Trademark Services

In addition to handling searches and filing of trademarks, attorneys at the firm assist clients with:

• Trademark monitoring: Your trademark is vital to your business. You must monitor your trademark within the market to ensure that your competitors are not infringing on your rights.
• Ongoing trademark maintenance: Every five to six years and every ten years, later on, you are typically required to renew your trademark with the USPTO. This is known as a Section 8 Declaration, and it is necessary to avoid abandoning your trademark.
• Trademark compliance and use issues: Not only do you need to protect your trademark from competitors, but you also need to ensure that you are using your trademark effectively and that any licensees or franchises use your trademark correctly.
• Trademark litigation and enforcement: When your rights are being infringed, you need to act quickly to protect those rights. Attorneys at the firm can assist with cease and desist notices and vigorously defend your interests through trademark litigation.
• Trademark oppositions: When you register for a trademark, there is a 30-day period for others to oppose your registration. If possible, McClanahan Powers can help you respond to oppositions and work to keep your registration moving forward. McClanahan Powers may be able also to help you oppose someone else’s application if you feel that the registration of their trademark may cause you damage.
• Trademark cancellation: When you receive a registration for your trademark, others, in some circumstances, can petition to cancel your trademark registration. If possible, McClanahan Powers can help you respond to such a petition and work to keep your registration active. McClanahan Powers may be able also to help you attempt to cancel someone else’s registered trademark if you feel that the continued registration of their trademark may cause you damage.