A trademark clearance search is the correct starting point for each trademark application. The clearance search is vital because its purpose is to evaluate your proposed trademark against the Lanham Act and other trademark law to determine the likelihood your trademark would result in a registered mark.
Brian Russ Law, Inc. is a United States trademark law office that performs detailed clearance searches for proposed trademarks. Our firm, based in California, earnestly advises companies to build and protect their brands.
We appreciate the need to differentiate your brand from your competition, but your Google search for a competitor won’t cut it. A small business owner and serial entrepreneur, attorney Brian sees the efforts of small business owners and the seriousness of securing brand protection is vital when Securing the foundation for your company. Brian works with businesses throughout the United States of America work through common branding 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 Albany, Oregon, then you’ve come to the right place.
“Wait a second,” you may be thinking, “I saw Brian Russ Law, Inc. a California law office? Can they help clients outside of California, like in Albany or Oregon?” Yes! We help customers worldwide with trademark registration support services. The USPTO allows attorneys licensed anywhere in the USA to represent clients in USPTO proceedings.

Albany’s Trademark Attorney