Global Innovation Protection

Hess Patent Law Firm: Supporting Global Business Growth with International Representation

Today's marketplace extends beyond domestic affairs into a global arena. At Hess Patent Law Firm, we are committed to helping entrepreneurs and inventors capitalize on their hard work with the potential to be lucrative not only in their local communities but also on a global scale.

For more than 25 years, our firm's attorney Robert J. Hess has helped businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors protect their intellectual property from competition. The global business environment has raised the stakes for many companies. If your company is looking to break into the global market, the best investment you can make is likely working with a highly skilled international intellectual property lawyer. Attorney Robert J. Hess applies his years of experience and legal skills to help international clients protect their intellectual property.

Contact Hess Patent Law Firm today to meet with an experienced intellectual property lawyer. Attorney Robert J. Hess is available to help you develop trademarks and patents to protect your intellectual property in the United States and worldwide.

Offering International Patent Legal Services

From his law office in Stamford, Connecticut, attorney Robert J. Hess supports international business growth. He is committed to helping clients stay ahead of their competition through pursuing proper patents to protect their innovative products or ideas and their innovative trade names or marks. Part of his focus includes researching existing patents and trademarks to help his clients identify which counties would be suitable places to pursue patents and trademark protection.

Seeking global protection for innovations can make the legal process both time-consuming and expensive. At Hess Patent Law Firm, attorney Robert J. Hess is available to help clients determine which markets would potentially be most lucrative for innovations and amenable for protection. He also helps them navigate through the patent process, identifying options to consider, such as:

Provisional patent application - If you are looking to establish a patent in the United States, you can obtain an early filing date with a provisional patent. This is a cost-effective way to hold your rights to a patent before it is published so you can gain more time to invest and market the idea.
Utility patent application - If a functional idea is the innovation, then a utility patent application may be appropriate for seeking protection.
Design patent application - If an ornamental design is the innovation, then a design patent application may be appropriate for seeking protection.
Plant patent application - if a novel plant variety is the innovation, then a plant patent application may be appropriate for seeking protection.
Patent Cooperation Treaty patent application - To defer the cost for seeking global patent protection, the Patent Cooperation Treaty patent application should be considered before the invention is published.
Patent Prosecution Highway - If you first file in certain countries and then seek to patent the innovation in the United States, your examination in the United States can be expedited if your filing elsewhere ultimately is approved for patenting.

Protecting International Brands with Skilled Trademark Representation

At Hess Patent Law Firm, we offer highly skilled trademark legal services to help national and international companies protect their brands. This is especially important in today's competitive global business environment.

Attorney Robert J. Hess works closely with clients to understand their long-term business plans in overseas markets. His detailed approach helps clients determine the best strategy to consider, including through the Madrid Protocol. This has proven to be invaluable for many international companies and inventors. Through the Madrid Protocol, trademark owners can obtain trademarks in several countries by simply filling out one international application based on their national trademark filing. This approach has the potential to help save a substantial amount of money for trademark owners seeking international trademark protection.

Trademark lawyer Robert J. Hess will apply his skills and legal resources to help you identity potentially effective strategies. He has the resources to consult foreign trademark attorneys to help optimize the realization of trademark protection.

The marketplace for innovation, whether a scientific discovery, an engineering break-through, an artistic creation or performance or a product/service source indicator, is protected by intellectual property laws. If you are pursuing legal protection for your intellectual property abroad, it may be prudent to obtain help from a highly skilled attorney. At Hess Patent Law Firm, attorney Robert J. Hess helps clients navigate through the trade name protection process, identifying options to consider, such as:

Trademark application - If the innovation is a trade name for goods or wares, then a federal trademark application may be appropriate for seeking domestic protection if interstate or international commerce is involved. Otherwise, a state trademark application may be considered.
Service mark application - If the innovation is a trade name for services, then a federal service mark application may be appropriate for seeking domestic protection if interstate or international commerce is involved. Otherwise, a state service mark application may be considered.
Collective mark application - If the innovation is a trade name for a collective or association, then a federal collective mark application may be appropriate for seeking domestic protection.
Certification mark application - If the innovation is a trade name for certification of products/services of others, then a federal certification mark application may be appropriate for seeking domestic protection.
Madrid Protocol application - If the owner of the trade name resides in the United States, then seeking international protection for the trade name via a Madrid Protocol application may be appropriate for seeking international protection in select countries and regions.

Contact Hess Patent Law Firm today to discuss your legal options with a knowledgeable international and nationwide patent attorney.