Would you like to register your trademark at low cost?
Here is some advice for those who think that it must be expensive to consult with a patent attorney.
Costs for trademark registration are divided into three stages: (1) filing an application, (2) examination and (3) registration. The costs (1) and (3) include official fees to be paid to the Japan Patent Office.
The duration of trademark rights is 10 years, counting from the date of registration, that is, trademarks are maintained for 120 months. The total cost divided by 120 is the monthly maintenance fee. For example, if it costs a total of 150,000 yen to get a trademark registration, the monthly maintenance fee is about 1,250 yen. Is 1,250 yen a high cost to protect your goodwill in business? Rather, it may be considered a small price to pay if you can protect your goodwill.
Trademark registrations are not something that people do as a hobby, but something they do to protect the trust that they have built up through business activities, so trademark registrations can be considered necessary expenses.
Nonetheless, for sole proprietors such as people running private shops, registration costs are burdens, and they wish to do so at the lowest possible cost. In the case of individual businesses, the scope of the business is limited, and not much review is required for setting a list of goods and services. For such cases, it is understandable for anyone to want to register a trademark as inexpensively as possible. We are pleased to offer a low-cost, simple plan for people like private shop owners.
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