Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets
FOR STARTUPS AND EARLY STAGE BUSINESSES
Transform your best ideas into Assets
Can You Own Your Best Ideas?
Let’s get started with a professional search.
Operate with Peace of Mind
Can you sell your creations without being sued?
You need a professional evaluation.
As an entrepreneur and patent holder myself, I built my practice around your needs. I know what it’s like to have your best ideas stolen, and what it takes to make sure you’re a ‘tough target.’ If you’re a creative, hard-working and ethical entrepreneur, it’s my honor to serve you.
— Steven Thrasher
How to Select and Hire aN Intellectual property lawyer
You deserve the best intellectual property representation for your needs, and I may not be it. Let’s take a look at what makes a solid client-attorney match.
(1) Does the attorney know your industry and technology?
(2) Does the attorney’s ‘Experience Stack’ match your needs?
(3) Can you be serviced as fast as you need help?
(4) Can you afford the attorney?
(5) Are you transaction or relationship focussed?
3-Step approach to begin your Patent, Trademark, and Copyright plan
It’s said of love that “only fools rush in.” Well, the same can be said for entrepreneurs when it comes time to protecting their intellectual property.
Too often, pressed for time and with tight budgets, they reach for LegalQuickie do-it-yourself (DIY) solutions, only to later learn that DIY means “doing it alone.”
Instead, your business deserves a thoughtful approach, one that takes the competition (known and unknown) into account, as well as your future goals. Some say “content is king” but the reality is that it’s context that’s the kingdom. Let’s explore what you have, strategize about where you are going, and only then put your plan into action.
This is how the big-guys do it (I know because I cut my teeth protecting IP for Fortune 500 companies).
Your business deserves just as much care as the big guys, and needs it even more than they do.
EXPLORE
1
Let’s Look At What You Have
Call or email me to schedule an appointment. If you have an emergency, you’ll be moved to the front of the line.
STRATEGIZE
2
Let’s Develop a Plan
On a detailed followup call or video conference, you’ll share your business and invention goals. You’ll leave with clarity and a plan for protecting your ideas and turning them into assets.
ACTIVATE
3
Your Plan
Goes Into Action!
After our followup meeting, you’ll receive a detailed plan. You’ll know what to do, how long it will take, and how much it will cost so you can move forward with confidence.a
A love of technology law
Imagine spending your summer vacations as a kid reading even the back-issues of Popular Science and Popular Mechanics while waiting on your model rockets and remote-control airplanes to dry (or for your compiler to run).
If that’s kind of hard, don’t worry — you’re normal. But that kid was actually me, and I’m still fascinated by science, technology and the businesses that bring innovations to all of us.
Sure, back in my youth I was teased by some, but my passion for technology never wained.
Today, my drive to defend innovative businesses and their creations means knowing the law. To this end, in addition to “doing” law every day, my time is spent regularly attending and speaking at industrial conferences and legal trainings.
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TESTIMONIALS
Understands Inventors
When I met Steve, I didn’t even know where to begin. Steve is able to make impossibly complex business issues understandable.
– Logan Smith Riise
Trademark Defense
Steve coordinated a successful defense when a major competitor tried to kill us in the cradle with their Trademark.
– Charles Gillis
Inventions and Business
Really, really good at patents! Beyond patents, Steve understands the business world.
– Lisa Lloyd
Entrepreneurship
Steve has impeccable skills and a love of innovation and entrepreneurship.
– Brad Taylor
are You an Inventor, Entrepreneur, or Innovator?
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NIKOLA TESLA
Inventions don’t just randomly get patented or invited to Shark Tank. That’s why Inventors like you need a plan and an experienced guide…
HENRY FORD
Ready for this? I actually want you to do business – and lots of it. I want you to close deals – and lots of them. Innovative businesses…
THOMAS EDISON
You blend inventive creativity with startup energy. You are the visionary who sees a problem and intuitively knows a solution . .
Congratulations!
There’s never been a better
time to be an entrepreneur!
Today’s entrepreneurs can do more, faster than ever.
Let’s do a quick comparison:
In 2004 a little business called Digg created software that enabled users to like webpages or articles. It took Digg six rounds of funding and $49 Million to create its product and grow. Today, you know them as Facebook’s “like” functions.
Today, Digg’s same functionality (heck, much better functionality) can be created over a long weekend. In fact, most of that time would be devoted to Design. If you have any doubt, just join in on the next Startup Weekend in the area!
