Pirkey Barber PLLC

Pirkey Barber is one of the nation's largest firms focusing in trademark and copyright law. Our seasoned attorneys serve clients across various industries, offering expertise in both prosecution and litigation. We assist in establishing, safeguarding, defending, and enforcing your valuable trademark rights, including some of the world's most renowned brands. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, our team includes a number of remote attorneys and paralegals concentrated in the Seattle, San Francisco, DC, and Minneapolis areas.Experience and ExpertiseWith years of collective experience representing clients from a variety of industries, our attorneys devote their time to trademark and copyright law and are well-versed in both prosecution and adversarial matters. We help clients large and small establish, protect, defend, and enforce their rights as owners of valuable marks including some of the most well-known trademarks in the world.Experienced in all facets of trademark clearance and prosecution, we counsel clients regarding brand selection and help develop and implement global trademark strategies. Our attorneys regularly perform preliminary trademark searches; analyze full searches performed by outside vendors; represent clients before the USPTO and the TTAB through all aspects of registration, from filing applications through ex parte appeal; and manage global trademark portfolios of all sizes.We help companies minimize social media risks while maximizing brand protection by advising on responsible and lawful social media use, conducting social media risk assessment, protecting IP assets and developing policies to promote collaboration between marketing and legal departments.We counsel clients seeking to acquire, protect and enforce copyright assets, and assist in obtaining registrations, assessing fair use claims, negotiating licenses, and asserting “take down” notices or claiming “safe harbor” status under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.We have represented defendants and plaintiffs in hundreds of trademark and domain name cases in federal court, before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and under the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)’s domain name dispute policies.