Verna Law, P.C. is a law firm located in Rye, NY with a unique focus on Intellectual Property: Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Advertising, and Media Law.
Our Team has combined over 60 years of Experience
Your Business Is Our Priority
Trademark Law is all about protecting the brands that any business creates. These brands can be the business name, a product name, product lines, advertising slogans, taglines, colors, packaging, and even sounds.
Verna Law, P.C. has its main office in Rye, Westchester County, New York, in the shadow of New York City, the Hudson Valley, and the Stamford technology corridor.
Our office is a 10-minute walk from the Rye Train Station. The Rye train station provides commuter rail service to Grand Central Terminal in New York City or Stamford and New Haven-Union Station via the Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven Line.
Let the team at Verna Law help you protect your trademarks from applications to licenses to litigation. Speak to the trademark attorneys of Verna Law for your intellectual property and get the right legal representation to protect your branding. Our clients’ legal issues are varied through the intellectual property arena.
Trademark Law in Rye, NY
Trademark Applications
We offer cost-effective trademark applications. After doing a comprehensive trademark search, the team at Verna Law, P.C. can make your trademark application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office until it registers. A trademark owner can save time, expense, and effort by adopting an inherently distinctive mark and ensuring it is registered on the Principal Register with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Trademark registration is essential for acquiring strong legal rights, being able to efficiently enforce one’s trademark rights, and deterring others from infringing on your legal rights. If a trademark owner decides not to register its mark, and wants to enforce its rights, this becomes challenging. This challenge will also be encountered if a trademark is only registered on the Supplemental Register of the Trademark Office and not the Principal Register. The reasons why a trademark owner can benefit from registration are due to the presumptions that attach under the Lanham Act. Verna Law, P.C. also has experience at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board should the need to oppose or cancel any other trademarks. Learn More
Trademark Litigation
Our team has over 60 years of combined experience in litigation. Anthony Verna, Managing Partner of Verna Law, P.C., is admitted to the Southern District of New York (Federal Courthouse in White Plains) and Eastern District of New York (Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn), to represent you in federal trademark matters. Verna Law has a practice in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board for trademark oppositions and cancellations. Should there be a likelihood of confusion with another trademark, Verna Law, P.C. can handle being a plaintiff or a defendant in any trademark law matter in all federal courts in New York. Our cases have ranged helping business owners protect their own intellectual property rights to defending business owners from overly aggressive plaintiffs. A company’s trademarks are its brand identity and should others be using that identity, a valuable asset can be harmed. We also litigate trademark oppositions and cancellations at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board against parties with a similar trademark from another trademark owner. Trademark infringement can be complex litigation. Learn More
Trademark FAQ
Do you have questions about trademarks? What is a common law trademark? What extra rights does a registered trademark have? What is a service mark registration? What are the legal requirements to register a trademark? How do you respond to an Office Action? What are descriptive marks? What does it mean to have a distinct mark? What does it mean to have a fanciful trademark? How does interstate commerce affect trademark? When is a trademark renewal required? How does trademark law help domain name disputes? What are service marks? Do we file a lawsuit in New York State Courts or in United States Federal District courts? Learn More
Our Team
If you’re seeking expert legal guidance for your trademark-related concerns, look no further than the New York trademark lawyers of Verna Law, P.C. We are dedicated to providing exceptional service and protecting your intellectual property rights. Our intellectual property team has a successful history of strong client relationships and offers the full range of legal services in intellectual property. Reach out to our team today to schedule a consultation and take the first step towards safeguarding your trademarks. Verna Law, P.C. is a highly regarded boutique law firm standing the scrutiny of peer review. Contact our trademark law firm in Rye, New York.
Anthony M. Verna III
Managing Partner
Anthony is the IP attorney who founded Verna Law; a member of both the New York and New Jersey Bars, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He is a sought-after business speaker and has built Verna Law, P.C. to have a strong focus on Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Domain Names, Entertainment, and Advertising law, providing Intellectual Property services for modern businesses who want to promote and protect themselves and stand out in this market. Anthony is a New York Super Lawyer. Anthony is an intellectual property attorney who has worked on patent protection, trademark applications, design patents, trade secrets, unfair competition, patent law litigation, trademark law litigation, and copyright law litigation. Anthony has over 20 years of experience and has worked on various types of intellectual property matters, from trademarks to patents to copyrights at the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. Anthony’s Juris Doctor is from Rutgers School of Law and his technical degree is a BA in Computer Science. Outside of law, Anthony likes drinking a Montepulciano d’Abruzzo (his family is from the region), his first concert was Tori Amos, and he plays tuba and guitar. Learn more about Anthony here.
Wil Jacques
Patent Agent
With over 25 years of extensive experience in engineering, manufacturing, sales, strategic marketing, and technology licensing for government, industrial, and private sector organizations and clients, Wil is a patent valuation and licensing expert. He is registered at the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent agent and works on a variety of patent applications throughout the patent process including office actions. Wil is the lead in protecting patent rights and a strategic advisor at Verna Law, P.C., including drafting a provisional patent applications for product development, utility patents, patent claims, and patent application preparation. His substantial expertise is on assisting early-stage companies in attracting capital investments and out-licensing opportunities with larger, more established market players including government, venture capital firms, and medium to large-size corporations. Wil is an avid golfer. Learn more about Wil here.
Judy Endejan
Litigation Consultant
Judy focuses on telecommunications, media, and intellectual property issues. With a unique blend of private practice and in-house experience, Judy’s presence creates a strong protection and key guidance in litigation issues. Judy spent ten years with GTE Corporation (now Verizon), acquiring substantial experience in public utility regulation and administrative law. She has also served as General Counsel for Fisher Communications, Inc., a major Northwest broadcast corporation. Judy is licensed in Washington and California and has over 40 years of legal experience. Judy has represented clients in entertainment industries for trademark infringement, copyright registration, and copyright infringement matters with knowledge of the intricacies of business matters. Outside of law, Judy likes a good champagne, her first concert was The Beatles, she has two corgis named Sadie and Cosmo, and her first job after college was as a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal. Learn more about Judy here.
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