STARTUPS, SMALL BUSINESSES & INDEPENDENT INVENTORS 

Attorneys you can actually talk to. Straight-forward, helpful advice. On your side when you need us. Email us.
 

Start-ups and independent inventors are the engine of the global economy. Patent, trademark and copyright protection will be critical to your success, but there are so many potential pitfalls. TALK TO US FIRST!

Who do we help, and what can we do for you? Here are some real-life examples - they are typical of the people we help every day to create a strong business.   

 

You have a start-up business and need a trademark ASAP.

You're an artist and have just received a cease-and-desist letter.

You're a doctor, mechanical or software engineer, or a scientist with a brilliant idea for a patent.

You're a truck driver with an idea with great market potential that can prevent thousands of injuries per year.

You're a university professor with an invention that requires PhD level knowledge just to understand it.

You have an internet or Amazon business, but have a big problem with copycat sales or trademark infringement.

You run a manufacturing company and you desperately need help with your patent portfolio.

You are a European company whose patents and trademarks are being infringed in the US 

You are the CEO of a biotech business and you need to file multiple US and international patents within budget.

You are a writer and the copyright to your book is being infringed.

You are an on-line personality and you YouTube and Instagram videos are being copied without your permission.

You have helped start an AI company with extraordinary potential and you need to know how to protect your IP.

Have you selected a TRADEMARK yet? Picking the wrong trademark is both very simple and totally disastrous.
Check out our guidance page on how to pick a good mark. Click here.
 

Are you paying a contractor to create code or content for a website? Do you know that you probably do NOT own the copyright of the work you are paying to have created? We can fix that.

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Are you about to disclose our publish an invention and want to know if it will destroy your IP rights? It might!

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Have you written your own patent application using ChatGPT and wonder if it's any good? What should you do next?

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Litigation: Yes indeed, we do that too, and we love it. We can review your case and tell you the probability of a successful outcome in court, but we always try to resolve disputes before they get to court.

Helping our VETERANS. We work continually with veterans' groups providing support for veteran-owned start-ups.

 

Are you helping to mitigate CLIMATE CHANGE? We have reduced fees, and do pro-bono work for organizations trying to save our planet and our delicate eco-systems.