Why you need REAL Trademark Lawyers.

You have worked for days coming up with a new brand name only to give it to your client and hear back two weeks later from their trademark lawyer. The search shows the name is "blocked" for use. Most lawyers do not have the time, experience, and -- more importantly - the resources to find out if the trademark applications and registrations on a search report are in use, or if there are any plans for use. "NO" is the easy and safe answer.

What we can do is what you want - dig deep into your name - and do it not only with the trademark registration records, but also by looking at trade publications databases, Internet listings, and more importantly, we then check it out to see if there really is such a product or whether someone is simply trying to "bank" a name. If so, we let you know right away, so we can help you and your client remove the name from the "vault". If the use or intent to use is real, we work with you to find a solution, an agreement, a license, perhaps even a confidential purchase of the desired trademark.

We have practical, in house experience running large corporate trademark and copyright operations that did the work in house. We have worked closely with brand managers and buyers, creating and protecting global brands. We do not just do searches and file applications. We understand when to do a full search and when a preliminary search makes sense. We know when it is worth filing a trademark application and when there is little value added to doing so, and we advise our clients of the practical benefits and disadvantages in each case before we take action. We have many years of maintaining  global trademark portfolios in a cost-effective, business manner and working closely with foreign counsel and agents.

We combine our subject-matter knowledge and our litigation expertise with our understanding, through experience, of what in house counsel and their clients really want, so that we can provide our clients with precisely what they need in analyzing potential litigation issues: realistic assessment of the strength of their position, and the ability to vigorously and successfully advocate that position in the best possible forum to finally resolve the dispute.  We work to understand the business rationale underlying every dispute so that we can pursue the most appropriate and cost efficient means to secure a good result for the client.