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Top 5 Reasons Your Startup Needs Federal Trademark Protection

Many startups are strapped for cash, so cutting costs wherever possible seems like a good idea early in the game. One place startups should not cut costs too much is when it comes to protecting their intellectual property rights. Intellectual property rights, such as trademarks, grant exclusive protection to the intellectual property owner so that… See the Full Article

Category: Trademark Protection

To Register or Not To Register

If you are the creator or author of a book, play, musical composition, graphic design, photo, or other creative work, you can protect your work through a copyright. By obtaining a copyright, you are claiming ownership of your work, which comes with rights and protections. A copyright is a bundle of rights assigned to one… See the Full Article

Category: Copyright

The Secret to Protecting Trade Secrets

Guide to Trade Secrets You have most likely heard of a secret recipe or a business secret, but you might not know that secrets that provide a business with a competitive advantage can be a form of intellectual property that can be protected from others. These secrets are called “trade secrets,” and they are very… See the Full Article

Category: Trade Secrets

Should I File a Provisional Patent Application?

Patenting an invention in the United States under the America Invents Act is all about when you file your patent application, because your filing date marks when you sought protection for your invention. A provisional patent application is a tool which inventors can use to secure a filing date by filing an abbreviated version of… See the Full Article

Category: Patents

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"Our company has worked with a number of patent attorneys and were so pleased when we began working with Parsons & Goltry nearly a decade ago. Mike Goltry's knowledge and attention to detail has enabled us to have numerous products patented and trademarks registered. We highly recommend this Law Firm."

- Sharon K.

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"Michael Goltry is the most professional, honest and effective patent attorney whom I ever met in my 40 year professional engineering career. I started to work with him over 20 years ago and plan to work indefinitely."

- Zoltan Kemeny, PhD, Struct. Eng.

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"Mr. Goltry took a provisional patent that we'd filed ourselves, and quickly and professionally turned our innovation into U.S. and foreign applications. His [patent claims] were a thing of beauty, and I was amazed by how deftly he countered the inevitable office actions. His language held up, and the U.S. Patent just issued. He was easy and efficient to work with, and his fees were remarkably reasonable. We're not planning to go anywhere else, ever."

- Ski Milburn, CEO, Victori, LLC

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"I applied for a patent through Parsons & Goltry. After being on the docket for 2 years at the USPTO, I received notification that my patent request had been denied. Michael Goltry contacted me immediately to review my options. After I informed him of my decision to move forward, he filed a response to the USPTO. In his response he got the examiner to fully understand the claims in the patent application and the "denied" decision was reversed. I was able to secure and receive a "patent granted" decision. Thank you, Michael Goltry."

- Kathy H., Inventor