Location Advantages: Economic Growth
Dallas, Texas’ “bedroom communities” at one time truly were . . . however that may have been the case decades ago, today the entire DFW Metroplex is where the USA goes to do business: from the “5 Billion Dollar Mile” (now, actually having $10 Billion under Development) in Frisco that include the new Dallas Cowboys headquarters, to T-Mobile, Oracle, Conifer Health, Code Authority, Gearbox, Randstad Technologies, Kenexa, Fiserv, to HCL Communications and Level 3 Technologies (to name a few), to Irving’s famous names such as Exxon-Mobile, Lockheed, AT&T, and Flour, to Richardson’s Texas Instruments, and Fossil, to Plano’s JC Penny, Dr Pepper – Schweppes, and a host of other household names, today Dallas – Fort Worth and its notable suburbs are all business destinations (that are also a great places to raise a family).
Speaking of DFW . . . unless you’ve been stranded on a remote island, you’ve probably aware that DFW (Dallas Fort-Worth) is one of the fastest growing area of the United States both in terms of population, as well as economically. Indeed, it’s suburbs, including Frisco and McKinney, are consistently ranked in the three fastest-growing cities in the USA, and have been for nearly a decade.
DFW’s University Community
The Southern Methodist University, is anchored in Dallas, and it’s (SMU) Guildhall located in Frisco offers an array of programs for software video game entrepreneurs ranging from weekend classes, to advanced-degreed programs in game design and development. Collin College’s has a Campus in every suburb, and an expansion campus of the University of Dallas (UD). The Guildhall’s annual pitch and presentation event is a must-see! The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), located in Richardson, offers an array of programs for entrepreneurs ranging from weekend classes, to degreed programs in entrepreneurship. UTD is also home to an tech-incubator, and frequently hosts special events for inventors and entrepreneurs, such as Startup Weekend, as well as presentations by Dallas Maverick’s owner and Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban.
Area Inventor and Entrepreneur Resources:
In and adjacent to Dallas inventors and entrepreneurs find that resources abound. Tech Wildcatters, the Dallas Entrepreneur Center, Genius Den, and DFW Excellerator are popular ‘heart-of-Dallas’ startup institutions, while in Frisco The North Texas Enterprise Center has become a regional hub for innovative startups, and at Legacy Park you will find WeWork’s newest facility. Financial resources also abound, such as the North Texas Angel Network. Oh, and check out LaunchDFW.com!
Whether your dream is just beginning, or your growing as fast as your resources will allow, DFW provides access to the funding you need to grow. From angel networks, to growth capital resources, to venture capital and the public markets, Dallas has the financial resources and professional talent to close your deal.
DFW’s University Community
The Southern Methodist University, is anchored in Dallas, and it’s (SMU) Guildhall located in Frisco offers an array of programs for software video game entrepreneurs ranging from weekend classes, to advanced-degreed programs in game design and development. Collin College’s has a Campus in every suburb, and an expansion campus of the University of Dallas (UD). The Guildhall’s annual pitch and presentation event is a must-see! The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), located in Richardson, offers an array of programs for entrepreneurs ranging from weekend classes, to degreed programs in entrepreneurship. UTD is also home to an tech-incubator, and frequently hosts special events for inventors and entrepreneurs, such as Startup Weekend, as well as presentations by Dallas Maverick’s owner and Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban.
Finding a Patent Lawyer and Trademark Lawyer in Texas
You’re probably here seeking a patent attorney or trademark attorney … well, nice to meet you! I’m Steven Thrasher and I’ve been a practicing patent attorney and trademark attorney in DFW since 2002. And, in that time, I’ve helped hundreds of entrepreneurs transform their ideas into assets that generate startup funding, gain influence and attention, and earn revenue while escaping the competitive pressures of commodity businesses. Some of our clients have been on television shows like Ellen, Steve Harvey, C NN, Fox News, Fox Business, Shark Tank, and dozens of other programs. We would love to add you to our tribe of happy clients.
In additional to patent applications (including provisional patent applications) and trademark applications, I solve problems related to copyrights and copyright law, web-domain registrations, and intellectual property portfolio development. Also, I coach startups about their basic startup needs as well, including incorporations (including LLCs), and where to go to get reputable and reliable website development, design work, branding, copywriting, financing, and insurance.
In service to the community, my firm Thrasher Associates has been active in the North Texas Technology Business Counsel, Tech Wildcatters, and regularly networks with the North Texas Angle Network and Baylor Angel Network (among other angel investor organizations).
I’m honored that you are considering doing business with my practice. Please take advantage of our free resources, and if you have an idea worth protecting, it’s worth your time to pick up the phone can giving me a call.