At Linares Associates, we offer guidance and assistance in connection with the protection and registration of the appropriate rights, consultancy and litigation services where those rights need to be defended, or competitors’ claims need to be challenged.

All matters concerning the registration and the management of intellectual property assets, the transfer and licensing of trademarks, trade names and logos, as well as advertising, protection and management of personal data and trade secrets, software, databases, and copyright are within the scope of Linares Associates’ expertise.

We assist our clients in obtaining trademarks and copyrights, perform searches and render registrability opinions. We file and maintain a considerable amounts of applications to register trademarks, current trademark registrations and copyrights each year in the U.S.

We also coordinate with our international networks of law firms to file and maintain several trademark applications and registrations throughout the world.

We help clients establish, enforce and challenge trademark rights, both in the United States and abroad.

At Linares Associates, we counsel clients on structuring, negotiating and implementing collaborative and licensing transactions that often have a significant impact on a company's business. We frequently help clients with regard to:

• ​Joint ventures and strategic alliances
  
• Collaboration and co-development agreements
• Third-party arrangements with employees and consultants
• Manufacturing and supply agreements
• Distribution and reseller arrangements
• Branding and marketing arrangements
• Business process outsourcing arrangements
• Nondisclosure agreements
  

For any company, brand protection is an important facet of everyday business. During trademark registration, we can help to ensure your designs do not infringe on existing marks. We represent clients in the whole administrative process of trademark filings from registration through completion, including any office action or objections from third parties. We represent corporations and individuals in the intellectual property arena in all phases of the proceeding from obtaining and defeating initial restraining orders or TROs and preliminary injunctions through final appeals.

We have extensive experience in:

• ​Pre-market clearance of trademarks and corresponding analyses and opinions
• Preparation, filing, and prosecution of applications for the registration of trademarks and service marks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Coordination of applications for registration outside the United States through an established network of trademark agents and local counsel
• Responses to Office Actions from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  Negotiation of trademark co-existence agreements
  
• Managing trademark watch services
• Copyright registration with the U.S. Copyright Office
• Intellectual property docketing
• Intellectual property portfolio strategic counseling
  
• Drafting and negotiating licenses and transfers of intellectual property assets