Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria P.C. : Ensuring Intellectual Property Protection

We are also well-versed in helping our clients clear the trademarks for their products by leveraging our exceptional search capabilities. We typically conduct two types of trademark searches — a preliminary screening search and a full comprehensive search. A preliminary screening search entails searching identical and near-exact marks in trademark registrations and pending applications. A full comprehensive search is a more intensive search that involves searching federal and state trademark registrations, and unregistered “common law” trademarks used as brands on websites, in business names, and in news databases, or in domain names. Based on the search results, we provide advice and opinions that counsel businesses on the availability and best forms of use of proposed trademarks for specific products and services. Oftentimes, we go the extra mile to make recommendations on modifying their mark to avoid or minimize the risks of conflict. In addition to patents and trademarks, we help clients attain copyrights on their scripts, 2D artwork, graphics, GUI, fabric patterns, sculptures, commercials, advertisements and packaging designs.

Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria’s service portfolio also encompasses assisting clients to obtain federal trademark registrations which provide legal presumptions of ownership and validity and allows clients to record the registrations with the U.S. Customs & Border Protection. Customs recordals provide the C&BP with a tool for seizing infringing and counterfeit imports avoid the need for clients to incur litigation expenses. We also send and respond to cease and desist demands and enforce and defend clients in litigation before the federal courts, the Patent and Trademark Office, or in arbitrations. Moreover, our attorneys are well versed in preparing and negotiating a wide range of IP contracts, including licenses, invention and trademark ownership agreements, confidentiality agreements, design, development, fulfillment, distribution and sales agreements, infomercial production contracts, endorsement and influencer contracts, and other IP-related agreements. We also provide IP due diligence operations in connection with acquisitions. In a nutshell, we serve as a one-stop-shop solution for organizations of any size to meet their intellectual property-related requirements.

What are some of the factors that differentiate Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria from the rest?

With our customer-first approach, we closely collaborate with clients. A typical engagement begins with a comprehensive background search to identify a client’s existing IPR, its litigation history, if any, and its IPR concerns and issues. We then work with the client to develop short and long-term solutions and strategies to meet the client’s needs and avoid and resolve problems.

Our extensive network of long-established international relationships with intellectual property firms advantageously delivers quality, in-depth worldwide advice and services. We use our global network to procure and protect client patents, trademarks, and copyrights around the world. These relationships enable us to quickly obtain meaning advice and assistance for our clients and, as well, to assess and avoid risks associated with protecting their rights internationally.

Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria is well recognized for its flexibility. As a boutique firm, we’re highly responsive and. During the Covid-19 pandemic, our technologies allowed our attorneys and staff, working remotely, to seamlessly interconnect with our network, with each other and with clients. We’re now completely migrating our digital operations to advanced cloud technologies, thereby providing additional layers of cybersecurity for our client data and information.

How does the future look for Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria?

Since our inception, we have always focused on maintaining a work ethic that fosters a philosophy of client-centric quality service. To better service its clientele, Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria regularly advances the knowledge and professionalism of its attorneys and paraprofessional staff through continuing legal education training seminars, courses, and workshops. Our workforce is extraordinarily stable. Most of our team has been working for Notaro, Michalos & Zaccaria for decades. Our clients know our tight-knit group of employees and advantageously work with the same persons through out their engagements. Moving ahead, we will continue to improve our capabilities by regularly embracing new technologies, updating our operating systems and continuing to provide legal and technical training and education to our professionals.