Legalforce

What Legalforce does

LegalForce RAPC is a private intellectual property law firm founded in 2009 and headquartered in Mountain View, California (with an alternative reference to Tempe, Arizona on the About page). The firm provides attorney-led legal services across four practice areas: trademark registration and lifecycle maintenance, patent preparation and prosecution (including international PCT filing), corporate and business formation, and copyright registration and enforcement. It serves a broad base of 120,000+ customers across 180+ countries, including individual creators, startups, multinational corporations, universities, financial institutions, and entertainment entities.

The firm's primary technical asset is Trademarkia.com, which it created and operates as the world's largest trademark search engine, indexing 4M+ US trademarks and 2M+ EU trademarks. This platform serves simultaneously as a public utility for trademark availability searches and as a proprietary demand-generation funnel that converts organic search traffic into LegalForce's filing and maintenance engagements. A parallel brand, PatentExpress.com, houses the patent preparation practice. The firm does not publish a proprietary AI, API, or SDK offering and operates as a professional services organization rather than a technology product company. Operational performance metrics cited include a >97% trademark registration rate, >96% patent success rate, trademark filing in under 3 days with the relevant IPO, and patent preparation in under 14 days.

The business model is fee-based professional services with quote-based pricing and no public fee schedule. Revenue is generated from per-matter legal fees across trademark, patent, corporate, and copyright work, plus ancillary services such as trademark monitoring, opposition, litigation, registered agent services, and EIN registration. The go-to-market is sales-led but heavily inbound-driven, with Trademarkia.com functioning as the top-of-funnel acquisition channel, supplemented by content marketing via blog.trademarkia.com and earned media including the founder's ABA Legal Rebel award. The firm is privately held and founder-owned, with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or strategic investor ownership.

Name

Legalforce

Legal name

LegalForce RAPC

Website

https://legalforcelaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

LegalForce RAPC is a private IP law firm offering attorney-led trademark, patent, corporate formation, and copyright services across 180+ countries, anchored by its proprietary Trademarkia.com search engine serving as the primary inbound funnel for client acquisition.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Trademark Prosecution & Brand Protection (BPAHAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

Keywords

• Intellectual property law
• Trademark registration services
• Patent preparation filing
• Copyright registration services
• Business formation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mountain View

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Intellectual Property Legal Services: LegalForce RAPC generates revenue through fee-based legal services for trademark registration, patent preparation, corporate/business formation, and copyright registration. Services are sold directly to businesses, entrepreneurs, inventors, and creative professionals. Pricing is quote-based, with no public fee schedule listed on the website.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

LegalForce RAPC is an intellectual property law firm offering attorney-led services for worldwide trademark registration and lifecycle maintenance, patent preparation and prosecution (including provisional, design, utility, and international PCT filings), corporate and business formation with EIN, registered agent, and equity structuring support, and copyright registration and enforcement. The firm operates its own proprietary trademark search engine, Trademarkia.com, indexing 4M+ US and 2M+ EU trademark records, which serves as the primary inbound funnel for filing engagements across 180+ countries. Pricing is quote-based per engagement with >97% trademark registration and >96% patent success rates.

Product overview

LegalForce RAPC operates as a unified IP law firm platform offering a portfolio of integrated legal service products. The core brand encompasses trademark registration and search services via Trademarkia.com (the world's largest trademark search engine), patent preparation and prosecution through PatentExpress, corporate/business formation services, and copyright protection services. The products share a common infrastructure of attorney expertise and global reach across 180+ countries, unified by the LegalForce RAPC brand. Key offerings include worldwide trademark registration with over 97% registration rates, patent services with 96% success rates, and comprehensive corporate formation services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Trademarkia.com: World's largest trademark search engine offering trademark search, filing, and monitoring services
• PatentExpress.com

