The reason is simply to ensure complete transparency. It is better that you, the client, controls the cost of filing the Trade Mark application and make sure the cost stays within your budget.
When you purchase a Trade Mark application package, we provide you with everything included in the package details, including a filing strategy and specification of goods and services tailored and suited to your business. This first payment covers our professional fees, not the official government fees, which are due once the application is officially submitted.
Our filing strategy will indicate the number of Classes of goods and services we believe will provide you with sufficient protection for your Trade Mark, based on our analysis of your business. The number of Classes you choose to cover in the Trade Mark application affects the amount of government fees payable when the Trade Mark application is officially submitted, so once you are happy with the number of Classes and the cost of the government fees, you can then make the second payment to us.
This also means you can reduce the number of Classes, if you think it is not worth covering a particular Class we recommend, and this of course saves you money.
