Houston trademark attorney.
Flat-fee trademark clearance and registration for Houston businesses, from energy and industrial services to restaurants, medical practices, and consumer brands, with an attorney you can reach directly.
Trademark search, registration, and enforcement for Houston businesses.
Vargas IP provides trademark clearance searches, USPTO trademark registration, office action responses, and trademark enforcement for Houston energy and industrial companies, restaurants and food brands, medical practices, logistics firms, startups, 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 Houston 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 Greater Houston from San Antonio and Austin.
Vargas IP does not maintain a Houston office. Houston clients are served by video and phone, with in-person meetings by appointment; San Antonio is about three hours away on I-10. Filings, signatures, and correspondence with the USPTO are all electronic, so the registration process is the same from Houston as from anywhere else in Texas.
The practice serves all of Greater Houston: downtown, Montrose, the Heights, Midtown, and the Galleria area, along with Katy, Sugar Land, The Woodlands, Pearland, Pasadena, Cypress, Clear Lake, and Baytown.
All areas servedTypes of Houston businesses we serve.
Trademark clearance, registration, and enforcement for businesses of every size across Greater Houston, including:
Flat-fee trademark pricing for Houston 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 Houston businesses.
Do you have an office in Houston?
No. Vargas IP is based in San Antonio with a second office in Austin, and Thomas does not maintain a Houston office. Houston clients are served by video and phone, with in-person meetings by appointment when Thomas is in town. Because trademark registration is a federal, electronic process, nothing about it is harder from Houston.
Do you work with energy and industrial service companies?
Yes. Oilfield services, engineering firms, fabricators, and industrial suppliers are regular trademark matters for Vargas IP, and company names built from initials or a founder's surname come up often in that industry. The consultation covers what can be registered and in which classes, and each application is quoted as a flat fee.
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 Houston 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 Houston or San Antonio, and you'll have the exact number before any work begins.
Ready to protect your Houston 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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