Domestic - IP Litigation Law Firm of the Year in Texas, US
ROBB D. EDMONDS EDMONDS & NOLTE, P.C. 2625 Bay Area Blvd., Suite 530 Houston, TX 77058 TEL: +1 281-480-2700 EMAIL: redmonds@edmondsnolte.com
Edmonds & Nolte is an intellectual property law firm located in Houston, Texas. The firm exclusively handles matters relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, agreements, anti-trust and unfair competition. The firm provides strategic legal services that are necessary for obtaining, maintaining, protecting and transferring intellectual property
rights around the world. The firm’s clients range in size from one person, start-up companies to some of the largest corporations in the world. No matter the size of the client, Edmonds & Nolte strives to provide the most value-added, cost-effective services tailored to the needs of each client and each client’s matter.
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Trademark Law Firm of the Year in Texas, US Osha Liang LLP John Montgomery Partner Tel: +1 713-228-8600 montgomery@oshaliang.com www.oshaliang.com
Founded in 1997, Osha Liang is an intellectual property law firm with a global presence. With offices in Texas, California, France, China and Japan, our goal is to assist our clients in protecting and enforcing their intellectual property interests worldwide. The firm prides itself in being one of the most technically and legally proficient IP firms in the world, delivering to our clients the highest level of quality and customer service. The firm uses its experience and business knowledge to provide effective and important initial client counselling, regarding selection, use, and prosecution of trademark applications for registration. It relies on its specialised trademark education, ongoing training, and experience to assist clients in understanding the potential ramifications of any trademark legal concerns. Osha Liang works successfully with its clients on hundreds of trademark/ service mark applications. Although the number of registrations handled is significant, the firm also provides experience and counselling along with quality application filing and prosecution. Its clients include US companies with significant operations overseas, as well as overseas companies with a significant interest in the US markets. Osha Liang’s trademark group has more than 20 years of trademark experience both in prosecution and litigation matters. It has a uniquely effective range of professional skills, which allow its clients to have the right level of expertise
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when handling any given situation. Members of the trademark group work with clients specifically on trademark concerns, as well as applying their experience in multiple intellectual property law areas. John Montgomery has a dynamic intellectual property law practice, primarily in areas of trademarks, but also in the area patents. He is experienced in US trademark administrative and litigation practices and procedures such as opposition and cancellation proceedings before the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and federal court litigation. He is also a licensed US Patent Attorney, and has a wide range of IP counselling experience. Mr. Montgomery has represented national and international clients in trademark, service mark and copyright registration, patent protection, method of doing business protection, Internet domain name issues, searching, infringement investigation, due diligence, enforcement, licensing, opposition proceedings, cancellation proceedings, federal court litigation, settlement negotiations, and IP agreements. In addition, he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association, the International Trademark Association, and the Licensing Executive Society North America. His selected publications include ‘Documenting Bona Fide Intent to Use a Mark,’ Texas Lawyer (2011) and ‘Chapter 5: United States,’ Trade-mark Opposition and Litigation in BRIC and NAFTA Countries (2010). He received his J.D. with high honours from Texas Tech University of Law. 2013 Legal Awards
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