A trademark clearance search is the proper starting point for every trademark application. The clearance search is clutch because its purpose is to assess your proposed mark against the Lanham Act and other common law resources to determine the likelihood your mark would result in a registered mark.

Brian Russ Law, Inc. is a United States trademark legal firm that performs detailed clearance searches for proposed trademarks. Our firm, based in California, earnestly counsels companies to build and protect their brands.

We get the need to distinguish your brand from your competition, but your TikTok search for a competitor won’t cut it. A small business owner and serial entrepreneur, lawyer Brian recognizes the efforts of small business owners and the importance of securing brand protection is critical when formalizing the foundation for your initiative. Brian works with corporations across the United States of America work through common trademarking issues like clearance searches, infringement assessment, trademark registration, USPTO office action responses, infringement litigation, use defense, and more. If you’re looking for top-notch trademark legal advice in Aberdeen, South Dakota, then you’ve come to the right place.

“Hang on now,” you may be wondering, “I thought Brian Russ Law, Inc. a California law firm? Can they help clients outside of California, like in Aberdeen or South Dakota?” Yes! We help entrepreneurs anywhere with trademark registration support services. The United States Patent Trademark Office allows lawyers licensed anywhere in the USA to represent clients in USPTO proceedings.