Trademarks

In the current competitive business environment, organizations must protect and distinguish their products and services by obtaining and monitoring trademarks and service marks.

With offices located strategically across the U.S. and in Canada, the cross-border trademark team at Dickinson Wright helps clients select, register, and monitor enforcement of their valuable trademarks and service marks.  And, since we have built relationships with more than 200 foreign intellectual property firms worldwide, we can help our clients obtain trademarks in any country.

Our team is trusted to protect trademarks for a number of brands that are household names, and our client base  spans a wide range of key industries, including:

Our Services

• Providing counsel on trademark screening/selection, availability, and usage. 

• Registering trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and appropriate state offices and in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. 

• Maintaining, monitoring and enforcing trademarks, including trademark opposition and cancellation or expungement proceedings. 

• Managing and maintaining trademark portfolios through coordination of anti-counterfeiting investigations, seizures, and forfeitures in federal criminal prosecutions. 

• Performing due diligence and intellectual property audits on trademarks for mergers, acquisitions, technology transfers, IPOs, financing, and other commercial transactions.