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Trademark Office Action Lawyer Detroit, MI

Registering your brand name, logo, and other business branding as trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is a necessary first step in protecting your brand image and using your proprietary branding materials. Once you’ve registered a trademark, you may think you're home free—until you get a notice of an Office Action from the USPTO.

Although receiving the notice of an Office Action may slow down the trademark approval process, it’s not an insurmountable obstacle, and it’s definitely something that a Detroit, MI, trademark office action lawyer can help you with. We take this as an opportunity to review and possibly revise either your trademark or the application to ensure that you receive the full legal protections of the USPTO and state laws. You don’t have to figure out how to answer an Office Action alone. We’re here to help. Contact Trademark Lawyer Law Firm today to get started.

What Does A Detroit Trademark Office Action Lawyer Do?

The USPTO has a team of examining attorneys who review and either approve or reject trademark applications. An Office Action is a formal response from the USPTO, initially rejecting an application and listing the problem or problems with the trademark, the application, or both. Your trademark attorney reviews this letter with you and explains the steps necessary to correct it. We can help you re-submit the application with the corrections and any additional information requested by the USPTO. We’ll help you respond to the Office Action and take the next steps for approval.

Our Five-Step Approach To Responding To Office Actions

When you work with our firm, you’re in good hands. We believe in preserving your brand integrity and helping you build your business. We take a simple, five-step approach to responding to an Office Action:
  • Read the letter and note the issues raised by the USPTO. We outline each of the separate concerns the Patent Office has with your application.
  • Request clarification from the examining attorney. We may ask follow-up questions to clarify certain responses in the Office Action or ask the examining attorney about the reasoning behind the decision.
  • Draft the appropriate legal response and file the response on yoru behalf. This may mean correcting the application, adding more information to the application, or dealing with issues with the trademark itself.
  • Answer every concern the USPTO examining attorney raises, using fine points of federal trademark and IP law.
  • Submit the response within the deadline (usually six months from the date of the letter). We ensure that your application isn’t considered “abandoned,” working within the allotted timeframe to expedite your corrected application.

Experienced IP Attorneys Helping You With USPTO Office Actions

With an experienced Detroit trademark office action lawyer, you can significantly speed up the trademark application process and successfully answer concerns raised in an Office Action. We review the letter sent to you by the USPTO and advise you of the steps necessary to correct it. The attorneys at Trademark Lawyer Law Firm have decades of combined experience working with federal and Michigan intellectual property matters, and we bring this experience to benefit you. Contact us today to set up a strategy session with one of our attorneys.