January 2022 News and Events

Eric Adams and Tod Tumey have been named as a Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property by Texas Monthly.

January 2021 News and Events

Eric Adams has been named as a Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property by Texas Monthly.

January 2020 News and Events

Eric Adams has been named as a Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property by Texas Monthly.

January 2019 News and Events

Eric Adams has been named as a Super Lawyer in Intellectual Property by Texas Monthly.

April 2018 News and Events

We have been named as the Best Boutique Intellectual Property Law Firm in Texas for 2018 by US Business News.

February 2018 News and Events

Tod Tumey has been named by Acquisition Finance Magazine as the 2018 U.S. IP Lawyer of the Year.

We have been recognized by Acquisition Finance Magazine as the 2018 U.S. IP Boutique Firm of the Year for 2018.

July 2017 News and Events

Tod Tumey has been named by Corporate Vision Magazine as the 2017 Partner of the Year for the U.S.A.

Tod Tumey has been named by Acquisition Finance Magazine as the 2017 U.S. Gamechanger of the Year

Acquisition Finance Magazine has named our firm the 2017 U.S. IP Boutique Firm of the Year

March 2017 News and Events

Corporate Vision magazine has named Tod Tumey in the 2017 Legal Awards as the Most Outstanding Managing Partner for the U.S.A.

Corporate Vision magazine has named our firm in the 2017 Legal Excellence Awards as the Best Law Firm 2017 in the U.S.A.

February 2017 News and Events

Tod Tumey has been named by Corporate Vision magazine as the 2016 Partner of the Year for the U.S.A.

November 2016 News and Events
We have been recognized by Acquisition International as the 2016 Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year in the U.S.A.
September 2016 News and Events
We have been accorded 2016 IP Practitioner of the Year in the USA
What Is A Patent?

A patent is a document that describes an invention and is issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A patent gives the patent owner the right to exclude others from making, using, offering to sell, or selling the invention in the United States or importing the invention into the United States. To obtain foreign protection for an invention, a foreign patent must be obtained. The term of a patent is twenty years from the earliest filing date of the patent.

What Is A Trademark?

Trademarks are words, names, or symbols that enable consumers to distinguish goods or services as well as identify the sources of the goods or services. A federal registration for a trademark is issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office does not give the owner of the trademark rights to the trademark in foreign countries. To obtain foreign protection, trademark registrations must be obtained in the desired foreign countries.

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Japanese Patent Office

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