This is an outright scam. I wish I had read the 1-star reviews before I engaged with this unethical company. Everything people are saying about hidden, unwanted, unauthorized charges is true. They hook you with an initial simple offer to acquire your Trademark for a set fee and then they "force" you into a loop of progressively piled on "required" charges as they guide you into their cattle chute of progressive payments. Once you're in the chute there appears to be no way out except to keep moving forward and to pay to go to the next stage (before the final financial butchering, which is the recurring annual payment). None of this is made clear in the initial offering. Their obfuscation is intentional. Do not use this fraudulent company. Next stop for me is the Better Business Bureau. As much as I dislike government regulations, companies like this need to have heavy-handed government oversight so they can't rip off trusting people who, in this case, are simply trying to secure a trademark following government requirements. That is the original promise of this company; unfortunately the promise is just the hook to herd you into the cattle chute before being financially cut to pieces with no apparent way out. Note to Trademark Engine: we are not cattle.