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Trademark Monster®

Trademark Monster® was created by attorney Matt McKinney to provide successful business owners like you a streamlined process to protecting your unique products and services without hidden costs and fees so that you can stand out and above the competition as quickly as possible and on budget!

Founder and Lead Attorney Matt McKinney

Trademark Monster® is operated by trademark attorney Matt McKinney, Esq. who has more than twenty years of experience and has handled hundreds of trademark applications and trademark litigation issues. Trademark Monster® was designed to facilitate providing trademark application and trademark registration services to successful businesses in a more efficient and innovative manner than has ever been done before while leveraging traditional law firm experience and support. This includes offering our Monster Guarantee and all-inclusive One Fee Pricing to successful businesses like yours so that you know we’re working hard for you.

Mr. McKinney is also a U.S. registered patent attorney and shareholder in the Orlando law firm of Allen, Dyer, Doppelt & Gilchrist, P.A.

Admitted:

2015: U.S. Court of International Trade
2012: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
2010: U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
2001: U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
2001: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
2000: United States Patent and Trademark Office
2000: Florida Bar

Education:

2000: Mercer University School of Law, J.D.
1998: University of South Florida, M.S., Engineering
1993: University of South Florida, B.S., Engineering

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REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT

Thank you for considering us to represent you in protecting your trademark(s). This agreement will confirm the engagement of Allen, Dyer, Doppelt & Gilchrist, P.A., as legal counsel for “You” (either an individual or a single entity) regarding registering your trademark(s).

We will provide all necessary legal services to You in connection with registering the trademark(s), and any other matters specifically requested by You subject to clearing our internal conflict check. We will determine throughout the course of the representation which attorneys and support personnel are necessary and appropriate to efficiently and effectively provide these legal services for You. We will regularly provide You with copies of documents and correspondence in order to keep You informed of the extent and nature of the legal services being rendered.

We appreciate the opportunity to be of service to You, and feel that You should be informed of the basis upon which you will be charged for our services. Accordingly for U.S. trademark applications You pay one legal fee under our “One Fee Pricing” for us to obtain your trademark registration and you’re done. Currently, this is $699. All legal fees for a comprehensive search, preparing and filing responses to the U.S. Trademark Office, trademark assignments, Statement of Use and time extension are included. The “One Fee Pricing” does not include nonrefundable government filing fees (costs) that are required when filing the application, recording assignments, filing Statement of Use, or time extensions, renewals, for example. If your trademark is not currently in use when your trademark application is filed, which is known as an “intent-to-use” application, you will have to pay the associated government fees for the Statement of Use and/or time extensions down the road to obtain the registration, but you do not have to pay any additional legal fees.

For International trademark applications, You pay one legal fee for us to prepare and file your international application and obtain your international trademark registration under the Madrid Protocol. Currently, this is $899. The “One Fee Pricing” does not include nonrefundable government filing fees and costs that are required and additional legal fees that will be incurred beyond filing the international application.

While we cannot guarantee that every trademark will be registered by the U.S. Trademark Office, what we can guarantee is that we will do everything possible to make sure your trademark is registered. However, sometimes things just don’t work out the way we planned. Accordingly, if our opinion is that your trademark is likely to be approved for registration by the U.S. Trademark Office, but the U.S. Trademark Office refuses registration on both the Principal Register and the Supplemental Register, then you will have the legal fees refunded or they can be used towards a new trademark application. Unfortunately, the government filing fees are not refundable and this does not apply to the International trademark application.

By selecting the box “I AGREE” or performing a similar electronic function, and submitting payment, You are providing your acceptance of the terms of this agreement.