We Register, Enforce and Defend Your Trademarks With The Exclusive E5 Trademark Process.
Denton Texas Trademark Attorneys
We Stop The Competition
From Raiding Your Business.
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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Grow Your Business in Denton.
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Once known only as a university town, Denton is the birthplace of the University of North Texas as well as the Texas Woman’s University which has one of the top nursing programs in the country. Not too far away, businesses have access to programs available through the Naveen Jindal School of Management at University of Texas Dallas. UTD also is home to a tech incubator and frequently hosts special events for entrepreneurs where you can find sharp talent for your expansion, research and development efforts.
These programs in particular may be of interest to you as an entrepreneur:
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Music and Culture in Denton
When you have a great place for business and life, expect a great cultural scene to follow. Denton has been extolled as one of the top new music venues in the country with a strong independent music scene and home to the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival, The University of North Texas Music School began the first jazz studies program in the nation, a nationally acclaimed program part of one of the largest music schools in the U.S. For a bit of local flavor, Denton hosts the annual North Texas State Fair and Rodeo.
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Thrasher Trademark Law Can Secure Your Business and Brand in Denton, Texas
Trademark attorney Steven Thrasher has been serving Denton and the surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth area since 2002. In that time, Steve has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs escape the competitive pressures of commodity businesses. If you’re looking for a “trademark lawyer near me”, give us a call. In addition to filing trademark applications, Steve solves intellectual property problems related to trademarks, patents, copyrights, and infringements.