Trademarks

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, our Utah IP attorneys are experienced in registering and prosecuting trademarks before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We have filed and prosecuted hundreds of trademark applications before the USPTO (with samples of some of those that have issued to the right).  In this Internet age, it has never been more important for companies offering products or services for sale in commerce to register trademarks before the USPTO.  Registered trademarks can be used to protect not just brand names, but also domain names from cybersquatters and to prevent knock-offs of legitmate products from entering the US market from China.  We have represented hundreds of local Utah companies and municipalities in procuring registered trademarks, and are experienced not just in filing the trademarks, but litigating trademark rights after they are established.

Many clients are unaware that registered trademark protection is available not just on logos, but brand names.  We can protect both the look and the text constituting your mark, as well as company names.  Protected names are called "word marks" while protected logos are called "stylized marks."  Examples of well-known stylized marks are below.

We Offer Utah Clients Seeking Trademark Protection a Money-Back Guarantee          

We offer all clients seeking trademark protection a money back guarantee and flat fee representation in registering their trademarks. Most other firms charge hourly for trademark work, often billing the client thousands of dollars over the life of the trademark for work done pushing it through the USPTO.  Once a trademark application is filed, it must be prosecuted by responding to office actions from the USPTO (which can cost a client thousands), often the filing of new specimens and/or statements of use is required, and sometimes it is necessary to deal with letters of protest, oppositions, or petitions to cancel filed by other parites.  We are aware of clients who have paid more than $10,000 in attorney fees to other firms to handle a single trademark registration, none of which is refundable is the trademark is ultimately rejected.  

We offer all new clients seeking trademark protection a free clearance search (to determine if other trademarks may be problematic) and subsequent flat fee representation of $1,500 for the entire registration process, which is refundable if the trademark does not ultimately issue for the client.  This $1,500 flat fee registration covers all work that is necessary over the six month period the trademark is pending to register the trademark, including the filing fee of $275.  If the trademark is ultimately rejected, we will refund the entire $1,500.  We offer this service because of our confidence level in our own ability to search for problematic marks before filing and our ability to push trademarks through the USPTO.  We can also help with Utah State trademark filings.

We have filed hundreds of trademark applications for clients.  Below is a sample of our own trademark registration for our law practice.

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