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Many of our clients have asked for a way of estimating what costs and time
periods to expect when registering a copyright. This estimator should serve as a
guide, and is as good an estimate as we can prepare, but you should realize that
the fees you will actually pay may vary widely from these, depending on the
individual circumstances of your copyright. You can expect a copyright
registration to be received in six months or less, if all goes well.
Most of our clients prefer to file copyright applications on their own, since
the process is much simpler than patent or trademark. In most cases, this will
not pose any problems.
In more complicated situations, or if you are not comfortable with the
process, we will be happy to file the copyright registration application for
you. Legal fees will vary based on the time expended, which will depend on the
complexity of the task at hand, etc.
- Initial Consultation:
$100
- Preparation and filing of application:
allow 1 month, although we can
usually prepare an application faster. Legal fees are $250 per application
- Copyright office filing fee:
currently $45 per work filed on paper, $35 for applications filed electronically.
Note: On April 1, 2009, the Copyright Office announced that fees for
filing copyright applications will increase August 1, 2009. The new
fees are as follows:
- The fee for registration of a basic claim to copyright filed
electronically will remain $35.
- Filing on a Form CO, which is filled out online, printed with 2D
barcodes that contain the information from the application, and mailed
to the Office, will increase to $50.
- Filing on traditional paper forms without barcodes will increase to
$65.
- Other Services
are billed at up to $325 per hour, plus expenses, on a time
spent basis. We can help you with license agreements, non-disclosure
agreements, incorporations, etc.
- Trademark Fees and Patent
Fees are on separate fee schedules. The current U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office official Patent and Trademark
fees are also separately listed.
Billing and Fee Policies
- All fees are due when billed.
- We accept VISA and MasterCard. If paying by credit card, please provide
the card number, expiration date, account name and billing address, and an
authorization to charge your card for a specific amount.
- We can accept payment by wire transfer - e-mail for details. If you are paying by wire transfer from outside the USA, please add $25.00 to
the transfer to cover the incoming bank fees. Also, please be sure to include
your name and the matter number and/or statement number in the
"comments" on the wire transfer, so that we can correctly apply the
payment. .
- Amounts unpaid after 30 days will be charged a service charge at the rate
of 1.5% per month.
- Returned checks are subject to a $20 fee, plus any applicable bank fees.
- All government fees must be paid by the client when due - we cannot
advance fees for clients.
- The charges listed on this page do not include direct out-of-pocket costs
incurred on behalf of clients. Clients are responsible for out-of-pocket
expenses, such as postage or Express costs, bank fees, telephone fees,
copying, draftsman's or foreign agent's fees, etc., in addition to the fees
listed above, unless a fee inclusive of such expenses has been agreed to in
advance. Expenses are billed at cost - we do not mark up third party
bills.
- Fees are subject to change without notice.
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