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| EGBERT LAW OFFICES PLLC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEYS |
| Who We Are... We are a full-service intellectual property law firm, offering our clients a range of domestic and international legal and agency services in areas including patents, trademarks, copyright, industrial designs, trade secrets, and protection and licensing of proprietary or confidential information at reasonable costs to the Client. Egbert Law Offices specializes in the representation of domestic and foreign clients in patent and trademark matters before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. For more information please call: 713-224-8080 |
| Firm News... Egbert Law Offices is proud to announce the addition of a new associate to the firm. Kevin W. McDaniel is a recent graduate of the University of Houston Law Center and will focus primarily on copyright, patent prosecution and litigation related matters. Egbert Law Offices principal John Egbert is featured in an article in the Houston Business Journal. The article "Face to face with..." appears in the September 12, 2008 print edition, and covers various intellectual property issues regarding patent and trademark infringement. Egbert Law Offices is pleased to announce that it has been named one of the top trademark law firms in the U.S. for the fifth consecutive year by Intellectual Property Today™ magazine. The ranking appears in the magazine's May 2008 edition. Intellectual Property Today™ is a nationally respected trade publication that features content relevant to patents, trademarks, copyright, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. More News... |
| Recent ELO Trademark Filings... Search recent Egbert Law Offices Trademark Filings at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office HERE. (Go to SEARCH TRADEMARKS, then go to STRUCTURED FORM SEARCH, then in the first SEARCH TERM blank type in quotes "John S Egbert", and in the second FIELD blank select ATTORNEY OF RECORD, then press SUBMIT QUERY. |
| Recent ELO Patent Filings... Search recent Egbert Law Offices Patent Filings at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office HERE. (Enter EGBERT in the Term 1 blank, and in the Field 1 Blank select ALL FIELDS. |
| Recent Patent and Trademark News... -Monster Mini Golf Using eBay To Finance Monster Cable's Lawsuit Monster Cable has recently sued Monster MiniGolf for trademark infringement. Monster MiniGolf is a Rhode Island-based family business owned by Patrick and Christina Vitagliano which consists of monster- themed minigolf franchises in 23 locations. Monster MiniGolf is asking for $1 donations on eBay to help offset its mounting legal costs, which so far are $100,000 and they predict will reach $250,000. Monster Cable of California has notoriously taken on many companies who have used “monster” in their names or products. The company even challenged the "green monster" seats at Boston's Fenway Park in what critics have called a strong-arm approach to trademark enforcement. (12/2008) -Megaband Coldplay is Sued For Copyright Infringement Coldplay is being sued for copyright infringement by Joe Satriani, an American guitarist who claims one of their songs incorporates “substantial original portions” of a track he released four years ago. The song in question is "Viva La Vida", the title track from Coldplay's latest album of the same name, and is credited to the band's four members. "If I Could Fly" is featured on Satriani's 2004 album "Is There Love In Space?". (12/2008) -New Companies Rush in to Trade on Hot Obama Brand (Honolulu) While many local tour companies now are offering visits to the old stomping grounds of President-elect Barack Obama, at least a dozen companies are using the Oahu-born politician’s name in their trademark or trade name.Business name registrations with the Hawaii state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs include Obama Tours, Obama Tours Hawaiian Style, Obama Ohana Tour, Hawaii Obama Tours, Obama Land Hawaiian Tours, Obama’s Footsteps Hawaiian Tours, Obama’s Roots Hawaiian Tours, Obama Ohana (for apparel), Obama Is Ohana (novelties, clothing, caps), and Obama Land Hawaii (purpose: “marketing in all media now and in the future of Barack Obama products and services”). There are no listings, so far, at the DCCA for businesses containing the words “Barack” or “Hussein"...although there are 40 containing the name “Barry,” all ostensibly unrelated to Obama, who was called Barry during his days at Punahou School. (Pacific Business News (Honolulu), 12/5/2008) |
| EGBERT LAW OFFICES, PLLC Patent, Trademark & Copyright Attorneys Patent,Trademark & Copyright Attorneys State National Building Located in Houston, Texas Since 1989 412 Main Street, 7th Floor Houston, Texas 77002 Voice: 713-224-8080 Fax: 713-223-4873 Email: mail@egbertlawoffices.com |
| We Serve the Following Locations in Texas... Houston, Katy, Sugar Land, Stafford, Missouri City, The Woodlands, Spring, Conroe, Tomball, Huntsville, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Denton, Plano, Longview, Texarkana, Marshall, Kingwood, Humble, Clear Lake, Baytown, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Pasadena, Texas City, Angleton, Freeport, Galveston, Jersey Village, Hempstead, Navasota, Bryan, College Station, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Round Rock, Austin, Waco, Tyler, Victoria, Amarillo, El Paso, Midland and Odessa. Locations of Our International Clients Include... Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. |
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