ORTMAN LAW FIRM, PLLC Trademark & Service Mark Attorney

Trademark & Service Mark Attorney · Nationwide

Protect Your Brand.

Ortman Law Firm represents businesses through every stage of trademark protection — from pre-launch clearance through federal registration before the USPTO, Texas state filings with the Texas Secretary of State, opposition and cancellation practice before the TTAB, and post-registration enforcement. One lawyer. One docket. No handoffs.

Ortman Law Firm represents businesses through every stage of trademark protection — from pre-launch clearance through federal registration before the USPTO, Texas state filings with the Texas Secretary of State, opposition and cancellation practice before the TTAB, and post-registration enforcement. One lawyer. One docket. No handoffs.

SaaS & Software Consumer Brands Food & Beverage Health & Wellness Fintech Hospitality Media & Creator Hardware & IoT

End-to-End Protection

From clearance to enforcement.

Most trademark practices hand you off three times before your certificate prints. Ortman doesn't. As a solo practice by design, the lawyer who clears your name is the same one who files the application, responds to the office action, and — if it comes to it — takes your opposition to the TTAB. Same lawyer. Same docket. Same accountability.

  • Comprehensive clearance & conflict analysis
  • Federal applications and prosecution before the USPTO
  • Including Texas state trademark applications and renewals
  • Office action responses & refusal strategy
  • Opposition and cancellation before the TTAB
  • Post-registration maintenance & watch services
  • Cease-and-desist, demand letters, and licensing
01
ClearanceKnockout search · risk memo
Pre-filing
02
Filing1(a) or 1(b) application strategy
USPTO
03
ProsecutionOffice actions & appeals
USPTO
04
RegistrationPublication, certificate, recordal
Registered
05
MaintenanceSection 8/15 · watch services
Ongoing
06
EnforcementTTAB · demand letters · licensing
Live

A look at the marketplace

The federal trademark system in numbers.

Three figures from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademarks Performance Dashboard. They describe the federal trademark system as it currently operates — the marketplace any new application enters, and the substantive landscape against which a mark must be analyzed and prosecuted.

The firm operates within this system. The numbers below are not firm performance claims; they describe the territory.

USPTO Trademarks Dashboard · Q2 2026
Average total pendency
About 10 months
From application to registration, federal trademark applications
Annual application volume
Roughly 860,000
Federal trademark applications filed each fiscal year
Intent-to-use filings
46%
Of federal applications are filed before commercial use begins
Source
USPTO Trademarks Performance Dashboard, Q2 2026. Updated quarterly.

Context

What to expect.

About 4.5mo
USPTO first-action pendency — the time from filing to first substantive examiner review.
3.6M
Active federal trademark registrations on the USPTO register. Every new mark must be analyzed against this accumulated landscape.
$0
Initial strategy call — with a clearance read on your proposed mark.

Sources: USPTO Trademarks Performance Dashboard, Q2 2026.

Talk to us about a mark
not a billable hour.

Tell us about a name, logo, or slogan you're planning to launch. We'll run a clearance read and share it on the call. No retainer, no engagement letter, no pressure.

Schedule a free strategy call