The USPTO staff, while among the most helpful of government agents, are legally prohibited from offering you legal advice or assistance. So, if you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re doing, you\u2019re on your own if you don\u2019t have a lawyer.<\/p>\n

But lawyers are expensive!<\/h2>\n

Now, it\u2019s true that attorneys charge for our services. But you might be surprised at how affordable our assitance can be. It\u2019s certainly more cost-effective to hire a lawyer at the beginning of the trademark registration process than it is to engage one to help once the application has been filed and the Examining Attorney has issued a refusal to register.<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re building a brand, isn\u2019t it worth a few bucks to protect it with an attorney-prepared trademark registration? Why not call me for a consultation?<\/p>\n

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Why you should invest in a lawyer’s services to register your trademarks. Don’t do it yourself,or use one of the big flashy online services like LegalZoom orTrademarkia unless you’re sure you know what you’re doing. There are lots of mistakes you can avoid by having your lawyer do some research and analysis before filing your trademark application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[178],"yoast_head":"\n