Practice Areas

TRADEMARKS

We recognize your investment in developing name recognition for your products and services and will handle your U.S. and international trademark filings for trademark protection in countries abroad and maintenance. Once registered, we will also handle recording your registered trademarks at U.S. Customs in order to make an efficient and effective use of your registered marks.

When you have a trademark that needs to be filed we perform a search to gauge the potential that your trademark will be registered and offer effective advice when there is a real risk that the trademark will be opposed or refused.

We continue to represent you through the filing procedures and will respond to Office Actions during the prosecution of your trademark application and continue to represent you and assist in all subsequent maintenance filings for your trademark.

We handle oppositions of your trademark application filed by third parties and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

In order to further assist you in the protection of your intellectual property, we provide cost-effective litigation services in the event that another uses your mark, or a mark confusingly similar to yours without authorization. Should a claim be filed against you, we will provide you with effective and ardent representation.

We continually strategize in an effort to handle your needs in a manner that is most beneficial to you.

LICENSING

The fruits of your intellectual labor can be captured and made more profitable through the licensing of your intellectual property. We assist you in the preparation and negotiation of licensing agreements that will assist in bringing your intellectual property to its optimum potential.

COPYRIGHTS

We can assist in the registration of your creative works at the Copyright Office and will handle responses to letters from the Copyright Office in order to register your Copyright. We will also represent you in recording your Copyright registration at U.S. Customs in order to make an efficient and effective use of your registered Copyright. We also assist in the assignment of copyrighted works and in all matters relating to recording registrations, assignments, and maintenance before the Copyright Office.

We will also assist in the preparation of agreements with your contractors to effectuate your rights in works commissioned by you.

If you have written a book, we can review your work and advise on potential issues including right of privacy and copyright infringement.

TRADE SECRETS

Your investment of time and money in the development of trade secrets and confidential information of your business should be protected, and if handled properly, your trade secrets can last forever. We assist you to recognize the value of your trade secrets and advise on procedures that can be implemented to protect your trade secrets including the preparation of agreements to assist in the prevention of the disclosure of your trade secrets, and if necessary, filing or defending actions in court.

DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE RESOLUTION

We can assist you in affordably obtaining domain names that are using your trademark, without the involvement of the courts, and through mandatory arbitration.

Office Location

301 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 800
Pasadena, CA 91101
arvizu@ipcounsel.us
PH: 626.831.8077