SEARCH AND CLEARANCE

No one is immune to rush search projects. We know how tough it is to meet your client’s deadlines while ensuring new marks, slogans, designs, and code names are properly searched. Add Circle R to your team! We conduct preliminary searches using CompuMark, Corsearch, the USPTO, and other common trademark databases. We investigate hits of interest and then provide search results for your review and evaluation. We also order and review full search reports or international searches conducted by local counsel. Your search needs are in great hands with Circle R.

REGISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE

Circle R routinely handles filing, prosecution, registration, and maintenance of trademarks around the world. We work with your existing international counsel or can recommend great local counsel in each country if needed. With more than 30 years in the business, our experience is your asset.

ENFORCEMENT

Once registered, Circle R is available to assist with trademark watching and enforcement. Do you want to watch your trademarks for infringement or watch a competitor’s trademarks for business intelligence? We can help set up and monitor those watching services for you. We also routinely work with counsel to assist with oppositions, cancellations, invalidations, and other enforcement actions worldwide. A trademark portfolio requires enforcement to maintain its strength, and Circle R is here to help in the fight.

DOCKETING

If you have a trademark portfolio, you already know docketing is a necessity to ensure everything is in order and deadlines are met. Circle R is experienced in all aspects of docketing and currently handles day-to-day document review and docketing for many clients. Our non-attorney professionals have worked with a wide variety of docketing systems and can easily supplement your team when needed.

If you are contemplating changing software or moving your portfolio in-house, we are able to assist with selection, mapping, and transitioning to new software, including team member training.

ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

Acquisitions and divestitures tend to strain trademark departments already working at capacity. Let Circle R step in and assist with the intake or exit of your intellectual property portfolio. We are experienced at handling the process from beginning to end, ensuring all parties involved are kept apprised of the project status and no deadlines are missed during the transfer. Each project is customized to the needs of the client, whether it simply requires docket data transfer or a complete portfolio transfer, including docketing software, physical files, and/or electronic files. With years of experience, we have this down to a science.

SPECIAL PROJECTS

Circle R handles all manner of special projects needed during the lifetime of a portfolio. We handle chain of title projects, such as assignments, mergers, or change of name filings worldwide. We audit trademark portfolios to ensure marks are sufficiently covered in key countries. We audit the use of trademarks on advertising, promotional materials, websites, and product packaging, and create trademark usage guidelines specific to your portfolio. No project is too large or too small.