Three rights,
three processes

A trademark, a patent and a design are filed differently, run on different clocks, and fail for different reasons. None of them is billed by the hour — you get a flat fee per jurisdiction before we start.

Trademarks

A name is cheap to file and expensive to lose. The whole game is filing before someone else does, in the right classes.

01

Clearance

We search each target register for conflicting marks and — in India especially — for prior use that never reached the register.

You send
The mark, and a rough list of goods or services
You get
A go / no-go per jurisdiction with the blocking rights named
Typically
2–5 working days
02

Madrid or national

Madrid is usually cheaper across several markets but depends on your home registration for five years, and cannot reach Taiwan.

You send
Your target markets and launch timing
You get
A filing plan with a flat fee per jurisdiction
Typically
1–2 working days
03

Prosecution

We file, answer office actions and defend oppositions through local agents, reporting to you in one language.

You send
Signed power of attorney, specimens where required
You get
Filing receipt, then updates through to the certificate
Typically
6–24 months
04

Use and renewals

Ten-year terms, but the Philippines and Cambodia require use declarations in between. Miss one and the registration is gone.

You send
Evidence of use when we ask
You get
Deadline reminders and filings handled
Typically
Ongoing

Patents and utility models

Here the clock started the day you first filed anywhere. Priority and disclosure dates decide what is still possible.

01

Patentability review

Prior-art search and a read on subject-matter exclusions — software and business methods are treated very differently across this map.

You send
The specification or a technical description, plus any earlier filing dates
You get
A search report and an honest view on grant prospects per country
Typically
5–10 working days
02

PCT, direct or utility model

Most of the region is reachable through the PCT national phase. Taiwan is not, and needs a direct filing inside the Paris year. Where a full patent looks unlikely, a utility model may protect the same product faster and for less.

You send
Your PCT number and priority date, or the filing date if none
You get
A country plan showing route, deadline and cost for each
Typically
1–3 working days
03

Translation and examination

Claims are adapted to local drafting practice, not translated word for word. We answer examination reports through local patent attorneys.

You send
The final specification and drawings
You get
Translations for your approval, then examination responses
Typically
18 months to 4 years to grant
04

Annuities and working

Patents die from unpaid annuities more often than from invalidation. Indonesia and India also expect statements on local working.

You send
Confirmation of which rights to keep alive each year
You get
Annuity payments and working statements filed on time
Typically
Ongoing, up to 20 years

Industrial designs

The fastest right to obtain and the easiest to lose by accident: show the product publicly before filing and in most of this region the right is gone.

01

Disclosure check

The first question is when the design was first shown — a trade fair, a catalogue, a product page. Grace periods exist in some countries here and not in others.

You send
Product images and the date they were first shown publicly
You get
A clear answer on which countries are still open to you
Typically
1–3 working days
02

Hague or national

Hague covers part of this map only. Several major markets here take national filings only, and each has its own drawing standards.

You send
The list of markets and how many design variants there are
You get
A route and cost per country, variants grouped where allowed
Typically
1–2 working days
03

Representations and filing

Most refusals at this stage are about the drawings, not the design. We prepare views to each office's standard before filing.

You send
Clean product photos or CAD views from all sides
You get
Filing receipts, then registration certificates
Typically
3–12 months
04

Renewals

Design terms are shorter than patents and run in renewable blocks. We track the blocks so a product still selling does not lose its cover.

You send
Confirmation the product is still on sale
You get
Renewals filed before each block expires
Typically
Ongoing, 10–25 years depending on country
How we charge

Flat fees, quoted before we start

Quoted per jurisdiction

Our fee and the official fee, separately, so you can see what goes to the office and what comes to us.

Office actions priced up front

Where a refusal is likely, we say so at quoting stage and give you the cost of answering it before you file.

One invoice for the region

Local agent fees are inside the quote. You are not reconciling twelve invoices in four currencies.

Tell us what you need to protect. Fee quote in 48 hours.

A name, an invention or a product shape — tell us what you have and which markets matter. We come back with a flat fee per jurisdiction and the risks worth knowing first.