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The filing fee a trademark owner pays to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is based on the number of classes of goods and/or services for which the mark is being registered for protection. The different classes of goods and/or services categorize specific uses of the mark. As a result, the more uses your mark has, the more classes you will have to register it under for an all-inclusive protection of your mark. For example, if you use your trademark in identifying a certain service and you also use the mark on goods for sale, then the trademark owner will have to pay for protection in at least two classes of trademark protection. The filing fee for a paper trademark application is $375.00 per class. The filing fee for an electronic trademark application is $325.00 per class.

See the following USPTO links for additional information:

Trademark Processing Fees

What are the different classes of goods and services?

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What is a Trademark?
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others.

What is a Service mark?
A service mark is the same as a trademark, except that it identifies and distinguishes a service instead of a product.

What are the benefits of Trademark Registration?

• Constructive notice to the public of claim of ownership of the mark;
• The ability to bring an action (sue someone) for infringment in federal court;
• Use of US registration as a basis to obtain registration in foreign countries; and
• The ability to prevent importation of infringing foreign goods.

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Taken directly from LegalZoom.com’s website, their disclaimer reads, “LegalZoom is not a law firm, and the employees of LegalZoom are not acting as your attorney. LegalZoom's legal document service is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney.” It further reads that, “LegalZoom is prohibited from providing any kind of advice, explanation, opinion, or recommendation to a consumer about possible legal rights, remedies, defenses, options, selection of forms or strategies.”

If you use LegalZoom.com or other do-it-yourself document preparation service with a legal-sounding name to prepare your Nonprofit, Trademark or Copyright application, you run the risk of filing an extremely flawed document. As these types of services merely take otherwise publicly available forms and plug in the blanks with information you provide to them, without the benefit of legal advice and guidance, you may as well give a go at it yourself. Should you choose to have your documents prepared this way, you run a huge risk of filing a flawed application, for which the IRS, US Patent and Trademark Office and Copyright Office may reject for legal reasons outside the scope of this non-legal service.

See the following links for LegalZoom Customer Complaints, Allegations of Consumer Fraud and Critiques

LegalZoom Mistake In Forming Non-Profit Delaware Corporation
LegalZoom Deceptive Trademark Practice
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LegalZoom.com Faces Consumer Fraud Class Action Over Trademark Filing Fees
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