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Trademarks & Brand Protection

Protecting the Brands That Set You Apart

We assist our clients with protecting the brands that set them apart. From early-stage trademark clearance, registration, and portfolio strategy, to global enforcement, dispute resolution, and litigation when necessary, we provide practical and effective trademark counsel in the United States and worldwide.

Trademark Services

Our services include online brand enforcement, takedown demands, domain-name strategy and recovery, and action against infringing online sales, as well as licensing, copyright protection, and related intellectual-property issues to help safeguard valuable creative works and digital assets worldwide.

  1. Clearance & Availability

    Searching before a name is committed to, and the opinions that follow.

    • Worldwide searches
    • Conflict investigations
    • Availability opinions
    • Landscape analysis

  2. Registration & Maintenance

    Securing the registration and keeping it in force, at home and abroad.

    • Domestic registration
    • International protection
    • Portfolio maintenance
    • Renewal management

  3. Portfolio Strategy

    Deciding what to file, where to file it, and what it should cost.

    • Filing and budget planning
    • Multi-jurisdiction strategy
    • Foreign counsel coordination
    • Brand expansion counseling

  4. Licensing & Agreements

    Putting the terms of use, coexistence, and resolution in writing.

    • Trademark licenses
    • Licensing and related intellectual-property issues
    • Dispute resolution
    • Settlement negotiations

Online Brand Enforcement

Infringement Moved Online. Enforcement Followed.

Brand harm now happens on a marketplace listing, a search result, or a domain registered overnight. These matters turn on speed, and on knowing which route actually gets the listing down.

  1. Takedowns & Online Sales

    Getting infringing listings removed, and pursuing the sellers behind them.

    • Online brand enforcement
    • Takedown demands
    • Action against infringing online sales
    • Global enforcement

  2. Domain Names

    Holding the domains a brand should own, and recovering the ones it should not have lost.

    • Domain-name strategy
    • Domain-name recovery

Disputes, Enforcement & Litigation

Most disputes are resolved without a courtroom, and we start there. When resolution is not available, we have litigated intellectual property matters from state and federal district courts to the United States Supreme Court.

Before the USPTO

  • Opposition proceedings
  • Cancellation actions
  • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
  • Registration appeals

In the Courts

  • Infringement litigation
  • Global enforcement
  • Dispute resolution
  • Litigation when necessary

At the Border

  • ITC enforcement
  • Customs recordation
  • Counterfeit mitigation
  • Import/export compliance

Copyright protection, trade secrets, and related intellectual-property issues are handled alongside this work — see IP services for copyrights, trade secrets, and international strategy.

How a Brand Matter Usually Runs

Every matter differs, but most follow a recognizable path. Knowing it in advance makes the cost and the timing easier to plan for.

  1. Clear it first

    A search before launch is the cheapest part of the entire process, and the only point at which changing course costs almost nothing.

  2. Register where it matters

    Protection follows the business: the countries where you sell, manufacture, and expect to expand, rather than a filing everywhere for its own sake.

  3. Watch and maintain

    Renewals, use filings, and watching for conflicting marks keep the registration alive and the record clean.

  4. Enforce proportionately

    Many problems end with a well-aimed demand or a takedown. Litigation is a tool for the matters that warrant it, not a first move.

Protecting a Brand?

Talk with our trademark team about clearance, registration, or an enforcement problem you are facing now.

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