Products and services

• Trademark Registration Services Worldwide attorney-led trademark registration services for brand names, slogans, and logos, including trademark search, lifecycle maintenance, opposition and litigation, trademark renewal, office actions, revival, and monitoring. Targeted at brand owners, entrepreneurs, multinational corporations, movie studios, musicians, artists, universities, and venture capital firms across 180+ countries.
• Patent Preparation and Prosecution Attorney-led patent services including provisional patent, design patent, utility patent, accelerated utility patent preparation and filing, international PCT filing, and patent licensing and management. Targeted at inventors, entrepreneurs, and enterprises filing domestic and international patent applications, with a >96% patent success rate and under-14-day preparation turnaround.
• Corporate and Business Formation Attorney-led business filing service for incorporation, including EIN registration, registered agent services, employee hiring documentation, stock and equity structuring, and compliance. Targeted at entrepreneurs and startups forming new companies, with services startable in as little as 5 minutes and a 100% money-back guarantee.
• Copyright Registration and Enforcement Copyright registration and counselling for artists, musicians, and creators of dramatic works; copyright search; and copyright infringement support including licensing. Targeted at creative professionals and rights holders across jurisdictions, with copyright registration in under 3 days.
• Trademarkia.com Trademark Search Engine Trademarkia.com is a proprietary trademark search engine created and operated by LegalForce RAPC that enables free public search across 4M+ US and 2M+ EU trademarks, plus Canada and the UK. The platform initiates users into the firm's filing and registration services and functions as both a public utility and the firm's primary demand-generation funnel.

Quantifiable outcome

• Trademark registration rate >97%
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Trademarkia.com ecosystem (Trademarkia search engine)coreOthersTrademarkia.com is a proprietary platform created and operated by LegalForce RAPC. It is not an external partnership but rather a wholly-owned brand and marketing/distribution platform for the firm. Trademarkia.com indexes 4M+ US trademarks, 2M+ EU trademarks, and covers Canada and the UK. The platform serves as the primary demand-generation funnel for LegalForce's legal services. The site is also referenced on the privacy policy as a distinct property.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LegalZoom: Online legal services platform for SMBs offering trademark registration, business formation, and intellectual property services. Directly comparable to LegalForce in target market (SMB/entrepreneur), self-serve funnel model, and IP-adjacent service mix.
• Rocket Lawyer: Online legal services platform providing business formation, trademark, and IP services to SMBs and individuals. Comparable to LegalForce in self-serve legal product model and SMB/entrepreneur customer base.
• Bizee (formerly Incfile): Online business formation and registered agent service targeting SMBs and entrepreneurs. Comparable to LegalForce on the corporate/business formation product line and SMB/entrepreneur GTM motion.
• Northwest Registered Agent: Business formation, registered agent, and compliance services for SMBs. Comparable to LegalForce's corporate/business formation offering, EIN registration, and registered agent services targeting entrepreneurs.
• Harbor Compliance: Business licensing, registered agent, and compliance services for SMBs and nonprofits. Comparable to LegalForce's corporate/compliance offerings targeting entrepreneurs and growing businesses.
• Swyft Filings: Online business formation and incorporation service for SMBs. Comparable to LegalForce's corporate formation product line and SMB/entrepreneur self-serve funnel motion.

Broad incumbents

• Corsearch: Established brand protection and trademark search/clearance platform serving enterprise IP counsel. Comparable to LegalForce on the trademark search/clearance side (overlapping with Trademarkia.com), but targets enterprise customers rather than SMBs.
• CompuMark (Clarivate): Global trademark search and IP intelligence platform owned by Clarivate. Directly comparable to the Trademarkia.com search product for trademark availability and clearance, but positioned as an enterprise/B2B tool used by IP attorneys.
• Finnegan: Large, established intellectual property law firm specializing in patent prosecution and IP litigation. Comparable to LegalForce on the patent prosecution service line, but operates as a traditional full-service IP boutique targeting enterprise clients.

Emerging players

• Clerky: Online legal services company specializing in startup formation, venture financing, and equity structuring. Comparable to LegalForce's entrepreneur-facing corporate formation product, but with a venture-startup niche focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lawinspiring
• Facebookfacebook.com/lawinspiring
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/legalforce-rapc-worldwide

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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