Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
The problem is that in addition to the STA fees, you have to pay of your own dime to have a commercial run of your tartan for the sample they require, so we're talking about several hundreds of dollars if not more.

Or you can have a commercial print...made, which also adds up.

And as they say on their website, no guarantees they will record it if they find something wrong, a repeat, you are not authorized to register a specific name, patronimic denominator, etc.