Joseph Piper

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Granite Trademark Services

Experience: 9 years

New Hampshire and New York

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I graduated cum laude from University of New Hampshire School of Law and was awarded the Intellectual Property Scholar certificate for my strong performance in my trademark law courses in 2013. After graduation, I worked for nearly four years as in-house trademark counsel at Under Armour prosecuting trademark applications and working closely with business teams to enure they properly used Under Armour's trademarks and avoided any third party trademark issues.

In 2018, I began Granite Trademark Services with the goal to provide any person or company with an internet connection access to attorneys to prepare and file trademark applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office at reasonable flat fee rates. During my time at Under Armour, I saw many trademark applicants given bad advice by trademark attorneys, which ultimately led to them losing time and money. For example, many trademark attorneys would file trademark applications before even searching the USPTO database to see if an Examining Attorney would accept the application. I view this as boarderline malpractice and knew I could provide clients with better service at the same prices, or less in some cases.

My goal is to try to help clients by understanding their business needs rather than turnout as many trademark applications as possible. My biggest concern before filing a trademark application is doing all the preliminary work to make sure it will become a trademark registration.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

New Hampshire

Since 2017

New York

New York State Office of Court Administration
ID Number: 5231626
Since 2014

Professional Experience

2018 - Current

Granite Trademark Services

Founder

https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/

2014 - 2016

Under Armour, Inc.

Associate Counsel - Trademarks

Education

2010 - 2013

University of New Hampshire School of Law

J.D. (2013) | Intellectual Property

Honors: cum laude, Intellectual Property Scholar, Top 20% of Class

2006 - 2010

Loyola College

B.A. (2010) | History, Political Science

Contacts

Granite Trademark Services PO Box 735 Belmont NH 03220 Cell: (603) 393-5251

Videos

Trademark Opposition Period and Filing

Attorney Joseph Piper discusses Trademark Oppositions and filings. For more information about trademark oppositions, visit our full blog post at: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/single-post/2018/02/02/Trademark-Opposition-Period-and-Filings

To learn more about the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, visit our blog post and video at: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/single-post/2018/01/26/What-is-the-Trademark-Trial-and-Appeal-Board

Visit Granite Trademark Services Website to find out more about us: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/

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Common Law Trademark Rights

Many people think you only have rights to a trademark if you have a federal registration from the USPTO. However, this ignores hundreds of years of common law trademark rights. Attorney Joseph Piper explains what common law trademark rights are in this video.

View our full blog post on common law trademark rights here: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/single-post/2018/02/02/Common-Law-Trademark-Rights

Learn about the benefits of a federal registration in addition to common law rights here: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/single-post/Benefits-of-Federal-Trademark-Registration-with-the-United-States-Patent-and-Trademark-Office

Visit Granite Trademark Services Website: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/

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Trademark Searches

It is important to conduct United States Patent and Trademark search and common law trademark searches before filing trademark applications. In this video, attorney Joseph Piper explains why trademark searches should be conducted before filing.

Check out our full blog about trademark searches: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/single-post/2018/02/02/Trademark-Searches---USPTO-and-Common-Law-Searches

Learn more about Granite Trademark Services: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/

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Acceptable Trademark Specimens

Selecting an acceptable specimen for a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office can be complicated. Attorney Joseph Piper breaks it down here!

For a detailed blog post about acceptable specimens, with examples, visit: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/single-post/Acceptable-Trademark-Specimens

More trademark info at: https://www.granitetrademarkservices.com/