SERVICES

Contracts

A contract is an essential part of a business relationship. We assists clients with drafting clear, comprehensive, and enforceable contracts that accurately reflect the terms and conditions of their business relationships. We also offer a comprehensive analysis and review of your existing contracts to assess the terms & conditions, rights, obligations, and potential risks & liabilities.

  • Contract Drafting and Review

  • Fractional Counsel

Trademarks

Ready to own your brand? A trademark is a word, phrase, logo/design, sound or color, that identifies and distinguishes the source of goods or services of one party from those of others.

Your intellectual property is an asset. Trademarks are essential for protecting your brand and building consumer trust. A registered trademark gives you the exclusive right to use your brand with the products or services you offer in your industry. Brand elements that can be protected include any word, slogan/phrase, symbol, design, or combination of those elements.

We help entrepreneurs and businesses seamlessly navigate the process of registering, managing, and enforcing their trademarks. By registering your trademark, you will have the assurance that your brand is legally secure and protected.

TRADEMARK PACKAGES

Premium - Comprehensive trademark search (clearance search) including: Extended search (phonetic, partial matches, spelling variants), federal, state, and common law databases, and online presence searches (domain names, social media, business listings), attorney-drafted opinion letter, drafting and filing the trademark application, one class of current USPTO filing fees, and response to non-substantive office actions.

Standard - Knockout search (identify any obvious (no variations/similar marks) conflicts between a proposed trademark and existing registered or applied-for trademarks), drafting and filing the trademark application, and one class of current USPTO filing fees, and response to non-substantive office actions.

OTHER TRADEMARK SERVICES

  • Federal (USPTO) and State (Michigan) Trademark Registration

  • Clearance Searches (trademark search)

  • Statement of Use Filings

  • Office Action Responses

  • Trademark Maintenance and Renewal Filings

  • Trademark Monitoring

  • IP Licensing Agreements

  • Cease & Desist Letters

Protecting Brands Across the US

Copyrights

A copyright is an intellectual property right that protects an author’s original work of authorship if it is fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

As the owner of a registered copyright, you will have certain benefits including:

  • a legal presumption of ownership;

  • public notice of ownership;

  • the right to seek statutory damages; and

  • the right to bring a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

We help clients register their creative works with the Copyright Office to establish legal protection and ownership rights.

  • Preparing and filing Copyright application

  • Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Takedown notices

Business Strategy & Consulting

Our firm provides expert advice, guidance, and solutions to entrepreneurs and businesses on a variety of legal issues including compliance with applicable laws and regulations, policy review and drafting. We also advise on risk management strategies to mitigate legal exposure and potential liabilities.

  • Entity Formation

  • Operating Agreements

  • Dissolution Agreements

  • Buy-Sell Agreements

  • Independent Contractor Agreements

Comprehensive Trademark Search

Trademark Clearance Search

What’s the worst that could happen? You’ve created a brand people know and love only to find out that you have to rebrand. Or maybe you’re infringing on someone else’s trademark.

This search will help you identify any potential problems in pursuing a particular trademark before investing in branding and marketing or filing a trademark application. It is the first step to ensure that your name, logo, or slogan is available for use and registration without infringing on any existing trademarks. 

Includes: Search report, attorney-drafted opinion letter, and 30 min follow-up phone call.