A trademark clearance search is the best starting point for each trademark application. The clearance search is critical because its role is to evaluate the proposed trademark against the Lanham Act and other registered marks 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, eagerly advises corporations to build and protect their brands.

We appreciate the need to distinguish your brand from your competition, but your Google search for a competitor won’t cut it. A small business owner and serial entrepreneur, lawyer Brian feels the concerns of small business owners and the importance of securing brand protection is critical when establishing the foundation for your brand. Brian works with corporations across the USA 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 guidance in Urbandale, Michigan, then you’ve come to the right place.

“Wait a second,” you may be thinking, “I saw Brian Russ Law, Inc. a California law firm? Can they help clients outside of California, like in Urbandale or Michigan?” Yes! We help clients anywhere with trademark registration support services. The USPTO allows lawyers licensed anywhere in the US to represent clients in USPTO proceedings.