if you're using it with you know goods or services that fall into five different classes you're going to have at least fifteen hundred dollars in additional filing fees so it gets more expensive but that also assumes that you've done a clearance search you have a good sense of the likelihood that your mark will be successfully registered which you can find out from the clearance search it can cost more if you end up encountering a lot of obstacles rejections from the trademark office or if a third party were to oppose your application during the application process so it can be more expensive but I think on average that that's about two to three thousand dollars and that money is not incurred upfront typically that money has incurred over the 12 to 24 months it will take for the registration to issue you you

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- Britt Maglioli, Staff Member

you you well intellectual property law suits traditionally have been fairly complex and costly they can often go many years and costs perhaps even over a million dollars now having said that many times intellectual property cases settle early in fact that the statistics show that over ninety percent of the cases settled early and so often you don't end up spending the kind of money that you would spend when the case goes all the way to trial in other words these over a million dollar figures so it's important if you have an intellectual property dispute or problem that you talk to your attorney about your cost constraints and about the strategies that you have for enforcing the intellectual property rights because then you can work with your attorney to work within your cost constraints and within your strategies to get the solution that you desire don't forget to talk to your attorney about alternative fee arrangements one type of alternative fee arrangement is a contingent fee arrangement which may be appropriate in certain circumstances and your litigation attorney might offer now I hesitate to say that not all attorneys offer contingent fee arrangements for all cases but some do in the appropriate case

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Britt Maglioli

I've studied living systems theory at Humphreys University in Stockton and I am an expert in symbolic anthropology. I usually feel shocked. My previous job was school psychologist I held this position for 10 years, I love talking about tapestry and ultimate tazer ball. Huge fan of Magic Johnson I practice field hockey and collect rocks.