We Register, Enforce and Defend Your Trademarks With The Exclusive E5 Trademark Process.
Boerne Texas Trademark Attorneys
We Stop The Competition
From Raiding Your Business.
Our Job for You
Your business is growing — you’ve worked hard to build it. Maybe you’ve already started branding, or perhaps it’s just now crossing your mind.
The Good News: your customers notice.
The Bad News is that your competition notices, too, and tries to steal your customers away.
We are the trademark lawyers who protect your business from your brand’s predators, so you can relax, grow your sales, and expand your revenue.
What You Need
We provide these U.S. Trademark services to growing businesses and entrepreneurs worldwide:
- Trademark and Branding Strategy
- Trademark Searches (Availability)
- Freedom to Use (Clearance) Opinions
- Trademark Applications
- Office Action Responses
- Statement of Use Filings
- Trademark Renewal
- Trademark Monitoring and Policing
- Trademark Assignments and Recording Change of Trademark Ownership
- Trademark Portfolio Management
- Trademark Opposition
- Trademark Cancellation
- Amazon Brand Management
- Shopify Brand Management
What You Need
We provide these U.S. Trademark services to growing businesses and entrepreneurs worldwide:
- Trademark and Branding Strategy
- Trademark Searches (Availability)
- Freedom to Use (Clearance) Opinions
- Trademark Applications
- Office Action Responses
- Statement of Use Filings
- Trademark Renewal
- Trademark Monitoring and Policing
- Trademark Assignments and Recording Change of Trademark Ownership
- Trademark Portfolio Management
- Trademark Opposition
- Trademark Cancellation
- Amazon Brand Management
- Shopify Brand Management
Our Exclusive Trademark System
Educate, Evaluate & Equip
- Fast Processing
- Confidential Pre-Search Interview Helps Prevent Missteps
- Easy to Follow Classes Mean You’ll Understand Every Step
- Action-Sheets and Checklists
- Federal Trademark Search
- State Trademark Search
- Common Law Trademark Search
- Domain and Social Media Search
- Attorney Consultation / Strategy Session
- Trademark Application Process Budgeting
- Application Status Monitoring
- Status Updates
- It Only Takes 5 Minutes to Get Started
- If We Can’t Help You Get Your Money Back
STEP #1: Educate & Enroll
Free and No Obligation.
Let's get on the same page.
Time to Complete: Less than 1 Minute.
Just like your customers, your brand also has unique needs. After enrolling, we educate each other.
First we learn about you, your business and the goals you have for your brand. Second, you'll learn about the registration process via our proprietary video library and Action-Sheets.
STEP #2 Evaluate
Trademark searches empower us to craft a smart plan.
Time to Complete: 2-7 Days.
Second, we cut-through the lawyer-speak and outline your options in plain English.
When finished, you will have explored what we call "the Two Big Questions":
1. Can You Even Use It? and
2. Can You Own the Rights to It?
More importantly, you'll have a plan you have confidence in.
STEP #3: Equip
Putting your plan into action.
Time to Complete: 2+ Days.
We implement your plan, which typically begins with filing trademark applications. It may also include an Amazon Branding program or Shopify Branding program. If you have immediate needs for enforcement or take-down notices, those start as well.
When complete, your applications are pending.
STEP #4: Examine
The Trademark Office and the Public scrutinize your Application.
Time to Complete: 9 - 24 Months.
It begins with an Office Examination by an Examining Attorney (the "EA"). The EA registers rejections and objections in letters called Office Actions. You must respond to these correctly to keep your application alive. Once (and if) the EA believes that your application is in order, the mark is Published.
Next, the public has the opportunity to examine your mark by registering "Opposition" to your mark's registration. Here's where preparation really pays off, because carelessly filed applications can trigger unnecessary Opposition Proceedings, and these proceedings can be lengthy, and expensive.
STEP #5: Enforce
Building your defenses.
Time to Complete: Ongoing for the Life of the Registration.
Step 5 is a journey of a thousand miles.
After you have secured your registration, under US Trademark Law, to keep it and strengthen it you must 'police it.' Policing is a fancy way of saying that you can't just let anyone use your mark, and it involves four activities:
- monitoring databases and the internet to spot potential infringers
- notifying the likely infringers that you have a registered mark
- telling the competitor-infringers to stop using your mark (to 'cease and desist)
- if necessary, litigating to force compliance with the law
My Story
I Have Over 15 Years of Experience in The Industry
Unlike most attorneys, I’m an entrepreneur — some say a successful entrepreneur. And as much as I enjoy the thought that these colleagues may be right, I certainly wasn’t always a successful entrepreneur. My first shots at starting businesses in college resulted in abandoned patent applications, zero sales and debt (not to mention late homework and shoddy lab assignments). Later, I learned hard lessons as people I trusted blatantly stole my inventions, and suppliers I trusted failed to deliver products. And, through my experience at a large law firm as well as in my own law practice, I’ve seen just about every kind of chicanery imaginable.
