Fort Worth trademark attorney.
Flat-fee trademark clearance and registration for Fort Worth and Tarrant County businesses, from the Stockyards to Southlake, with an attorney you can reach directly.
Trademark search, registration, and enforcement for Fort Worth businesses.
Vargas IP provides trademark clearance searches, USPTO trademark registration, office action responses, and trademark enforcement for Fort Worth restaurants and breweries, Western and lifestyle brands, manufacturers and suppliers, contractors, medical practices, and retailers. Flat fees for searches and filings; hourly for disputes.
Trademark clearance search
Before you file, a comprehensive search of USPTO records, Texas state registrations, and common-law uses to identify existing marks that could affect registration, with a written assessment of registrability. $1,000 flat fee, credited toward filing. For a name already in use, an infringement opinion (from $2,500) adds a deeper search and a written opinion on whether that specific use is likely to infringe.USPTO trademark registration
A federal trademark application prepared and filed by an attorney: the correct owner and filing basis, the right classes, and a goods-and-services description written to fit your Fort Worth business and leave room to grow. Word marks, logos, and slogans. $2,500 all-inclusive, with the search and office action responses included.Office action responses
When the USPTO examining attorney refuses or questions an application, a written legal response that argues the point or amends the application. Included in the all-inclusive package, and available on its own from $1,250 for substantive refusals if you filed yourself or through an online filing service; each response is quoted after review.Trademark enforcement and litigation
Cease-and-desist letters sent and answered, oppositions and cancellations before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and trademark and patent litigation in federal court. Billed hourly against a retainer, with Thomas handling the matter personally.Serving Fort Worth and Tarrant County from San Antonio and Austin.
Vargas IP does not maintain a Fort Worth office. Fort Worth clients are served by video and phone, with in-person meetings by appointment when Thomas travels to North Texas. Filings, signatures, and correspondence with the USPTO are all electronic, so the registration process is the same from Fort Worth as from anywhere else in Texas.
The practice serves Fort Worth and the west side of the Metroplex: downtown, the Near Southside, the Cultural District, and the Stockyards, along with Arlington, Keller, Southlake, Grapevine, Mansfield, Burleson, and Weatherford.
All areas servedTypes of Fort Worth businesses we serve.
Trademark clearance, registration, and enforcement for businesses of every size across Fort Worth and Tarrant County, including:
Flat-fee trademark pricing for Fort Worth businesses.
Four flat-fee options, quoted up front, and no hourly billing on trademark filings. Every engagement starts with a free conversation so you know exactly what you're getting before you pay anything.
All-Inclusive Trademark
Everything from first search to registration, handled start to finish.
One mark in one class of goods or services. $3,500 for a mark in two classes. The USPTO filing fee ($350 per class) is not included.
- Comprehensive clearance search — identify potential conflicts before you invest in the name
- USPTO application filing — prepared and filed by an attorney
- Office action responses — included, so an examiner's pushback never becomes a surprise bill
Clearance Search
Answers one question before you spend on signage, packaging, or a filing: can this name be registered?
- Federal, state, and common-law search for potentially conflicting marks
- Written assessment of registrability and potential conflicts
- Credit toward Option 1 if you decide to file
Infringement Opinion
Answers a different question: is using this name likely to infringe someone else's mark? For names already in use, or about to be.
- Deeper search of federal, state, common-law, and marketplace uses
- Written infringement opinion on your specific use, not just registrability
- Recommendations — proceed, adjust, or rebrand, with the reasoning
Office Action Response
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.
- Substantive refusals from $1,250 — likelihood of confusion, descriptiveness, and other refusals that need a legal argument
- Quoted to the office action — they vary widely in what they raise, so the price depends on what the examiner said
- No prior filing with Vargas IP needed — Thomas can also take over the application as attorney of record
Starting a business? Vargas IP also forms LLCs and drafts operating agreements. Ask about it.
Payment plans available through Affirm.
Flat fees cover attorney services for one mark in one class; the all-inclusive package is $3,500 for a mark in two classes, and further classes are quoted up front. USPTO filing fees ($350 per class) 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 $2,500 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.
Questions from Fort Worth businesses.
Do you have an office in Fort Worth?
No. Vargas IP is based in San Antonio with a second office in Austin, and Thomas does not maintain a Fort Worth office. Fort Worth clients are served by video and phone, with in-person meetings by appointment when Thomas travels to North Texas. Because trademark registration is a federal, electronic process, nothing about it is harder from Fort Worth.
Do you serve Arlington and the Mid-Cities?
Yes. Vargas IP serves all of Tarrant County and the cities between Fort Worth and Dallas, including Arlington, Grand Prairie, Hurst, Euless, Bedford, and Grapevine. This page is titled for Fort Worth, but the services and the fees are the same anywhere in the Metroplex.
Do you handle logos and slogans as well as business names?
Yes. A business name in standard characters, a logo, and a slogan are each separate applications, and Vargas IP handles all three. During the consultation Thomas will walk through which to file first based on how you use the brand, and quote each as a flat fee.
What does a trademark cost for a Fort Worth business?
The same flat fees apply everywhere Vargas IP works: $1,000 for a clearance search, or $2,500 for the all-inclusive package covering the search, the USPTO filing, and every office action response. USPTO government fees are additional and depend on the number of classes. The flat fee is the same whether you're in Fort Worth or San Antonio, and you'll have the exact number before any work begins.
Ready to protect your Fort Worth brand?
Start by video or phone from anywhere in the area, and meet in person by appointment. The number below rings the attorney directly. Every message gets a reply within 24 hours.
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