Practice Areas

Trademarks

Our transactional trademark practice provides essential services to anyone seeking to secure protection for business logos, business names, product labels, and appearance and presentation of products, also referred to as trade dress.

Our trademark attorneys have significant experience with trademark clearance, trademark application, trademark registration, franchise agreements and trademark use contracts, also referred to as licensing agreements. Whether you need to establish a trademark or you are exploring licensing use of your trademark, we can help.

The most important step before adopting a mark for a product is to have a trademark clearance search conducted to determine whether your proposed mark would infringe any earlier mark. Such a search may save you the cost of litigation. We operate through a nationally recognized trademark search firm to obtain information on previously registered and unregistered trademarks and then provide you with an opinion on availability based upon what the search turns up.

If we determine you can seek a trademark, we will take you through the process step-by-step to secure your trademark. In addition to successful registration of your trademark, we assist you with important details, such as using your trademark properly. One must be constantly vigilant to prevent a valuable trademark from becoming a generic term, and we can work with you from the outset to prevent it. We do not simply process your transaction, we work with you to make sure we are filing the most effective application, and we continue to work with you to protect your trademark from becoming lost or from unauthorized use by others.

Contact us anytime to speak with a lawyer experienced in trademark matters should you need trademark litigation representation.