You may have heard that the USPTO is considering moving to one $350 application for filing trademark registrations. In addition, they want to charge fees for things like not using the IP manual to choose goods and services AND for going 1,000 characters beyond the first 1,000 characters in the free-form text box, including punctuation and spaces! Whew.
What is "Email Efficiency for Attorneys"?
Well... this course is for you if you spent the last weekend "catching up on your email" (or at least thinking about it).
Don't you wish law school had prepared us for the real challenges of being a lawyer? You know, challenges like waking up to 342 new emails at 6 am or how "cleaning out your inbox" has somehow become its own part-time job.
Attorneys struggle with these email dilemmas a lot. And after many years of fine-tuning, it gets better! Sonia shares everything she's learned about seamlessly managing her inbox with you. No gate-keeping here!
Email Efficiency for Attorneys was a tip-filled webinar hosted by Sonia on April 3, 2024.
Consider this a gift from your trademark attorney fairy godmother! Gone are the days you go back and forth with a client trying to explain why their specimen was rejected, what constitutes an acceptable specimen, and all the teeny tiny details that go into showing use. Better yet, use this guide to advise your clients on the front end on how to design their marketing and sales materials to ensure there won’t be a rejection in the first place!
This helpful guide features a step-by-step video tutorial on where and how to file an Appointment of Attorney, plus sample language/email example to send your new client.
If you're new-ish to trademark practice, the process of assigning a trademark can seem a bit daunting. To help make the filing go a bit more smoothly, this guide features a step-by-step video tutorial on how to file an Assignment with the ETAS system of the USPTO (yup, it's not through TEAS), plus an actual template Assignment Agreement for you to use.
Just like a grandmother's recipe book for making her delicious cookies, refer to this Plan of Attack every time you get an Office Action. It's a step-by-step guide to help you figure out exactly what to do, ask, or look for so you won't miss a thing.
This template provides you the scripting and information on what you need to attach to cover your bases, not only to file the actual withdrawal but email language leading up to the deadline.
As a law firm owner, it can often feel like we're wearing more hats than we can handle. We have to be the sheriff, the firefighter, the grocery store, the mayor, and everything in between. When the overwhelm gets the best of you, it can be easy to shut down and not do anything at all because you just don't know where to start!
Want the scoop on how to make client communication a breeze? Want to be able to have a thorough yet quick and easy response to most of your client’s needs? You’ve come to the right place!
For this training, Sonia and Erik are back again to share 10 ways to generate revenue streams and continue adding value to your trademark client relationships post-registration! As an added value, Sonia and Erik talk about how to structure the fees and give you a few options on how to go about pricing these additional services.
