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Tools and plain-language guides for choosing, filing and keeping a trademark.
Tools
Tool
Class finder
Type what you sell or do and see which of the 45 classes usually fit.
ToolName check
Eight questions to ask before you file.
ToolCost estimate
Official fee and our fee, by service and country.
Guides
Guide
From search to certificate
The five steps of a filing and the time limits offices publish.
GuideWhen you pay
What you pay and when, step by step and service by service.
GuideWhy offices refuse
The usual reasons for an objection or an opposition, and how to lower the risk.
GuideRegional systems
Madrid, the EU trade mark, Benelux, OAPI and ARIPO, and when each makes sense.
Country notesCountries
How the trademark system works in each country, as we add them.
ReferenceGlossary
Trademark terms in plain words.
ArticlesInsights
Short articles on trademarks.