Your U.S. Trademark Counsel Before the USPTO

Who We Work With

We work with foreign intellectual property firms and trademark agents whose clients need U.S. protection, with in-house legal teams at companies headquartered abroad, and with foreign-domiciled brand owners who contact us directly. Whether a client is a manufacturer in Europe or a technology company in Latin America, the requirement is the same: if the owner's domicile is outside the U.S., a U.S. attorney must be on the file. Read our explainer on the U.S. counsel rule and on how domicile is determined.

Matters We Handle

• Direct U.S. applications based on use or intent to use, including adapting identifications of goods and services to U.S. practice.
• Section 44(e) and 44(d) filings based on a home registration or a priority claim. See our Section 44 guide.
• Madrid Protocol (Section 66(a)) designations: responding to USPTO provisional refusals and advising on issues specific to Madrid, such as transformation. See our Madrid article.
• Office action responses, including likelihood of confusion, descriptiveness, identification, specimen, and domicile requirements.
• Statements of use and extensions for intent-to-use applications.
• Post-registration maintenance: Section 8, Section 71, and Section 15 declarations and renewals. See our maintenance guide.
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board oppositions and cancellations, plus U.S. clearance searches and monitoring.

How We Work

• Instructions and reports in English, written to be easy to pass on to your client.
• One point of contact for each matter, with deadlines flagged clearly so you can docket them.
• Prompt reporting of USPTO actions, with a summary of the issues, our assessment, and the response options.
• Real review and signature. A U.S.-licensed attorney at our firm reviews the facts, specimens, and declarations, and signs our filings. We don't lend our name or bar credentials to filings prepared by others, and we don't sponsor USPTO.gov accounts for people we don't employ or supervise. The USPTO has warned about those practices; see our article on credential misuse.

More detail is in our guide to working with U.S. associate counsel.

What We Need From You

• The owner's exact legal name, entity type, and domicile (permanent residence or headquarters), with supporting information if requested.
• The mark as it will be used in the U.S., with translations or transliterations of any non-English wording.
• The goods and services the client actually offers or plans to offer in the U.S.
• Basis documents: specimens and dates of use, the foreign registration or application (Section 44), or the international registration details (Madrid).
• Any upcoming deadlines, including Section 44(d) priority windows.

Important Notes

Recalde Law Firm, P.A. is a Florida law firm, and its attorneys are licensed in Florida. Our trademark practice before the USPTO is federal and serves clients across the United States and abroad. We advise only on U.S. law. Questions of foreign law remain with the foreign firm. Sending an inquiry does not create an attorney-client relationship, and we accept a matter only after a conflict check and a written engagement. This page is attorney advertising and is not legal advice.

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