Trademark & Copyright Protection

Trademark and Copyright Filings

Protecting your personal or business’ intellectual property though filings is an important step if you need to later enforce your legal rights.

Hamra Law Group has experience filing all types of trademarks and copyrights for clients and can help give you peace of mind knowing that you have taken steps to secure your rights.

There are several steps involved in registering a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Our skilled attorneys will help you with every step of the process.

First, we conduct due diligence to verify you have a reasonable chance of obtaining your desired trademark. An application for a trademark that is so similar to another existing trademark that it could cause confusion will likely be rejected.

Next, we prepare and file your application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. After you have taken this step, you will need to wait for the trademark office to review the application and provide a report on their findings. Your trademark may be approved at this point, or you may be required to make modifications to it. In some cases, trademark applications are rejected. If that happens, your lawyer will work with you on the appropriate next steps.

We will also help you understand next steps after your trademark is approved, including requirements to maintain your trademark.

At Hamra Law Group, our intellectual property attorneys also help clients by preparing and filing copyright applications with the U.S. Copyright Office for written works, photographs, software, videos, architecture, and other types of creative or artistic expression.

To be eligible for copyright protection, the work must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Under the law, your protection begins as soon as you have completed the work, and you can (and should) display a copyright symbol to assert your intention to protect what you created.

While you have some legal protection whether or not you file with the Copyright Office, doing so can help make enforcing your copyright simpler if you need to take such action.

You put time and effort into creating your brand, logo, written works and other intellectual property. Don’t leave the protection of those valuable materials to chance. Work with a trademark and copyright attorney who can help you obtain the protection you deserve.

You can count on the knowledgeable and experienced trademark filing and copyright filing attorneys at the Hamra Law Group, to provide advice, guidance, and representation for your intellectual property.