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

Pricing Overview

Prices effective through 5/31/22

Below are estimates for Attorney’s fees, which is expected time for the Attorney to complete the desired task.

Government fees are additional. An explanation of both Attorney's fees and Government fees here.

Attorney billing rate of: $215 per hour

It is suggested to start with a $215 pre-payment for 1 hour of work, then further payment to complete a desired project. In the pricing below, the common first step for any task shows the pricing written out as the $215 payment followed by the next payment to complete the task.

Pricing for Attorney Time

Patent Attorney's Fees

Trademark Attorney's Fees

Patent Applications

(The pricing below is for Mechanical patents. Electrical; Software; and Business Method patents are approximately 25% higher in estimated Attorney's fees.)

First Step - Analysis Patentability:

Patentability Search: First hour of work $215 then $645 to finish Patentability Search - $860 total (4 hours total) and up. Or $0 (if any patent application is filed within 6 months after a Patentability Search the money paid for the Patentability Search will count towards a patent application)

Second Step - Application:

Provisional Patent Application: $1935 (9 hours) and up (if a Nonprovisional Patent Application is filed after a Provisional Patent Application is submitted, the money paid for the Provisional Patent Application will count towards the Nonprovisional Patent Application)
Nonprovisional Patent Application: $4,085 (19 hours) and up
Design Patent Application: $1,935 (9 hours) and up
Office Action Responses: $1,075 (5 hours) (low complexity) or $2,150 (10 hours) (high complexity) and up
Utility Patent Drawings: Free for first 15 figures, for basic utility patent drawings; Each additional 15 figures is $430, prorated, for basic utility patent drawings. Most utility patent drawings are basic. If non-basic utility drawings are needed an additional patent illustrator fee will occur, likely an additional $300 to $800 and up fee
Design Patent Drawings: Fees are variable, likely an additional $650 and up patent illustrator fee will occur

Notice Added Value from:

payment for a Patentability Search will credit towards any patent application filed within 6 months after the Patentability Search;
payment for a Provisional Patent Application will credit towards a Nonprovisional Patent application filed; and
up to 15 free basic Utility Patent Drawings figures (see above for further explanation)

Trademark Attorney's Fees

Trademark Applications

First Step - Brief Analysis of Trademark Idea:

1 hour of work: $215; Including: (a) review of plan for the trademark: analysis of the mark; (b) basic review of similar marks (this is not a complete trademark clearance search); and (c) a knock out search for an exact match

Second Step - Application:

Trademark Application (Use in Commerce or Intent to Use Applications): $645 to finish the initial trademark application - (3 hours total) and up (This is after the initial 1 hour of work for $215. A trademark application is $215 plus $645 for $860 total, and up.).

Office Action Responses:

Non-substantive Office Action Response: $215 (1 hour) and up.
Substantive Office Action Response: $430 (2 hours) and up. (If a more complicated response is needed, more than 2 hours may be needed.)

Trademark Maintenance to a Previously Registered Mark:

Maintenance Documents and Fees: First hour of work $215, then $215 to finish the declaration and submission of government fees (2 hours total) and up

Notice Added Value from:

basic review of the trademark completed - and knock out trademark search - with payment for 1 hour of work

Copyright Attorney's Fees

Trademark Attorney's Fees

Copyright Attorney's Fees

Copyright Applications

Single Works: (Writing, Photograph, Musical Compositions, Art, Video, etc.)

Copyright Application (Single Works): First hour of work $215, then $215 to finish the application - $430 total (2 hours total) and up

Multiple Works: (Writing, Photographs, Periodicals, News Articles, etc.)

Copyright Application (Bulk Works 2 to 50 Works): First hour of work $215, then $430 to finish the application - $645 total (3 hours total) and up
Copyright Application (Bulk Works 51 to 750 Works): First hour of work $215, then $645 to finish the application - $860 total (4 hours total) and up

Other Types of Applications

Copyright Application (Databases): First hour of work $215, then $1505 to finish the application - $1720 total (8 hours total) and up

Becoming a Client - Starting Work - Notification of Changes

1. Contact the Law Office

Contact by phone, message on homepage, or online appointment 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. Attorney Engagement Agreement is Completed

The Client will receive an Attorney Engagement Agreement by email detailing: the initial legal services to be provided; and estimates to Attorney’s fees and government fees for future expected work. The Client will return the agreement to the law office.

4. Pre-Payment for 1 Hour of Work

The Client will send pre-payment to the law office to pre-pay for 1 hour 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.

5. First Hour of Work is Performed

John Hudak will perform the first hour of work 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 John Hudak 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 after the first hour of work.

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.

(The above steps are tailored for someone who is new to protecting intellectual property. If someone is more experienced in the process of protecting intellectual property, that person or business can start with more than 1 hour of initial work.)

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.

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