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At McKenna McGovern Burkhart, we know that your idea is valuable to you and we are here to help you protect it. We specialize in working with inventors and businesses seeking to protect their ideas. The first level of assistance we provide is counseling. We start by meeting with you to gather specific information about your idea, and then we advise you whether your idea meets preliminary requirements for protection. Our initial one-half hour consultation is free. We can advise you whether your idea could be protected by a patent, a trademark, or a copyright, or whether there is some other means of protecting your idea under existing laws.
In most cases, if your invention or idea appears protectable as a patent or trademark, our advice, at McKenna McGovern Burkhart, will be to perform a search to locate the closest existing patents or trademarks. This confidential search is necessary for us to properly advise you whether it makes sense to pursue a patent or trademark. Following a favorable evaluation, we can represent you in seeking the appropriate protection - just as we have for hundreds of other clients since 1976.
If you have invented or discovered any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or a new, original or ornamental design, or any new and useful improvements, a patent is the form of legal protection you are seeking. More >
Copyright Attorney Chicago - In many respects, copyrights are the most flexible form of intellectual property protection, covering works from books and music to computer programs and product labels. For that reason, copyright law is often misunderstood and misapplied, creating problems both for the owner of the copyright and the party who may have infringed on it. More >
If you have a distinctive name or slogan for your business, or a name or logo for a new product, a trademark is the form of legal protection you are seeking. More >
Our office is here to support and guide you through the steps necessary to make your idea profitable. We bring more than 25 years of experience in helping clients succeed. More >
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