COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK SERVICES
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK SERVICES
Ready to protect your original content and secure the rights to your name, logo or tagline?
Intellectual property is one of the most valuable assets of your business. If you’ve been investing time, energy and resources into creating original content and a powerful brand, it’s time to protect your rights to those assets before someone else does and develop a solid plan to monetize your IP and prevent any inadvertent (and expensive) infringement of third party intellectual property rights.
How We Can Help
Comprehensive Trademark Clearance Search
We help our clients ensure that their trademarks are eligible for federal protection and are not infringing on any third party’s IP before they decide to use a business name, purchase an expensive domain, or invest thousands into branding and advertising. If you plan to make a significant investment in your brand, let us conduct the proper due diligence upfront to ensure you have clear rights to the mark!
Filing Trademark Applications With the USPTO
If you’re serious about your brand and want to ensure that your business has exclusive rights to your name, logo or tagline, registration with the USPTO is a must. Benefits of registration include notice to the public of your ownership of the mark, exclusive right to use the mark in connection with the goods/services listed in the registration, increased brand authority, and meaningful recourse in the event of an infringement.
Trademark Monitoring Services
In addition to clearing and registering your trademark, we also provide monitoring services to ensure that you have an opportunity to oppose any applications believed to infringe upon your mark within the applicable USPTO deadlines.
Federal Copyright Registrations and Monitoring
For many small businesses, particularly creative entrepreneurs, course creators and online businesses built on original content, the copyrights are among the company’s most valuable assets. We help our clients protect this critical IP by filing copyright registrations with the US Copyright Office and providing ongoing monitoring services designed to detect infringement early to minimize damages.
Drafting and Responding to Cease & Desist Letters
Did you receive a cease and desist letter from another business claiming you’ve infringed on their intellectual property? Or did you discover someone else using your trademark or original content and want to know what your rights are and force them to stop? Schedule a consultation to find out what your rights are and what steps you can take today to enforce them.
DMCA Notices and Platform-Specific IP Enforcement
Sometimes a cease and desist sent to an IP infringer is not enough. In these cases, the next step may be to send DMCA notices to the infringer’s host/ISP, or to initiate a dispute on the online platform (such as Amazon or Facebook) where the infringement is occurring. We can help you draft such notices and navigate platform-specific enforcement procedures.
Trade Secret Protection
Are you worried about an employee or contractor disclosing your proprietary information to the public, to a competitor, or their next employer? We can help you put systems in place to protect your secret sauce – including drafting of necessaryNDAs and drafting written procedures for the handling of confidential information – to ensure that your trade secrets receive maximum protection.
Copyright & Trademark Licensing Agreements
In addition to identifying, developing and protecting your valuable intellectual property, we can help you monetize these intangible assets in the form of licensing agreements that clearly spell out all critical elements of the license, including the precise scope of licensee rights, royalties/payments, and recourse in the event of a breach.
Copyright & Trademark Assignment Agreements
While “licensing” refers to the permission you grant to another business (or individual) to use your IP, “assignment” refers to the outright sale of those assets to a third party. In order for the assignment to be effective, it is important to have a clear Assignment Agreement in place that covers all the essential elements of the transaction.
Trademark Coexistence Agreements
Trademark coexistence agreements are contracts in which the parties agree to use similar trademarks without interfering in each other’s businesses or customer relationships. If you are considering entering into a coexistence agreement, it is important that you contact counsel immediately to discuss the potential risks and have one drafted specifically for your needs.
OTHER CONTRACTS INVOLVING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Whether you need IP provisions drafted for an employment agreement; independent contractor agreement; website legal documents; affiliate agreement; online course terms and conditions; e-commerce terms of purchase; or any other business contract, we’ve got your back!
Ongoing Legal Counsel
If your business regularly launches new brands, creates new content, enters into complex IP transactions or needs ongoing IP monitoring, we provide ongoing legal assistance in the form of our legal subscription plans as well as custom-retainers for clients with needs different from those in our subscriptions. For more information, fill out a contact form and we’ll be in touch soon!
OWN YOUR BRAND™
Save More With Our TRADEMARK PROTECTION KIT
Our signature OWN YOUR BRAND IP service bundle contains the most important legal services for entrepreneurs wanting to protect their brand. It is designed to provide our clients with certainty and predictability when it comes to the cost of protecting their valuable intellectual property assets. Eliminating the stress of dealing with recurring, unpredictable legal bills makes it easy to cover your legal bases while you focus on what you love and do best.
The OWN YOUR BRAND™ Service bundle includes:
► Initial Consultation to get to know your business
► IP Audit to identify your business’ intellectual property assets
► Brand Strategy Session focusing on:
(1) strategic advice and counseling on protecting your IP assets, and
(2) identifying potential risks and roadblocks in protecting and monetizing your brand and content
► One Comprehensive Trademark Clearance Search with Report and Attorney Recommendations
► One Trademark Application filed with the USPTO*
► Responses to USPTO Procedural Office Actions**
► One Application for Copyright Registration
► One Hour of Follow-Up Consultation on matters discussed in the Brand Strategy Session
► Regular Updates During Copyright and Trademark Registration Process
Investment: $3,000.00
*excludes the USPTO trademark filing fee ($275 per class)
**Procedural Office Actions include: disclaimers needed; alternate specimen; clarifying entity details; make changes to description, drawing or color claim; amendment to supplemental register. Other office actions are deemed substantive, and responses are handled at the Firm’s regular hourly rates.
Subscription Legal Plans
all access to a business attorney for a predictable, fixed monthly fee
Ready to make business decisions without constantly wondering if you’re exposing yourself to lawsuits, fines, strained client relationships, IRS disputes and other legal disasters? Want to have an attorney on speed dial so you can get your legal questions answered and contracts reviewed before you sign them?
Our subscription plans are a great way to have an experienced business attorney on your team who can provide you with specific answers to legal questions and counsel you on important legal decisions on an ongoing basis – without the price tag of a full-time in-house counsel or the unpredictability of paying a firm by the hour.
Subscription Legal Plans
all access to a business attorney for a predictable, fixed monthly fee
Ready to make business decisions without constantly wondering if you’re exposing yourself to lawsuits, fines, strained client relationships, IRS disputes and other legal disasters? Want to have an attorney on speed dial so you can get your legal questions answered and contracts reviewed before you sign them?
Our subscription plans are a great way to have an experienced business attorney on your team who can provide you with specific answers to legal questions and counsel you on important legal decisions on an ongoing basis – without the price tag of a full-time in-house counsel or the unpredictability of paying a firm by the hour.