San Antonio trademark attorney.
Vargas IP is based in San Antonio, and Thomas Vargas was born and raised here. Flat-fee trademark clearance and registration for San Antonio businesses, from an attorney you can sit across the table from.
Trademark search, registration, and enforcement for San Antonio businesses.
Vargas IP provides trademark clearance searches, USPTO trademark registration, office action responses, and trademark enforcement for San Antonio businesses, from restaurants, retailers, and contractors to clinics, veteran-owned companies, and technology firms. 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 $2,000) 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 San Antonio 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.Based in Stone Oak, serving the whole metro.
The office is at 18911 Hardy Oak Blvd, Suite 169, in Stone Oak, north of Loop 1604. Many San Antonio clients come in for an initial consultation and handle the rest by phone and email; others handle everything remotely. Evening and weekend meetings are available by appointment.
Vargas IP serves the entire metro: downtown and Southtown, the Pearl and the Broadway corridor, Alamo Heights, the Medical Center, the Northwest Side, Stone Oak, and out to Boerne, New Braunfels, Schertz, Seguin, Helotes, and Floresville.
All areas servedTypes of San Antonio businesses we serve.
Trademark clearance, registration, and enforcement for businesses of every size across the San Antonio metro, including:
Flat-fee trademark pricing for San Antonio 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.
- 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
Payment plans available through Affirm.
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.
Questions from San Antonio businesses.
Do I need a San Antonio trademark attorney, or can I use anyone?
Trademark registration is federal, so any licensed attorney can file for you from anywhere. The advantage of a local attorney is practical: you can sit across the table for the first conversation, Thomas already knows which names are taken along Broadway and at the Pearl because he lives here, and if a dispute ever lands in the Western District of Texas in San Antonio, you already have a litigator who has worked in that courthouse.
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 it cost to trademark a business name in San Antonio?
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 San Antonio or San Antonio, and you'll have the exact number before any work begins.
Can we meet in person?
Yes. The office is at 18911 Hardy Oak Blvd, Suite 169, in Stone Oak, open Monday through Friday from 8 to 6, with evening or weekend meetings by appointment. Plenty of clients handle everything by phone and email instead; it's entirely up to you.
Ready to protect your San Antonio brand?
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