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Looking to Locate Your Business in Texas? Here's Why Boerne Is A Great Choice!
Grow Your Business in Boerne, Texas
If it’s classic small-town Texas vibe that suits your business idea and your lifestyle, Boerne’s got it. Boerne, Texas has a unique, deep character rooted in German tradition. As home to the longest continuously operating German band in the world (outside Germany, that is), it at once seeks to maintain its history and build for the future. And because Boerne is situated in the San Antonio metropolitan area, it is well-positioned to do so.
Should your business take you or your products out of Boerne, you are located in the military and industrial region of San Antonio in the Texas Triangle with major highways facilitating transportation to Austin, Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth. Major railroads service San Antonio with Amtrak passenger lines and the Union Pacific Railroad moving through. The San Antonio International Airport is a commercial airport with 11 airlines connecting with 42 destinations. Locally, for those who like to keep control of your schedule, you can base your personal aircraft at privately-owned Boerne Stage Airfield.
If your business serves large corporate clients, you will find many in San Antonio, home to six Fortune 500 companies who have corporate or regional headquarters in the city. Major companies with a presence in the city include Boeing and Toyota. Other corporations in the San Antonio region are:
Valero Energy
NuStar Energy
USAA
CST Brands
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Want Help Growing Your Business? These Organizations Can Help!
Join an Expanding Business Base in Boerne, TX
The Boerne Economic Development Corporation seeks new business owners who have an idea that will diversify the local economy. The EDC will work with you on incentives and workforce training, if you need it. Perhaps you can consider a site along the Hill Country Mile, a new walkway that joins River Road Park to historic downtown. Match your idea – retail, professional or industrial – to Boerne’s plan so you can envision yourself there. No need to wonder if you are welcome. The Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce motto is “Here, everyone belongs.” Get to know some of the chamber members, such as:
Loaded Threads Ink and Stitch
ProPrint
Texas Heritage Bank
Accurate Computer Solutions
Penguin Suits
Does Boerne Have Access to World-Class Universities? You Bet!
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Boerne’s Academic Opportunities
When you are in Boerne, you and your employees have access to many options for training, executive education, and professional advancement. Whether you are looking to advance your own education in business or send your managers for more training, you have excellent options.
The University of Texas at San Antonio School of Business has a broad range of executive education with 21-month degree programs or customized workshops and boot camps to meet your particular needs. One of the other big universities in town is Texas A&M University in San Antonio offering advanced degrees in MBAs, computer science, and accounting. Other universities include:
- University of the Incarnate Word
- Palo Alto College
- Our Lady of the Lake University
- St. Mary’s University
Boerne's Not a Boring Suburb! Enjoy Nature, Hiking, Museums, River Walk and Top Healthcare Options
Things to Do in Boerne: Hill Country Nature at its Finest
Boerne has carefully cultivated its unique flavor. It is home to the Boerne Village Band, recognized by Germany as the largest continuously performing German band outside Germany. For those who love the outdoors, you can visit several natural limestone cave formations, Cave without a Name, and Cascade Caverns. Into hiking? The Cibolo Nature Center has 100 acres of trails open every day. No need to run out of ideas for ways to spend your weekend; check out the Boerne Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Many interesting day trips include President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s birthplace or other natural amenities such as Lady Bird Lake. For that occasional jaunt into the big city, San Antonio’s got it all: the famous River Walk, NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, the Alamo, world-class art museums, and rodeos, too.
As for top-notch healthcare, San Antonio has research, teaching, and hospital facilities at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio where you, your family, and your employees will have ample healthcare options. If you need something closer to home, Methodist Healthcare has an ER facility in Boerne.
Thrasher Trademark Law Can Secure Your Business and Brand in Boerne, TX
As a trademark attorney who calls Texas home, Steven Thrasher has been practicing trademark and serving clients in and around Boerne and San Antonio for nearly 20 years. In that time, Steve has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs escape the competitive pressures of commodity businesses. In addition to filing trademark applications, Steve solves intellectual property problems related to trademarks, patents, copyrights, and infringements.