To maintain enforceability of your mark, you must make sure no one else is using, attempting to use, or attempting to register a mark identical to your mark or so similar as to cause a likelihood of confusion with your mark or dilution of your mark.
This requires regular monitoring of the USPTO records, websites, social media, and other media.
If you see someone doing any of those things, you must take steps to address it, including sending cease-and-desist letters (and filing suit if that doesn’t stop it), opposing trademark registration applications, etc.
The USPTO does not provide any monitoring, policing, or enforcement services.
Therefore, to help you stay on top of any possible infringement, generic use, improper use, or other threat to your mark, we offer monitoring service packages to find and assess possible problems.
We also offer review services to help you make sure you are using your mark correctly to ensure your registration and use remain valid and enforceable.
We work using flat rates. You will know up front what the total cost will be for the services most appropriate for you, barring unforeseen circumstances.
Common fees are listed in this downloadable fee schedule. Additional attorney and USPTO filing fees may apply to these listed fees. The fees listed here are starting points. Fees ultimately depend on the complexity of the work required.
We can file your federal and/or state (IL and GA) applications.
We also help with responses to refusals (Office Action) and appeals of final rejections,
We perform searches and analyze the results to spot issues that may prevent or cause other problems for registration and advise you about your options to address them.
We review how you use your mark after registration to ensure your use helps retain your full rights and makes renewal easy (you have to show proper use at renewal).
Yearly, quarterly, monthly, and weekly service is available.
We perform and analyze monthly searches of new federal registration filings to see whether anyone is attempting to register a mark that is possibly infringing on yours.
To see whether there may be other infringing use of marks, searches of social media, domains, and internet use are also available.
We assist with filing maintenance and renewal paperwork for both federal and state (IL and GA) registrations.
This includes assistance with gathering specimens to show ongoing proper use of the mark.
We draft and review licensing agreements to permit others to use your marks in exchange for a fee or to allow you to use others’ marks in exchange for a fee.
We also draft and file assignments and transfers of rights to others, for single marks, a portfolio of marks, or as part of the purchase or sale of a business
We can send and help you respond to cease-and-desist letters.
We can also assist you with cancellations, oppositions, etc.
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