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Our tailored services, including trademark prosecution, IP licensing, and trade secret protection, ensure that your innovations are shielded from potential threats.  [Secure Your IP Today](https://spzlegal.com/business-law-services/ip-protection#form) ![Startup IP law SPZ Legal](https://spzlegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Startup%20IP%20Protection%20SPZ%20Legal.jpg?width=868&height=708&name=Startup%20IP%20Protection%20SPZ%20Legal.jpg) ## Personalized IP Solutions at Your Fingertips Our intellectual property experience encompasses trademark applications, trademark opinion letters, copyright protection, and strategic advice on IP licensing. Although we do not offer patent prosecution services, we have fantastic boutique firms in our network to assist with your patent needs. Whether you're a startup or an established venture, we offer a spectrum of support to meet your specific goals. Our IP services cover the following: - Trademark prosecution: clearance searches, trademark applications, opinion letters, responses to office actions, and advice on trademark strategy - IP licensing agreements - IP assignment agreements - Copyright protection - Protection of trade secrets - NDAs - Personnel confidentiality and IP assignment agreements [Start Your Trademark Process](https://spzlegal.com/business-law-services/ip-protection#form) [Protect Your Intellectual Property](https://spzlegal.com/business-law-services/ip-protection#form) ## Representative Matters We frequently manage routine trademark applications for our clients to protect their names, logo, slogan, product names, and other brand identifiers. And we always ensure our venture scale clients have industry standard IP assignment agreements with all employees and pertinent contractors and advisors. But beyond the routine work, we also manage many other aspects of our clients’ IP strategy. Here are some examples: - Represented an adtech startup to **manage a robust trademark portfolio** for many of the company’s products and brand assets.  - Represented an edtech startup to exclusively **license important foundational technology** to launch the company. - Represented a cleantech startup in the **negotiation of an agreement for the mutual licensing of asset**s with a large development partner, as well as **negotiating IP terms for jointly developed IP**. - Represented a tech developer collaboration startup in **developing agreements between a US parent company and a UK subsidiary** for the treatment of IP among related entities in compliance with international tax laws. ## IP Protection Resources ### [![](https://spzlegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/31.png?width=800&height=273&name=31.png) The Legal Benefits of Registering Your Trademark | SPZ Legal](https://spzlegal.com/blog/intellectual-property/benefits-trademark-registration) ### [![](https://spzlegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/22-1.png?width=800&height=273&name=22-1.png) Our Trademark Clearance Search Process Explained | SPZ Legal](https://spzlegal.com/blog/intellectual-property/trademark-search) ### [![](https://spzlegal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/32.png?width=800&height=273&name=32.png) SPZ Startup Center: IP Protection](https://spzlegal.com/startup-center/ip-protection) ## Consult with Our IP Protection Attorneys Locations **San Francisco Bay Area, California** **Milwaukee, Wisconsin** **Los Angeles, California** **Denver, Colorado** **Miami, Florida** **Austin, Texas** Contact Us [Email](https://spzlegal.com/contact) Follow Us - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spz-legal) Startup Topics - [Formation](https://spzlegal.com/blog/tag/incorporation) - [Funding](https://spzlegal.com/blog/tag/funding) - [Employment](https://spzlegal.com/blog/tag/employment) - [Intellectual Property](https://spzlegal.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Data Privacy](https://spzlegal.com/blog/tag/data-privacy) - [Commercial Agreements](https://spzlegal.com/blog/tag/contracts) - [M&A Law](https://spzlegal.com/blog/tag/ma) © 2026 [SPZ Legal, P.C. 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