01Tight Timeline
40 Days to Answer
- Calendar the TTAB Answer deadline immediately
- File a verified Answer responsive to every paragraph
- Assert affirmative defenses up front
- Miss it and your application is automatically abandoned
Trademark Opposition
Defend Your Trademark Now.
Your trademark application just received a Notice of Opposition. Every day it sits in limbo is a day your brand goes unprotected. You have 40 days to answer — or lose the mark forever. Get a strategic TTAB attorney who knows how to fight back.
- We File On Time, Every Time
- Evidence-Based Defense Across Every Ground
- Counterclaim Strategy
- TTAB-Registered Counsel + Transparent Pricing
Services
A full trademark practice — from filing to defense.
Trademark Opposition
TTAB defense within the 40-day Answer window — evidence-led strategy from notice to decision.
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Trademark Cancellation
Petitions to cancel weak or vulnerable registrations — and defense when yours is challenged.
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Office Action Response
Substantive replies to USPTO refusals — likelihood of confusion, descriptiveness, specimen.
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Section 8 & Maintenance Renewals
Section 8 declarations and Section 9 renewals to keep your registration alive and enforceable.
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Trademarks — Attorney Services
Full-service trademark counsel — clearance, filings, prosecution, and brand strategy.
Learn moreHow We Fight a Trademark Opposition
The timeline is tight. The process is technical. The stakes are high.
18–26 months is the typical full-resolution window. Settlements can happen in weeks. Either way, the first 40 days set the leverage for everything that follows.
02Technical Process
TTAB Rules Are Different
- Pleadings must be precise — TTAB ≠ federal court
- Targeted document requests and interrogatories
- Notices of reliance and trial testimony periods
- One procedural misstep can tank your defense
03High Stakes
Defense Across Every Ground
- Likelihood of confusion — distinguish the marks
- Merely descriptive — prove acquired distinctiveness
- Failure to use in commerce — establish bona fide use
- Dilution, false sponsorship, prior use
04Resolution
Settle or Counter-Attack
- Coexistence and consent-to-register agreements
- TTAB Accelerated Case Resolution to cut cost
- Counterclaim to cancel the opposer’s mark when vulnerable
- Take it to a final TTAB decision when the file justifies it
Pricing
Transparent fees. No surprise invoices.
One pricing page for everything we do — new applications and TTAB opposition defense. Government fees are listed separately from attorney fees.
New Trademark Applications
With Attorney Representation
$295
attorney fee + $350/class USPTO
- Conflict and clearance review
- TEAS Plus drafting and identification
- Specimen and use-in-commerce review
- Filing receipt and docket of every USPTO deadline
- Office action evaluation included
Self-File Assisted
Flat package
+ $350/class USPTO
- Knockout search guidance
- Identification suggestions from the ID Manual
- Step-by-step filing checklist
- You file directly with USPTO
- Upgrade to attorney representation any time
TTAB Opposition Defense
Tiered fees scoped to the proceeding stage — from answer through full trial.
Answer & Early Resolution
$2,500 – $15,000
Discovery & Motion Practice
$40,000 – $70,000
Full TTAB Trial
$70,000 – $150,000+
USPTO filing fees ($350 per class for TEAS Plus) are paid directly to the United States government and are not part of the attorney fee. Government fees are non-refundable regardless of registration outcome.
Benefits of Using TrademarKraft
Experience. Integrity. Transparent pricing.
Our mission: to provide sophisticated trademark services to small businesses and individuals, at affordable prices — the same tools larger companies use to defend their rights.
Our founder, Nyall Engfield, Esq., is a California-registered trademark attorney with 15 years in the field. Originally an electrical engineer (University of Waterloo), Nyall left high-tech to study law at the University of Calgary, finishing on the Dean’s List with a specialization in intellectual property law at the University of Ottawa. He practiced in Ontario before founding a noted local firm in San Diego, CA.
TrademarKraft was started with a focus on the more complicated areas of trademark practice — oppositions, cancellations, and office action responses — matched by reasonable cost. Beyond filings, our TTAB attorney team evaluates your chances, shapes the record from the outset, and pursues or defends proceedings in a focused, cost-effective way designed to protect your brand for the long term.
FAQs
Straight answers to the questions clients ask first.
Your Answer is due in 40 days.
Every hour counts.
We’ll review your Notice of Opposition, assess the opposer’s case strength, identify your strongest defenses, and outline a clear budget and timeline.