Trademarks
Vedder Price’s trademark attorneys represent clients in all facets of trademark law, counseling clients from the moment they begin to develop a product or service that requires trademark identification, through the processes of clearance, adoption and registration. The firm offers clients guidelines in the proper use of trademarks and service marks.
To evaluate proposed trademarks for availability, the firm accesses selected databases containing current U.S. and state registrations as well as expired and pending U.S. applications. With this capability, the Group’s trademark attorneys are able to give clients immediate clearance and counseling on proposed marks. The firm’s attorneys are experienced in evaluating information obtained from these sources as well as from traditional trademark search firms, and guiding clients with opinions as to the availability of trademark and service mark adoption, use and registration. The Group’s trademark attorneys routinely prepare and prosecute trademark and service mark applications, including word marks, logos and designs, composite marks and product configurations, before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The firm also handles prosecution of state trademark and service mark registrations. Attorneys handle, when necessary, appeals to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in Applications, as well as Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings in the U.S. Trademark Office and appeals of such proceedings to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The firm also handles international matters for clients, including trademark prosecution, oppositions and policies and reviews various international watch services for its clients. Vedder Price has a network of foreign associates covering every commercially important country in the world to assist the firm in connection with its intellectual property practice.
The firm’s Intellectual Property Group is experienced in drafting trademark licensing agreements covering services and goods offered under a mark. Attorneys also are experienced in drafting franchising agreements and disclosure documents complying with state and federal laws in connection with the franchising of clients’ marks.
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