Outside Counsel Services

Outside Counsel to In-house Counsel or Other Law Firms

Patents

Trademarks

Patent Prosecution - Applying for a Patent

Patent Application Preparation (Utility Patents and Design Patents)
Office Action Responses
Examiner Interviews
Continuations
Reexaminations

Patent Searches and Opinions

Patentability - a determination of whether an invention will obtain a patent
Validity - a determination of whether a patent properly gained patent rights and if challenged the patent will or will not lose patent rights
Non-infringement or Freedom to Operate - an analysis to determine if a product or business activity will infringe a patent
Freedom of Action - a determination if the proposed business activity will infringe another patent after accounting for the business's owned patents and licenses

Patent Maintenance

Patent maintenance fee submissions
Analysis of patent portfolios – or individual patents – to determine if maintaining certain patents is worthwhile

Trademarks

Applying for a Trademark

Federal Trademark Registration Applications
Use In Commerce Federal Registration Applications (1A Filing Basis) - for goods or services which are already in use
Intent to Use Federal Registration Applications (1B Filing Basis) - for goods or services which planned to be released
Principal Register Applications
Supplemental Register Applications - for marks which may not qualify for registration rights on the principal registration
State of Connecticut Trademark Registration Applications

Trademark Searches

Clearance of a word, phrase, or design for a trademark or servicemark

Trademark Maintenance

Submitting maintenance documents - and determination if the current use of the mark matches the registration
Submitting maintenance fees
Analysis of trademark portfolios or individual trademarks to determine if the entire portfolio needs to be maintained or deciding that certain trademark registrations should lapse

Copyrights

Trademarks

Copyrights

Applying for a Copyright

Submitting copyright applications for individual creative works: books, art, or graphic designs
Submitting bulk copyright applicatins for groups of works: newspapers, newsletters, photographs, databases, or websites.

Types of 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)

Examples of the Methodology Behind the Legal Work Performed

Data Is Used

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Getting the proper information before a decision is made:

Trademark Data:

Types of Mark: Text or Design

How Long Will It Take for a Trademark Application to Be Approved?

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Examples of how the proper information is found before a decision is made:

Basics Behind Maximizing Time On Legal Work Performed

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Law Office of John B. Hudak, PLLC

An intellectual property law firm: patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

Outside Counsel to In-house Counsel or Other Law Firms

Patents

Trademarks

Trademarks

Trademarks

Trademarks

Trademarks

Copyrights

Trademarks

Copyrights

Your Intellectual Property in a Lawsuit

Litigation

Examples of the Methodology Behind the Legal Work Performed

Data Is Used

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Law Office of John B. Hudak, PLLC

An intellectual property law firm: patents, trademarks, and copyrights.

Outside Counsel to In-house Counsel or Other Law Firms

Patents

Trademarks

Trademarks

Trademarks

Trademarks

Trademarks

Copyrights

Trademarks

Copyrights

Your Intellectual Property in a Lawsuit

Litigation

Examples of the Methodology Behind the Legal Work Performed

Data Is Used

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

Strategy Behind Legal Work To Extract Insights

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