Everything we do for your brand, in one place.
Citrus Legal is a flat-fee law firm in St. Pete, Florida. We clear, register, answer for and keep trademarks for founders nationwide, and we write and redline contracts for Florida businesses.
Every fee is quoted in writing before any work begins. USPTO fees are separate and paid to the government. Every matter is handled by the attorney.
Clear the name
The cheapest moment to find out a name won’t work is before the logo, the labels and the ads.
Trademark search and opinion
Federal records, all fifty states and real-world use, read the way the USPTO reads it, with a written opinion on the risk. One courtesy search of a second name if the first comes back high risk. Credits toward Grove or Harvest within 14 days.
Trademark search$650Seed
Register it
Search to certificate, with the application drafted for your review before anything is filed.
Sprout
Search, opinion and a one-class application.
$1,800Grove
Two classes, specimen review and every procedural Office Action response. The package most clients choose.
$2,600Most chosenHarvest
Everything in Grove, plus substantive Office Action responses, for names with real risk.
How it works, step by step$3,700Statement of Use and extensions
Filed before you launched? Once you’re selling, we prove use so the registration can issue, or buy you six more months. Including applications you filed yourself. Plus $150 per class to the USPTO for a Statement of Use, $125 per class for an extension.
from $350Extensions from $200
USPTO filing fee: $350 per class, paid to the government. Each class beyond two on Grove or Harvest: $300.
Answer the USPTO
Office Action responses for any application, including ones you filed yourself or through a filing service. There are three months to respond.
Procedural response
Disclaimers, description wording, clarifications and other requirements that don’t need legal argument.
from $425Substantive response
Likelihood of confusion, merely descriptive and other refusals that need a written legal argument with evidence.
Office Action responsesfrom $1,600
Watch and keep it
A registration lasts as long as you keep using it and keep filing. Miss a deadline and it’s cancelled.
Trademark watch
We watch new USPTO filings for names close to yours and send a short report each quarter, plus your renewal dates.
Trademark monitoring$395a yearOrchard
Ongoing counsel for a brand with more than one mark: watch over new filings, domains and handles, every deadline tracked, enforcement letters when someone gets close, and one contract review a month.
$495a monthDeclaration of use, years 5 to 6
The filing that keeps a registration alive after its fifth year. Plus $325 per class to the USPTO.
from $45010-year renewal
Renewal and declaration of use, filed together. Plus $650 per class to the USPTO.
from $700Ownership changes
Moving a mark from you to your LLC, or to a buyer when the brand is sold. We draft the assignment and record it with the USPTO.
from $600
Enforce it
Most name disputes end with a letter. We write yours, or answer the one you got.
Send a cease and desist
We confirm your rights, document their use, and send a letter on our letterhead asking for exactly what you want, with one round of replies.
from $850Answer a cease and desist
We check their registration and who used the name first, tell you your options in writing, and draft the response.
Cease and desist lettersfrom $1,100
What we don’t do: oppositions and cancellations at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and lawsuits. If a dispute heads there, we’ll tell you early and help you find counsel who handles it.
Contracts
Client agreements, contractor terms, licensing, collaborations and NDAs, up to five pages.
Contract review
A redline of a contract someone sent you, ready to send back, with one round of revisions and a call.
from $249Contract drafting
A contract written from scratch around how you work. Plain-English notes on each section are a $100 add-on.
Contractsfrom $397
Talk it through
Paid time with the attorney when you want advice on your own facts. Prefer email? Start there.
Legal consultation
30 minutes on your trademark, brand, contract or business question, your options and your next step.
Book a consultation (opens in a new tab)30 minPrice shown when you bookName vetting power hour
An hour working through your shortlist of names before you commit to one.
Book a power hour (opens in a new tab)60 minPrice shown when you bookBrand audit
An hour reviewing every name, logo and tagline you use: what is protected and what isn’t.
Book a brand audit (opens in a new tab)60 minPrice shown when you book
Coming soon
Want one of these now? Email us and we’ll tell you where things stand.
- Coming soonInternational filingsExtending your US application or registration to other countries through the Madrid Protocol.
- Coming soonInternational searchesClearance searches for the countries you plan to sell or manufacture in, before you file there.
- Coming soonContract templatesAttorney-written templates with a plain-English guide, from Made in the Garden.
How we work, whatever you hire us for.
- Flat fees, in writingThe fee is agreed before work starts. USPTO fees are listed separately, every time.
- One attorneyGabrielle Maria Crawford, Esq. handles your matter from the first email to the last filing.
- Email firstStart online and ask questions by email. A call is there when you want one, never required.
Before you pick a service
Are USPTO fees included in your prices?
No. Our fees cover the legal work. USPTO fees go to the government, are the same no matter who files, and are listed next to every service that needs one.
I filed my trademark myself. Can you take over?
Yes. We file a short form making us your attorney of record, then handle the Office Action, Statement of Use or whatever comes next.
Do you handle oppositions or lawsuits?
No. We don’t take Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings or litigation. If your matter is heading that way, we’ll say so early and help you find counsel who handles it.
Do you work outside Florida?
Trademark work is federal, so we work with founders in every state. Contract work is for Florida businesses.
What’s the difference between Grove and Harvest?
Both take you from search to certificate in up to two classes. Harvest also covers substantive Office Actions, the refusals that need a legal argument. The search tells you how likely you are to need one.
Do I have to get on a call?
No. You can start online, ask questions by email and get everything in writing.
Not sure which one you need?
Tell us what’s going on in a few lines. We’ll point you to the right service and quote it in writing.