Trademarks

Protect your brand with a registered trademark

From brand name to a filed trademark application in 2 weeks.

Paste your site. See who is copying you.

Here is an example lighting brand. Arcangel reads the brand off its website, searches for look-alikes everywhere it sells, and hands back a report with what to do about each one.

Websitehttps://harborlight.com

Example brand and results, for illustration.

No brand is too small

Every one of these started as something small. Registering it is what let the value grow.

Before · 1886FreeA bookkeeper's handwriting
Brand value · 2025$0.0B
  • Peak$81.6B 2014
  • Since 2000-17%
  • Trademark1893 ↗

Drag across the chart, or use the arrow keys, to see the value in any year.

Brand values: Interbrand Best Global Brands, US$ billions, 2000–2025.

Trademarks

How a trademark gets filed

Ten steps from a name or logo to a registered mark you can license or sell. Click a placard or a step to open it, or swipe the deck on a phone.

Step 1 of 10 · Initial idea

Through step 1

Law firm$3001 wk
Arcangel$0minutes

The first consult is billed by the hour.Save $300 · 1 wk faster

Law-firm figures are typical U.S. estimates, not quotes. Government fees are the same either way and are left out.

What your trademark could earn

Monetize your Trademark

No company needed to earn from it. List your trademark on the Arcangel International IP Exchange to sell it for a single payment or license it for ongoing royalties.

Option 1 · Sell or license it

Arcangel International IP Exchange

Sell or license your trademark.

List your trademark and let companies and investors around the world make offers to buy it outright or license it for a royalty.

  • Set your own asking price or license terms, or take offers
  • Reach buyers and licensees in other countries, not just the US
  • Sell for one payment, or license it and keep the trademark
  • Coming soon: the IP Exchange opens to Arcangel members

You set the price or license terms and decide which offers to accept. Arcangel lists the trademark and handles the paperwork when a deal closes. A sale is final: the buyer owns the trademark and any future royalties. A license lets the licensee use the trademark while you keep owning it. Prices and royalties depend on the trademark and on demand, and a deal is not guaranteed.

Option 2 · Franchise it

IP Exchange · Franchising

Franchise your brand.

Let operators open and run businesses under your trademark. They pay a franchise fee to open, then a royalty on every month of sales.

  • Set your franchise fee, royalty and territory model
  • List rights for future locations, city by city
  • Operators request a territory; you accept who you want
  • Franchisees can resell their location, with your approval

Franchising needs a registered trademark, since the mark is what franchisees pay to use. In the U.S. you also give buyers a Franchise Disclosure Document under the FTC Franchise Rule, usually prepared by a franchise lawyer. Example figures are for illustration; earnings depend on how each location performs.

90%

Of every royalty is yours. Arcangel keeps 10%.

$10,000

One-time licensing fee

10%

Arcangel’s share of each royalty. Income is not promised.

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    Arcangel for Students

    Building it on campus? File it for less.

    Arcangel for Students helps enrolled student founders cover trademark filing costs. Leave your .edu email and we will review you for free grants and discounts.

    • Open to enrolled students
    • Working with university partners
    • Details announced soon
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    Questions, answered

    The word mark protects the name in any font or style, so it is usually the stronger start. Most brands file name + logo together, which is our most popular option.

    A class is a category of goods or services, like software or clothing. Most brands need one or two, and Halo suggests yours automatically from a plain description of what you sell.

    No, it can actually help. Live sales let you file on a use-in-commerce basis. The important part is filing before someone similar does.

    Our clearance risk search (from 5 Halo Credits) across TESS, EUIPO, WIPO, domains, and socials catches conflicts up front. Your attorney then advises whether to proceed, adjust, or refocus, before you pay to file.

    Trademark testimonials

    I pour soap in my spare room and sell it through Shopify. I installed Arcangel's app between two orders, and it was the easiest connection I've made in that admin. By Friday we were on the fast track to Amazon Brand Registry for the same name that's stamped on the bars.
    Jordan M.Soap maker