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Fair question. Trademark pricing can be confusing, especially when some firms bundle everything together and others list fees separately without explaining what goes where.
Two Separate Costs
Every trademark application involves two distinct expenses.
There’s what you pay Indie Law for our work: the search, application prep, filing, and communication with the USPTO on your behalf. That’s our attorney fee.
Then there’s what the USPTO charges to process your application. That money goes to the federal government, not to us. That’s the government filing fee.
Two different line items. Two different purposes.
Our Packages Cover Legal Services
Indie Law’s flat-fee packages cover our attorney services. Government filing fees are separate and paid directly to the USPTO when we file.
We’re upfront about this because we don’t believe in hidden costs. When you work with us, you know exactly what our fees are and exactly what the USPTO fees are before anything gets filed.
As of 2025, the standard USPTO filing fee under multiple classes means $350 per class, per application.
Why We Don’t Bundle
Some trademark services, especially the low-cost online filing companies, advertise a single price and bury the government fee in the fine print. You think you’re paying $199 for a trademark, and then the total at checkout is $549.
Other firms wrap everything into one number, which sounds cleaner but often means you’re paying a premium for not seeing the breakdown.
We think you should know what you’re paying for. The government fee is the same regardless of which attorney you hire. Our job is to make sure your application is done right so that fee isn’t wasted.
Other Government Fees That Might Come Up
The initial filing fee isn’t the only one. Depending on how your application progresses, a few others may apply.
If you filed on an intent-to-use basis, there’s a fee when you submit your Statement of Use proving you’re using the mark in commerce. If you need more time before submitting that proof, each six-month extension has a fee.
After registration, you’ll have maintenance filings due between years 5 and 6, then every 10 years. Each of those has a government fee too.
We walk clients through all of this before they commit. No surprises.
If you’ve been burned by vague pricing or checkout-page surprises from other services, that’s exactly why we do things differently. You’ll always know the full cost before we file anything.