Is Spring Cleaning On Your To Do List For Your Patents & Trademarks? It Should Be!!!
The clock is ticking and it is time to spring forward into the trade show routine. Please make sure that all of your company’s patents and trademarks are in place before you get to the trade show floor. Your intellectual property (IP) is the most valuable asset that your company has. Develop. Protect. Exploit. Defend. Repeat.
Spring Cleaning Your Intellectual Property Portfolio
Trademarks – This is a good time of the year to regularly review your trademark portfolio to make sure that everything is in order. In the long-run, doing this audit yearly can help you mitigate some risks and save you money on legal fees. Prevention is always cheaper!
- Review all trademarks – business names, product names, and logos that you are using.
- Do the registrations cover all the goods/services that you offer?
- Are you using the trademark symbols correctly?
- Have you considered protection in foreign countries?
- Do you need a watching service?
Patents - Developing a successful patent portfolio is an ongoing process.
- Do you have deadlines upcoming on your patent applications?
- Have the maintenance fees been paid for your issued patents?
- Have you identified any cross-licensing opportunities?
- Do you have all agreements in place?
- Do you have any continuing applications that need to be filed before your current application issues or abandons?
Rao DeBoer Osterrieder (RDO) is an intellectual property (IP) law firm with offices in Houston and in Odessa. We offer legal services that span the entire patent process and the entire trademark process both domestic and foreign. Every company needs at least one trademark.
We are offering a free one-hour consultation to discuss your company’s needs. This can be on the phone or in person.
RDO understands that you are busy with business and family. We will come to your office if you are unable to come to ours. You will never get a surprise invoice from RDO. We charge flat fees for most matters and those fees are agreed upon before the attorney begins the project.
