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Your trademarks — a name, logo, tagline, or design used with your goods or services — are often what defines your company. It’s what uniquely distinguishes your brand from the competition, and it demands strong legal protection. The trademark attorneys at Morningstar Law Group work with clients of all sizes — from startups to Fortune 500 companies, in every industry imaginable — to ensure they have the correct strategies in place to fully protect and capitalize on their trademarks and service marks. From ...
Your trademarks — a name, logo, tagline, or design used with your goods or services — are often what defines your company. It’s what uniquely distinguishes your brand from the competition, and it demands strong legal protection.
The trademark attorneys at Morningstar Law Group work with clients of all sizes — from startups to Fortune 500 companies, in every industry imaginable — to ensure they have the correct strategies in place to fully protect and capitalize on their trademarks and service marks. From single registrations to international filings, we can assist you with clearing, registering, maintaining, licensing, and protecting your marks in the United States and around the world.
There are millions of trademark applications filed worldwide every year. Each effort to register a mark comes with its own set of challenges. Our attorneys have the experience to help you navigate those potential minefields and protect, grow and increase the value of your brand.
Once a client intends to use, or begins using, a mark, our trademark attorneys work closely with them to defend their brand from those who threaten it. That includes challenges that have become commonplace in today’s digital world, from cybersquatting to the fraudulent representation of brands online and other bad faith efforts. Morningstar Law Group protects its clients through all manner of dispute-related proceedings, including oppositions, cancellations, cease and desist letters, UDRP complaints, and enforcement litigation.
Sarah Miller Attorney at Law
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Sarah Miller Attorney at Law Butler & College 501 Belle Hall Parkway, Suite 101 Mount Pleasant 843-284-8676 www.bandclawfirm.com A graduate of Clemson University with a degree in Financial Management, specializing in real estate, Sarah Miller decided to continue her education and attend law school, concentrating on estate planning and real estate. Since graduating from the Charleston School of Law, she has focused her practice on estate planning, probate a...
Sarah Miller Attorney at Law
Butler & College
501 Belle Hall Parkway, Suite 101
Mount Pleasant
843-284-8676
www.bandclawfirm.com
A graduate of Clemson University with a degree in Financial Management, specializing in real estate, Sarah Miller decided to continue her education and attend law school, concentrating on estate planning and real estate. Since graduating from the Charleston School of Law, she has focused her practice on estate planning, probate and real estate. She was hired by Butler & College Law Firm in February 2016 to manage their estate planning division and assist clients with real estate transactions.
Miller helps families make important plans for the future.
“Estate planning is difficult and emotional to think about because it means you are planning for unfortunate circumstances – death and incapacity,” she said. “But it is necessary to make plans so that loved ones won’t run into problems down the road.”
“My goal is to make legal matters as painless as possible. It makes me happy to be able to help people throughout some of life’s most challenging times,” she said.
Side-Switching Trademark Attorney Can’t Duck Malpractice Suit
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An attorney who helped a company secure a trademark on Chalk Paint must face a malpractice lawsuit alleging he switched sides to challenge the same mark as generic. U.K.-based paint company Annie Sloan Interiors Ltd. can proceed with claims alleging attorney Timothy R.W. Kappel breached fiduciary duty and committed legal malpractice, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled. Kappel represented both Sloan and Sloan’s U.S. distributor Jolie Design & Decor LCC, before dropping Sloan and later r...
An attorney who helped a company secure a trademark on Chalk Paint must face a malpractice lawsuit alleging he switched sides to challenge the same mark as generic.
U.K.-based paint company Annie Sloan Interiors Ltd. can proceed with claims alleging attorney Timothy R.W. Kappel breached fiduciary duty and committed legal malpractice, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ruled.
Kappel represented both Sloan and Sloan’s U.S. distributor Jolie Design & Decor LCC, before dropping Sloan and later representing newly-created affiliate Jolie Home LLC in a pending challenge at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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Hire an Experienced Trademark Attorney to Avoid Trademark Office Rejections
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It is common to question whether hiring an attorney is necessary before filing a trademark application. After all, anyone can file a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”). You don’t need to be a licensed attorney or have any prior experience with trademarks to file an application. Is it worth investing in counsel on top of the costs to file an application? While it may not seem important to work with an attorney at the outset, hiring an experienced trademark attorney can be cruci...
It is common to question whether hiring an attorney is necessary before filing a trademark application. After all, anyone can file a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”). You don’t need to be a licensed attorney or have any prior experience with trademarks to file an application. Is it worth investing in counsel on top of the costs to file an application?
While it may not seem important to work with an attorney at the outset, hiring an experienced trademark attorney can be crucial during the trademark application and registration process. A trademark attorney can advise you about many important legal issues and navigate you through what can be a very confusing process of getting your mark registered. Bad or uninformed decisions in the trademark application process can lead to the USPTO rejecting your application, delaying the process of you getting a registered trademark by months or years. Potential issues with which an attorney can assist you include:
While it may seem like an unnecessary added expense at the outset, having an experienced trademark attorney can ultimately save you time and money in the future.
The good news is that Kronenberger Rosenfeld assists clients with both clearance searches and the prosecution of trademark applications. If you need help with trademark searches, analysis of potential infringement, or trademark applications, please reach out to us.
This entry was posted on Friday, May 01, 2020 and is filed under Resources & Self-Education, Internet Law News.
Contact a Colorado Trademark Litigation Attorney
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The Colorado law offices of Thomas P. Howard, LLC regularly handle all aspects of trademark litigation, registration and licensing at both the state and federal level. In order to swiftly locate the area of trademark law in which you are seeking information or assistance, just click on the highlighted words listed below related to your area of interest. If you don’t see the specific information that you’re looking for, just call us at (303) 665-9845:To discuss your matte...
The Colorado law offices of Thomas P. Howard, LLC regularly handle all aspects of trademark litigation, registration and licensing at both the state and federal level. In order to swiftly locate the area of trademark law in which you are seeking information or assistance, just click on the highlighted words listed below related to your area of interest. If you don’t see the specific information that you’re looking for, just call us at (303) 665-9845:
To discuss your matter with a Denver trademark attorney, please call (303) 665-9845 to schedule a complimentary consultation with a lawyer from our firm. You can also make your appointment with Thomas P. Howard, LLC by contacting us via e-mail.