Trademark Registration
The basic cost to register a trademark with the USPTO is $350 per class of goods. You may need to register in multiple classes depending on brand offerings. For both clothing and purses, you’ll pay the fee for both classes.
Copyrights Application
The process of registering copyrights is filing Form XIV application. Among benefits is suing for infringement. Registration is relatively easy online or by mail.
Business Costs
Costs of starting a clothing line depend on scale and business size planned. For small batch clothing production, you can already jump start with $500. For a medium-sized clothing company, $1,500 up to $5,000 should be sufficient.
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A design patent filing costs about $200 for a small company to $4,000 for complex utility patents. Attorney fees are additional. The product couldn’t have had widespread use a year before applying.