Wilson Daniel Swayze Jr

Attorney W.D. Swayze provides exceptional service, and shows that he really cares about his clients. He is honest, and his experience working for the patent office is a plus! Often in these settings your questions are forwarded to the attorney through administative staff. I was able to speak to hi...m directly, and Mr. Swayze answered all of my questions, and created a strong patent application. I recommend his services, and will definitely use him again in the future.

Seven months after having received our payment and asking for an update on our trademark being filed, he FINALLY filed it, while all the time in between acting as if he had. He failed to inform us or keep us updated on any of the process since all correspondence was sent to him and therefore our trad...emark was abandoned after giving him $625 to complete it. His responses were either unmet or untrue. He was extremely unethical and we would recommend that you not work with him. We were a little cautious about hiring an online attorney and wish we'd followed our gut on this guy. Although we are out the money, we hope that we can do someone else a favor by keeping them from losing theirs too (and possibly their trademark as well)!

First, let me start by saying I am not one to write reviews, especially if there is nothing positive to say. Matter of fact, this is my first time writing a negative comment regarding anyone in a public forum; however, I wholeheartedly believe the people and profession must be protected from Mr. Swa...yze as he is a predator of the worse kind. Second, allow me to validate that I have creditability with regard to intellectual property attorneys in general. Over the last 18 months the USPTO has received 19 of my patent applications and I have had the pleasure of working with multiple intellectual property attorneys over this period. Now for an objective review of Mr. Swayze, the facts follow in chronological order: 1) I hired Mr. Swayze in summer of 2010. 2) Mr. Swayze performed a prior art search and identified patents / applications for my review. 3) Mr. Swayze transmitted the results of the prior art search 13 days after his letter indicated completion of the search and ONLY after I requested a status. 4) After requesting a status on my patent application, Mr. Swayze sent me the WRONG patent application for an entirely different inventor and disclosed someone else’s invention. 5) Mr. Swayze subsequently transmitted a patent application for my invention. 6) The patent application he prepared for me was mostly PLAGIARIZED content from the identified patents / applications of the prior art search. Mostly meaning over 70% verbatim; I have evidence to prove this statement. 7) My follow up questions, comments, and concerns communicated to Mr. Swayze were NOT addressed. 8) Mr. Swayze did not rewrite my patent application and REFUSED to refund my money. 9) I hired another attorney for civil action against Mr. Swayze. 10) Other attorneys reviewing Mr. Swayze's work product and communications advised me to file complaints with the New York Bar and the USPTO Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED). 11) Mr. Swayze claimed he spent over 52 hours working on my application under a fixed fee arrangement. 12) A seven (7) page compliant letter with 32 exhibits has been sent to both the NY Bar and the OED and an investigation is underway. 13) A civil suit is outstanding against Mr. Swayze. Currently, Mr. Swayze is under review and I expect the NY Bar and OED to take appropriate action to protect the public from him. Additionally, I anticipate a favorable outcome in court against Mr. Swayze. I only wish I could attach to this website all the evidence sent to the NY Bar / OED for the reader’s benefit. Mr. Swayze lives in Texas, but is registered as an attorney in New York. This provides a natural insulation from most people that would file a complaint. If you have been wronged by Mr. Swayze, please help to protect others by writing the NY Bar and OED: State of New York Committee on Professional Standards 40 Steuben Street Suite 502 Albany, NY 12207 OED Director USPTO PO Box 1450 Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 There are many, many great patent attorneys working throughout the nation that will charge less than Mr. Swayze’s rates and NOT plagiarize other works. If you plan to spend thousands on a patent application, first spend a few hours researching the attorney you are considering hiring. Ask for references of previous inventors and when interviewing them ask for their patent application number(s) to validate they were actually a client.