Intellectual Property Law
Ohio · Before the USPTO, for clients worldwide
You’ve built something worth copying. Let’s keep it yours.
At the USPTO, your filing date is your place in line. The only people ahead of you are the ones who filed, or started using the name, before you did. We are a small firm that does this one kind of work well. We bill flat fees, given to you up front, whenever we can. We try to answer your questions plainly, with as little attorney mumbo jumbo as we can manage. You’ll have the same attorney throughout the application’s life, and we’ll still be there when the renewals come due.
Got a letter from the USPTO? Send it over; the first read is free.
- trademark matters
- 750+
- filings and actions before the USPTO since 2017
- 1,500+
- the year the firm opened its doors
- 1993
What we do
Trademarks, patents, and copyrights are federal, so we handle those for clients anywhere in the world. Business law we take on for Ohio founders only.
Trademarks
New applications, clearance searches, office actions, renewals, monitoring, assignments, and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Filings starting at $699 per class, flat fee →Patents
Provisional and non-provisional applications, design and utility, prosecuted by our registered patent attorney, who has an engineering degree.
We’ll quote a flat fee after a consultation →Copyrights
Register your work with the Copyright Office, so you can actually sue over it, and so statutory damages and legal fees are on the table.
$500 plus Copyright Office fees →Business
Entity formation and the contracts a young company actually needs, for Ohio founders.
Form a business, starting at $500 →How we work
The fee is the fee.
We price most of what we do as a flat fee, quoted before we start. When something can’t be priced flat, we say so up front and explain why.
Plain English, on purpose.
No “pursuant to.” If a term of art matters, we define it once and move on.
Your attorney, start to finish.
The person who reads your file writes the response and signs it. That’s the benefit of hiring a law firm: the same team of licensed attorneys on your trademark at year one and at year ten.
From the firm
Commentary on cases and rule changes that affect the people we work with.
After Romag: the new reality of trademark law, and why clearance searches are the smartest money you’ll spend
Since Romag, you don’t have to infringe on purpose to lose your profits. A documented clearance search is the good-faith evidence that matters.
Bad Spaniels: what the Supreme Court actually decided about the Jack Daniel’s label
A dog toy, a parody defense, and a unanimous Court: when you use someone else’s mark as your own brand, parody is a factor, not a free pass.
Newly expanded SBA loans available under the CARES Act
The Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans, explained for small employers: eligibility, forgiveness, and how to apply.
Talk to an attorney.
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