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Is it possible to file a trademark application without the assistance of an attorney
Los Angeles, CA
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Posted 6 months ago in Trademark Application
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we currently have an attorney to handle all our trademark needs, from filing, tracking to renewal. however, business' bad these days so we may have to cut this expense by filing ourselves online through uspto.gov. is there any conflict that maybe our attorney would come back to us (like sue us) when he finds out we are bypassing him to file it ourselves? we just want to try it first and see how it goes while still retaining their service.
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so we can do it simultaneously? would uspto issue our correspondence to our attorney since they have it on file of this attorney? Best Answer (as selected by the question's author)
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Posted 5 months ago.
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You can ALWAYS end an attorney-client relationship. Just like in any other contractual relationship you must, of course, pay for the services already rendered. The vast majority of trademark attorneys will not consider it an insult if a client chooses, for financial reasons, to take over its trademark filings.
While unwise, you may represent yourself before the Trademark Office. The Office must be informed, however, and so it has created a form just for that purpose. See http://tr.im/ooi1 Additional Answers (2)
Jonathan H Levy
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