Estimating the Costs for Filing, Registering, and Renewing Single-class Trademarks across the Globe

Published on 3 March 2019

A trademark is a form of intellectual property right (IPR) that facilitates brand protection, which is crucial for companies in today's world. Like other forms of IPR, a trademark is a territorial right and thus must be registered in all the major jurisdictions in which a company operates or plans to operate. A sound trademarks strategy will go a long way in ensuring a high brand valuation.

Filing and registering of trademarks can be quite expensive. Fortune 500 companies spend millions of dollars on trademark protection. Thus, accurate estimation of trademark costs is a vital necessity for these companies. However, estimating said costs can be a challenging and time-consuming task. Each stage of the trademarking process (filing, prosecution, registration, and renewal) has various types of costs (official, associate/attorney, and/or translation) associated with it.

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