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The basic cost to trademark a business name ranges from $225 to $600 per trademark class. This is the cost to submit your trademark application to the USPTO. The easiest and least expensive way to register your trademark is online, through the USPTO's Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).

Trademark abandonment, in general terms, occurs when a mark owner discontinues use of the mark with no intent to resume use. Nonuse for a period of three years creates a presumption of abandonment. Abandonment also occurs when the mark owner takes action that causes the mark to become generic.

Trademark, Service Mark Registration Instructions DescriptionFee AmountInitial Registration Fee$30 per classRenewal Fee$30 per classAssignment Fee$30 per class assignmentName Change Fee$30 per change

Once you own a trademark registration, you must do a few important things to maintain that registration and keep it alive. First, you must use your trademark in commerce. Additionally, you must file certain documents at regular intervals to show that you're continuing to use your trademark.

In this context, use means offering your product or service under that brand to the public. Registering your trademark will not prevent anyone from identifying your brand or mentioning your name in various venues. As long as they do not sell your product or a similar product under your brand, there is no ?use.?

The non-refundable registration fee is $30.00 per class (one mark in two classes is $60). Registration is valid only within the Commonwealth of Virginia for the duration of five years and may be renewed in five year increments. What is the purpose of registering a trademark or service mark?