Providence Trademark Attorneys & Lawyers
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Ross Brandborg
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Our experienced Providence trademark attorneys & lawyers represent individuals and businesses with everything they need to secure and protect their trademarks. Our attorneys can help individuals with everything from trademark clearance searches to determine whether the desired mark is available for adoption, use, and registration. By reviewing the search reports thoroughly, they can conclusively determine the extent to which a mark is already being used and the potential success of filing a trademark.
Trademark licensing can be complex, but our trademark attorneys have experience drafting agreements on behalf of both licensees and trademark owners - thus allowing you to capitalize on your valuable intellectual property. Our Providence trademark attorneys can also draft and file your trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), including Intent to Use and Use in Commerce applications.
Our attorneys can also help protect your trademark around the globe by assisting clients with filing trademark applications under the Madrid Protocol, which allows trademark holders to obtain protection in multiple countries by filing a single application.
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- Treat IP as a core asset of your intellectual property business: inventory it, register what’s protectable, and govern it like any other revenue driver.
- Start with an IP audit (brands, creative works, inventions, trade secrets, digital assets), then choose the right protection path and enforcement plan.
- Use NDAs, active monitoring, and—when needed—international filings; rights are territorial and online misuse is common.
- Investors value defensible IP; trademarks build brand equity and can attract capital.
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- Courts apply the “ordinary buyer” standard and evaluate factors like distinctiveness, similarity, and actual confusion.
- To bring a claim, trade dress must be non-functional, distinctive, or have secondary meaning, and consumer confusion must be likely.
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- Remedies may involve injunctions, monetary damages, or attorney fees, with dilution claims providing additional protection.
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