Law Office of John B. Hudak, PLLC

Protection of: Inventions, Brand Names, Writing or Art

Patents

Trademarks

Patent Applications
Patent Searches and Opinions
Patent Office Action Responses
Patent Maintenance
Patent Prosecution and Preparation
Patent Litigation

Trademarks

Federal Trademark Registration Applications
Trademark Searches
Trademark Office Action Responses
Trademark Maintenance
Trademark Litigation

Copyrights

Trademarks

Copyrights

Becoming a Client - Starting Work - Notification of Changes

1. Contact the Law Office

Contact by phone or sending a message on homepage.

2. Initial Phone Call

John Hudak will have a phone conversation with you to: determine if he can provide the legal services to you which you are asking for; explain the legal process for your patent, trademark, or copyright issues; and provide details about pricing.

3. Description of Legal Services and Attorney Client Relationship is Sent to the Potential Client

The Potential Client will receive an Description of Legal Services and Attorney Client Relationship document by email detailing: the initial legal services to be provided; and estimates to Attorney’s fees and government fees for future expected work.

4. Pre-Payment for the Initial Increment of Work

The Client will send pre-payment to the law office to pre-pay for the initial increment of work - either as a paper check physically written out and mailed - or electronically with online bill pay from their bank account where the information is entered online and the bank will mail a check. (Other electronic options for payment are available such as e-check and credit card, ask for further details). After pre-payment is received, the Potential Client will receive a Attorney Engagement Letter which describes that the Potential Client is formally a Client and there is an Attorney Client Relationship, where the Attorney is representing the Client for their legal issue.

5. Initial Increment of Work is Performed

The initial increment of work is performed to do an initial analysis of the facts of your legal issue (example: entering the invention or trademark idea into a government database for initial search result; and providing a brief analysis).

6. Interim Statement of Accounting Sent to the Client

If further work will be performed, then the law office will send a document called an Interim Statement of Accounting which details: (a) work which has already been performed; (b) what further work the Attorney and you the Client have decided needs to be performed; and (c) additional money required for that further legal work. If there is a change in the general plan for legal work – after a written plan is given to the Client in an Attorney Engagement Agreement or an Interim Statement of Accounting – that change will be told to the Client and sent in writing in an additional Interim Statement of Accounting.

7. Additional Payment Sent to the Law Office

The Client will mail another paper check to the law office for the further work decided on.

8. Completion of Further Work; On-going Work; Interim Statements of Accounting: and Additional Checks

As more work will be performed, at each step another Interim Statement of Accounting will be sent to the Client to define the additional money required and the work that will be performed - and another paper check will be mailed to the law office.

Protection of: Inventions, Brand Names, Writing or Art

Patents

Trademarks

Applying for a Patent

Nonprovisional Patent Applications (Utility Patent Applications) for a Utility Patent
Provisional Patent Applications as a preliminary step for a Utility Patent
Design Patent Applications for a Design Patent

Patent Searches and Opinions

Patentability
Validity
Non-infringement or Freedom to Operate
Freedom to Action

Patent Office Action Responses

Patent Maintenance

Patent maintenance fee submissions

Trademarks

Applying for a Trademark

Federal Trademark Registration Applications
Use In Commerce Federal Registration Applications (1A Filing Basis)
Intent to Use Federal Registration Applications (1B Filing Basis)
Principal Register Applications
Supplemental Register Applications
State of Connecticut Trademark Registration Applications

Trademark Searches

Trademark Office Action Responses

Statement of Use Responses
Allegation of Use Responses
Substitute Specimen Responses
Rejection for Likelihood of Confusion Under §2(d) Responses (Section 2(d) Responses)

Trademark Maintenance

Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse Under Section 8 Submissions
Application for Renewal Under Section 9 Submissions
Declaration of Incontestability Under Section 15 Submissions
Maintenance Fees Associated With Maintenance Document Submissions

Copyrights

Trademarks

Copyrights

Applying for a Copyright

Federal Copyright Applications
Standard Application (one author, joint author, work made for hire, derivative work, a collective work, or a compilation): Literary Works; Work of Visual Arts; Sound Recording; Work of the Performing Arts; Motion Picture/AV Work; Single Serial Issue
Group Registration of Published Works: Contribution to Periodicals (TX); Contribution to Periodicals (VA); Newsletters; Newspapers; Serial Issues; Databases
Group Registration of Short Online Literary Works (GRTX)
Group Registration of Unpublished Works (GRUW): Literary Works; Work of Visual Arts; Sound Recordings; Work of the Performing Arts; Motion Picture/AV Work; Database
Group Registration of Published Photographs (GRPPH)
Group Registration of Unpublished Photographs (GRUPH)

Meet the Founder - John B. Hudak

John B. Hudak - Founder

Education

NYU School of Law, JD, 2017

Ranked the 6th best law school in the USA by U.S. News and World Report in 2021
Ranked the 7th best university for law in the world by The World University Rankings in 2021

UConn, Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), 2008

UConn, B.S. in Pharmacy Studies, 2006

summa cum laude

Awards

Babbidge Scholar – UConn – 2003, 2004

Awarded to students who achieved a 4.0 GPA for that calendar year

Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America

Admissions

CT, NY, USPTO, SDNY, EDNY

Legal Work Experience

Law Office of John B. Hudak, PLLC – Milford, CT – Founding Member

Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson, LLP – New York, NY – Contractor Attorney and Summer Associate – Antitrust litigation.

Professor Todd Barnet at Pace University Lubin School of Business – New York, NY – Research Assistant – Financial regulation.

Housing Court Answers – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Housing Court – Legal Intern – Answered questions of NYC tenants: evictions; renter rights; illegal lockouts; and landlord violations.

Work Experience Before Entering the Legal Field

Norwalk Hospital – Norwalk, CT – Pharmacist – Inpatient pharmacy.

CVS Pharmacy – Seymour, CT – Pharmacist

University of Connecticut’s Summer Research Fellowship in Pharmaceutics – Storrs, CT – Research Assistant – Research aimed at increasing the solubility of poorly soluble drugs.

Overview of the Law Office and Services Offered

The Law Office of John B. Hudak is an intellectual property law firm providing legal services related to patents, trademarks, and copyrights. John Hudak is a patent attorney and therefore able to prepare and submit patent applications and office action responses to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Additionally, the Law Office of John B. Hudak can: prepare and submit federal trademark registration applications; respond to trademark registration office actions; submit maintenance documents and/or fees for patents and/or federally registered trademarks; prepare and submit copyright registration applications; litigate patent, trademark, or copyright cases in the Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York federal district courts; and give legal advice on your current or future intellectual property.

Attorney Advertising. This website is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. Using this site or communicating with the Law Office of John B. Hudak, PLLC through this site does not form an attorney-client relationship. An attorney-client relationship shall be formed only after an Attorney Engagement Letter is sent by the law office to the Client. Please do not share any unsolicited confidential information with our law firm by email or phone. This site is legal advertising. Copyright © 2023

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