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Looking for Patent Attorney
May 2012
I am looking for a patent attorney to work either FT or PT. Ideally, I need a lawyer who is experienced in tech patents (mobile tech a plus). I am the Recruiting Manager for my company and have never had to hire a lawyer before, so I wanted to put it out in the community to see if any local parents were looking for work, or knew someone who was. My company is very family friendly (our products are geared towards keeping families safe), and we always love it when we find someone local. Thank you in advance for any recommendations! K.
if you need a good patent/ IP attorney... Sharon Adams does excellent work in this area. see http://www.adamslaw.biz/Home_Page.html
2004 - 2007 Recommendations
2003 & Earlier
May 1998
My husband is an intellectual property litigator based in San Francisco and he recommends Jeff Weaver with the firm of Beyer and Weaver in Berkeley, 843-6200. Hope this helps. April
If you are a DIYer, Legal Zoom could be an option. I did my Trademark through them. The trickiest part is reading the results of the trademark search and choosing the correct trademark "classification", but I found it to be pretty straightforward. Legal zoom also had 30 days of complementary attorney access I recieved from doing my LLC paperwork with them. The attorney I spoke with was helpful in reviewing my trademark results and confirming my selection of classification. Good luck!!
I am not an attorney but I have submitted a few trademarks myself at my job. It’s not all that hard and imho not worth paying an attorney for.
however, I don’t think you can trademark an “approach “ - trademarks are for marks; logos, slogans/taglines. You might be looking at a patent and that could be a different story.
Bottom line, look up the USPTO website and see what category your “thing” falls into. Trademarks are very DIYable.