Flat-fee trademark clearance and registration for businesses from Austin and San Antonio to the Rio Grande Valley. Clear pricing, and one attorney who handles your matter personally.
Four flat-fee options, quoted up front. Every engagement starts with a conversation so you know exactly what you're getting before you pay anything.
Everything from first search to registration, handled start to finish.
Answers one question before you spend on signage, packaging, or a filing: can this name be registered?
Answers a different question: is using this name likely to infringe someone else's mark? For names already in use, or about to be.
Received a refusal after filing yourself or through an online filing service? Send the office action and get a flat quote before any work begins.
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Flat fees cover attorney services for one mark in one class; additional classes are quoted up front. USPTO government filing fees are not included. Oppositions, cancellations, and appeals are not included in any flat fee and are quoted separately if they arise. A clearance search assesses registrability and identifies potential conflicts; it is not an infringement opinion. An infringement opinion addresses a specific use and is a separate engagement, starting at $2,000 and quoted after review. Office action responses start at $1,250 for substantive refusals; because office actions vary widely in what they raise, each response is quoted individually after review. See full pricing, including hourly disputes.
Vargas IP is a focused intellectual property practice for South Texas businesses. Thomas Vargas is a San Antonio native and a registered patent attorney who has been licensed to practice before the USPTO since 2021 — first as a patent agent, now as an attorney. He has litigation experience in both patent and trademark matters, so your mark is cleared and filed by someone who knows how it will hold up if it's ever challenged.
Five steps, one attorney, and a flat fee you know before anything starts.
Once you've engaged Vargas IP, send the name or logo, a sentence about what you sell and where, and, if you're already using the name, a photo of it in use. Nothing needs to be polished.
A kickoff call or video meeting with Thomas, not an intake desk. He asks about the business and how the name is used, confirms what the search will cover, and tells you what to expect next.
Thomas searches the USPTO's federal register, Texas state registrations, and common-law uses for existing marks that could affect registration, then writes up what it means in plain English.
The application is prepared with the correct owner, filing basis, and classes, and a goods-and-services description written for your business. You approve it, and Thomas files it.
If the USPTO raises an issue, Thomas prepares and files the response. It's included in the all-inclusive package, so there is no second bill. When the application clears, it publishes for opposition and then registers.
The search and filing move quickly; the USPTO is slower. A first examination typically comes about four to five months after filing, and most applications reach registration in roughly ten to eleven months. More in the FAQ
Everything it takes to get from a name to a registered mark: a comprehensive clearance search, a USPTO application prepared and filed by an attorney, and every office action response along the way. That last part is the difference. Most firms and online filing services quote a low number to file, then bill separately — often by the hour — each time the USPTO examiner pushes back, and some form of office action is common. With Vargas IP, the price you're quoted is the price you pay for the whole process, and the attorney who searched your mark is the same one who files it and answers the examiner.
The low price of online filing services buys document preparation, not legal judgment. A filing service types what you give it into the USPTO form. It can't tell you whether the name is a good candidate for registration, which classes to file in, or how to describe your goods and services, and when an office action arrives, the response is an extra charge or your problem. With Vargas IP, a Texas-licensed attorney registered before the USPTO evaluates your mark before you spend anything, prepares the application to fit your business, reads every letter the USPTO sends, and answers the examiner as part of the flat fee. And when you call, you reach him.
If you want to avoid paying for an application that gets refused, yes. The USPTO doesn't refund fees when a mark is rejected for conflicting with an existing registration, and the more expensive problem is learning that a name can't be registered after you've printed signs, packaging, and a website. A search of federal registrations, state registrations, and common-law uses tells you where you stand while changing course is still cheap. It's included in the all-inclusive package and available on its own for $1,000, with a credit toward filing if you go forward. One distinction worth knowing: a clearance search assesses registrability and identifies potential conflicts. It is not an infringement opinion; if you need to know whether a specific use is likely to infringe, that is an infringement opinion, a separate engagement starting at $2,000.
No. Government filing fees are charged by the USPTO per class of goods or services and are separate from the attorney's flat fee. You'll be told the exact government fee before anything is filed, so there are no surprises on that side either.
Months, not weeks, but faster than it used to be. The USPTO currently takes about four to five months after filing to assign an examining attorney and issue a first action, and most applications reach registration in roughly ten to eleven months from filing, longer if an office action has to be resolved or the mark is opposed. The search and filing themselves move quickly, usually within a couple of weeks of getting started.
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