[playlist ids="5257"] The Klemchuk Intellectual Property Law Review is a monthly educational Internet radio podcast focused on sharing news, tips and trends in complex legal issues focused in business, technology and innovation. This series features attorneys and guests of Klemchuk LLP, the law firm providing patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright and trade secret services, including litigation, licensing, prosecution and other intellectual property counseling. Episode 2: Darin covers the trademark search, application and registration process.

Interview questions and topics covered on this show include:

1) To file or not to file, and conducting proper searches and applications to register the mark(s);

2) The application period of time and communications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;

3) The Notice of Allowance and publication for opposition, and what can happen if a lawsuit if filed; and

4) Effective trademark registrations (or extensions for a statement of use) and maintenance and policing registrations.

Darin Klemchuk, an IP trial lawyer, is the founder and managing partner of Klemchuk LLP, an Intellectual Property (IP), Technology, Internet, and Business law firm located in Dallas, TX.  The firm offers comprehensive legal services including litigation and enforcement of all forms of IP as well as registration and licensing of patents, trademarks, trade dress, and copyrights.  The firm also provides a wide range of technology, Internet, e-commerce, and business services including business planning, formation, and financing, mergers and acquisitions, business litigation, data privacy, and domain name dispute resolution. 

 Klemchuk LLP hosts Culture Counts, a blog devoted to the discussion of law firm culture and corporate core values with frequent topics about positive work environment, conscious capitalism, entrepreneurial management, positive workplace culture, workplace productivity, and corporate core values.