About Clifford
Practice areas
- Patent application: 45%
I specialize in drafting and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications in a variety of technologies, including consumer/retail, software and ecommerce, mechanical, electrical, aerospace, medical devices, and design patents. My patent clients include small and medium-sized businesses, start-up companies, and independent inventors across the United States and worldwide. I also do a large amount of work for foreign clients in association with their overseas law firms.
11 years, 300 cases
- Trademark application: 25%
I obtain domestic and international trademark registrations and other protection for the business names, brand names, logos, and slogans of clients across the country and overseas. Other trademark services include oppositions and cancellations, searches and opinions, licensing, negotiation, and agreements.
11 years, 150 cases
- Intellectual property: 15%
100% of my practice is IP law, but about 15% does not fall in any of the other categories, for example conducting patent and trademark patentability, clearance, and infringement searches and rendering corresponding opinions, drafting non-disclosure and work-for-hire agreements and other IP contracts, licensing, negotiation, trademark oppositions and cancellations, patent and trademark maintenance, etc.
11 years
- Internet: 10%
My Internet law practice is focused on website trademark and copyright issues, particularly domain name disputes and UDRP complaints and responses. I have successfully obtained over a hundred infringing domain names for my clients.
11 years
- Copyright application: 5%
My copyright practice is focused on obtaining copyright registrations and other protection for my client's original works, such as website contents, software, texts, music, sculptures and other works of art, etc. I also draft copyright agreements and negotiate settlement of copyright-related disputes.
11 years
Resume
| State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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| DC | Active | 2009 | 07/03/2017 |
| VA | Authorized to practice law | 2007 | 02/13/2017 |
| Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
|---|---|---|
| Nominated for Outstanding Young Virginian 2009 | Arlington Jaycees | 2009 |
| Title | Company name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Member | Symbus Law Group, LLC | 2012 - Present |
| Managing Member | Hyra IP, PLC | 2008 - 2012 |
| Intellectual Property Attorney, Patent Agent, and Law Clerk | The Law Office of James C. Wray | 2006 - 2008 |
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| International Trademark Association | Member | 2010 - Present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American Intellectual Property Law Association, Online Programs Committee | Co-coordinator | 2009 - Present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American Bar Association | Member | 2009 - Present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American Intellectual Property Law Association | Member | 2008 - Present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Bar Association | Member | 2008 - Present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arlington Jaycees | Legal Counsel | 2008 - 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Russell Frey d/b/a edHelper v. HYRO FZ-LLC | For Plaintiff; Domain transferred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russell Frey d/b/a edHelper v. Eighty Business Names c/o Domain Administrator | For plaintiff; domain name transferred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russell Frey d/b/a edHelper v. Reserved for Customers c/o MustNeed.com | For plaintiff; domain name transferred | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Publication name | Title | Date |
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| JD Supra | The Complete Lifecycle of a Trademark Registration: From Application to Examination to Post-Registration Filings | 2009 |
| School name | Major | Degree | Graduated |
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| George Mason University School of Law | Law | JD - Juris Doctor, magna cum laude | 2007 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Aerospace Engineering | B.S., magna cum laude | 2004 |
| Conference name | Title | Date |
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| North American Invitational Model United Nations Conference XLVII | The UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy): An Overview | 2010 |
| Independent Computer Consultants Association, Greater Washington Chapter Meeting | Intellectual Property Issues for Small Business Owners | 2009 |
| Arlington Jaycees Membership Meeting | Introduction to Intellectual Property | 2009 |
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Lee Berlik, Litigation Attorney
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Cliff has a deserved reputation as the go-to intellectual property attorney in Northern Virginia. He possesses a wealth of knowledge and is truly dedicated to protecting the interests of his clients. I have found him to be effective, efficient, and a pleasure to work with. I endorse Cliff's work without reservation.
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