Trademark Lawyer in Surrey, BC
Our skilled team has successfully represented a wide range of clients, with the resources and expertise needed to represent you in increasingly complex situations across Canada and the United States. We maintain a strong connection with each client, keeping them informed of all available options. Our services extend to safeguarding trade secrets, patents, copyrights, and IP agreements, ensuring compliance with industry protocols and provincial and federal law, with the highest standard of confidentiality.
Areas of Mastery
Patents & Copyrights
Resources and expertise needed to safeguard your intellectual property across Canada and the United States.
Trade Secrets
Innovative legal protection ensuring the highest standard of confidentiality for your trade secrets.
IP Agreements
Drafting and negotiating intellectual property agreements while keeping clients informed of all options.
Regulatory Compliance
Ensuring compliance with industry protocols, provincial, and federal law in complex situations.
How we handle a trademark or patent matter
Clearance search
Before filing anything, we search CIPO's trademark database and existing use in the marketplace to check whether your proposed name or logo conflicts with something already out there, so you're not building a brand around a name you can't keep.
Filing the application
We prepare and file your application with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, classified correctly across the goods and services it needs to cover.
Responding to examiner's reports
CIPO examiners commonly raise objections: a conflicting mark, a description that's too vague, or a distinctiveness issue. We respond within CIPO's deadlines to keep the application moving.
Opposition period
Once an application is approved, it's published for opposition. If a competitor formally objects, we represent you through that process.
Registration and ongoing protection
Once registered, we handle renewals, licensing agreements, and can act if someone infringes your mark or invention down the line.
Understanding the Numbers.
Government filing fees
CIPO's current trademark filing fee is $491.06 for the first class of goods or services and $149.04 for each additional class, rising to $499.41 and $151.57 on January 1, 2027. A patent filing is $595.06 at the standard rate or $241.24 for a qualifying small entity. These go to CIPO directly, separate from legal fees.
Clearance search and legal fees
The clearance search, preparing the application, and any correspondence with CIPO add legal fees on top of the government fee. Ask for a clear estimate at your consultation based on what you're actually filing.
Number of classes
Broader coverage across more classes of goods and services increases both the government fee and the work involved in preparing the application.
Objections and opposition
A clean application that clears examination without objection costs far less than one that needs multiple rounds of response, or a contested opposition once it's published.
Who This Is For
Business owners and entrepreneurs in Surrey, BC ready to register a trademark, protect a patent, or resolve a dispute over intellectual property, from a new brand launch to enforcement against an infringer.
Not sure whether you need a trademark or a patent, or what the difference actually costs you? Read our full guide to trademark and patent basics for Canadian businesses.
IP work often overlaps with a new business launch: Business and commercial law, Corporate services
Launching a brand from South Surrey or White Rock? See how we serve South Surrey and White Rock.
Your First Consultation
Bring a description of your brand, logo, or invention, any existing use in commerce (sales, marketing materials, dates), and any preliminary search you've already done. We'll assess whether it's clear to register, flag anything that could complicate the application, and give you a realistic cost and timeline before you file anything with CIPO.
Frequently Asked Questions
CIPO's current government filing fee is $491.06 for the first class of goods or services and $149.04 for each additional class, rising to $499.41 and $151.57 on January 1, 2027. That's separate from legal fees for the clearance search, drafting, and any response to CIPO.
CIPO's own forecast changes monthly and was around 8 months to first examination as of September 2026, a real improvement over the 12 to 18 month waits reported in recent years. Opposition periods and any objections can still add meaningful time before registration is final.
Not legally, and a straightforward, clearly distinctive name is something a well-prepared business owner can file directly. A lawyer becomes valuable for a proper clearance search, responding to an examiner's objection, or defending your mark against an opposition.
A trademark protects your brand name, logo, or slogan; a patent protects a new invention. See our full guide to trademark and patent basics for how trademarks, patents, copyright, and industrial design differ and which one applies to what you're protecting.
CIPO's current filing fee is $595.06 at the standard rate or $241.24 for a qualifying small entity, rising slightly on January 1, 2027. Filing is only the first step; you then have up to four years to request formal examination, which carries its own separate fee.
Once CIPO approves your application, it's published for a period during which a competitor can formally oppose it. We represent clients through the opposition process, which can add significant time and cost if it isn't resolved early.
Yes. We assess whether the use actually infringes your registered rights, and can pursue anything from a cease-and-desist letter to formal enforcement, depending on how serious the infringement is and what outcome you're after.
Yes, though a patent is a different level of complexity: drafting claims that are both defensible and commercially useful is specialized work, and we'll be direct with you about when a matter calls for that level of drafting.
Require Decisive Action?
Engage our intellectual property lawyers for a confidential assessment of your matter.
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