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Ask HN: Trademarks registration experience US & Europe

2 points by daemon13 ↗ HN
Hi guys and gals,

can someone with direct experience share details on registering trademarks in US and/or Europe?

Specifically:

- type of registration: USPTO, World, Europe or combination?

- how much time it took from start to finish?

- appr. cost?

- if applied DYI style or part of SAAS [using Legal Zoom] - which provider used and was the experience positive?

- if used attorney - can you recommend someone?

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sheff
Its been a couple of years but the process in the UK is very simple - check out http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-formsfees.htm for the various services plus they have some useful documents covering the basics.

The IPO also offer a service where they charge you something like half price and tell you if something is trademarkable. I believe I paid around £80, filled in a form, and they wrote to me to tell me that the text I wanted to trademark was too common a phrase to be trademarked, and gave me a number so I could have a chat with the person who dealt with the application for any further questions.