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How can I register a trademark on a budget?

Written by Jan Buza

Co-founder of Trama

The most effective way to reduce costs is to file in fewer jurisdictions and fewer classes, covering only the markets and goods and services categories where protection is most urgent. Additional countries and classes can be added later through new applications.

Filing independently in jurisdictions where self-filing is permitted reduces costs by eliminating representation fees, though this increases the risk of errors that can be more expensive to fix than professional help would have been.

If you are an EU-based SME, the EUIPO's SME fund offers partial reimbursement of trademark registration fees. It is worth checking whether you qualify before filing.

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