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Intellectual Property
Protecting what the business is built on, in the United States and in the markets it sells into.
Registration is cheap. Discovering you skipped it is not.
Trademark and patent practice runs through the USPTO, which is federal. That means we act for clients in every state, and file abroad through the Madrid Protocol and the PCT.
Most of the expensive IP problems we see started as a decision nobody thought was legal. Launching under a name without a clearance search. Letting a developer keep ownership of the code because the contract never said otherwise. Publishing the invention before filing.
We handle clearance and registration, portfolio management across jurisdictions, licensing, and enforcement when somebody copies you. Where a matter crosses borders we coordinate foreign filings and foreign counsel.
What this covers.
Trademark clearance and registration
Searches before you commit to a name, then filing and prosecution through the USPTO.
Patents
Utility and design filings, prosecution, and PCT applications where protection is needed abroad.
Copyright and trade secrets
Registration, and the agreements and practices that keep confidential material protected.
Licensing
License and assignment agreements that state plainly who owns what and who may use it.
Enforcement
Cease and desist, opposition and cancellation proceedings, takedowns, and infringement litigation.
International portfolios
Madrid Protocol and PCT filings, and coordination of foreign counsel in the markets that matter.
One attorney, start to finish.
The attorney who assesses your matter is the one who conducts it. You will not be passed between people, and you will not explain your situation twice.
You get their direct line, not a general inquiries address. When something moves at short notice, that is the difference between an answer today and an answer next week.
Speak with an attorney
How a matter runs.
Find out what you own
An audit of registrations, contracts and gaps. This surprises most people at least once.
Clear it before you commit
A search before launch costs a fraction of a rebrand after a cease and desist.
Register what matters
Priority given to the marks and inventions the business actually depends on.
Enforce it
Warning, negotiation, USPTO proceedings or litigation, whichever is proportionate.
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Talk to us about an intellectual property matter.
A first consultation gives you a clear view of where you stand and what your options will cost.