Because of the large number and diversity of clients Trenner Law represents and has represented over the years, we deal with subject matter in most technology areas. Therefore it is impossible for Trenner Law to agree to represent any single client exclusively in any particular field of endeavor, even if those clients may be competitors in the marketplace.

While Trenner Law does not represent any client in which there is a direct conflict of interest, Trenner Law may represent clients in similar fields of endeavor. For example, Trenner Law may assist more than one client to file a patent application for a toy invention, as long as the claims of each invention are different. As another example, Trenner Law may assist more than one client to file a trademark application for competing businesses, as long as the marks are not confusingly similar to one another. 

You hereby expressly consent to such representation and waive any potential conflict of interest.

You understand that Mark Trenner is only licensed as an attorney by the states of Colorado and Tennessee and to practice before the United States Patent Office.

Even if you retain Trenner Law and Mark Trenner as an out-of-state resident or you move outside of the state of Colorado or Tennessee after retaining Trenner Law and Mark Trenner, you expressly agree that you are only hiring Trenner Law and Mark Trenner to perform work exclusively under the jurisdiction of the state of Colorado and/or Tennessee and under the federal laws of the United States, and to practice before the United States Patent Office on your behalf.

Nothing Mark Trenner or Trenner Law does is to be considered an offering or provision of legal services in any other jurisdiction.

Trenner Law sends you copies of all correspondence and filings. You should keep copies of all such correspondence and filings in a safe place for your records.

Trenner Law maintains your file in electronic format only. Any hard copies that you send Trenner Law will be converted to electronic format and the physical copy will be destroyed. You should not send Trenner Law anything which you want to have returned. Please do not send any originals – send copies and digital photos instead.

Trenner Law only maintains your file(s) during the pendency of any matter and for a period of one (1) year after a file is closed, or longer at Trenner Law’s discretion (the “Retention Period”). You may request a full copy of any of your file(s) during the Retention Period, subject to any fees/costs charged by Trenner Law to transfer the file(s), and subject to your accounts being in good standing.

Trenner Law reserves the right to destroy your file(s) without any further notice at any time after the Retention Period.

You have not been established as a client of Trenner Law Firm and Mark Trenner does not represent you in any matter until an Agreement has been signed with Trenner Law Firm by owner/attorney Mark Trenner. Information provided on any website or other Internet platform, by email, during a meeting, or during a phone call is considered general information only and is not legal advice. Trenner Law Firm will not take any action on your behalf until you are established as a client. DO NOT SUBMIT CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION to Trenner Law Firm until you are established as a client. Even if you do not retain Trenner Law Firm for assistance, you should seek legal counsel as soon as possible in order to avoid losing important legal rights. 

You understand that Trenner Law represents only the CLIENT identified in the Agreement. That is, if you are the CLIENT, then Trenner Law does not represent your business. If the CLIENT is your business then Trenner Law will correspond with and take direction from the primary contact identified below, but Trenner Law represents only the business as the CLIENT and not anyone associated with the business personally. In either case, Trenner Law does not represent family members, friends, associates, business partners, etc. Trenner Law does not represent anyone jointly unless Trenner Law has signed an Addendum to the Agreement specifying a joint representation arrangement.

In order to provide consistent reminder services for all of our clients, Trenner Law implements the following procedure for issuing reminders. Trenner Law dockets all due dates for matters Trenner Law is responsible for, and issues reminders of upcoming deadlines sufficiently in advance so that you can make informed decisions how to proceed. In order for this system to work, however, it is critical that you keep your contact information up to date with Trenner Law and immediately acknowledge receipt of any such reminder, along with your intention to (a) continue the matter, (b) give the matter further consideration, or (c) abandon the matter. Unfortunately, if a reminder is sent to an invalid email address, we attempt to call a number that has been disconnected, or we otherwise do not hear back from you in a timely manner, we are unable to determine whether you are still interested in pursuing the matter and whether we should continue to attempt to contact you.

In order to provide consistent reminder services for all of our clients, Trenner Law implements the following procedure for issuing reminders, which you hereby expressly consent to:

• After sending you an opinion letter regarding prior art search results for your invention or availability of your trademark for registration, Trenner Law will not issue you any reminders whether to proceed with a patent or trademark application. It is up to you to contact Trenner Law and notify us in writing within fifteen (15) days with further instructions for pursuing patent or trademark protection. If we do not hear from you within fifteen (15 days, Trenner Law will close out your file and this will conclude your representation. Trenner law will not take any further action on your behalf and you may lose important rights.
• After filing a provisional patent application for your invention, Trenner Law will attempt to issue you one (1) reminder in about six (6) to nine (9) months after the filing date, using the most recent contact information on file, and reminding you to file a regular patent application claiming priority to the provisional patent application by the expiration date. If you do not reply within thirty (30) days or the contact information you have provided to Trenner Law is no longer current, then Trenner Law will close out the file and this will conclude your representation. Trenner Law will not take any further action on your behalf and you may lose important rights to your invention, including irreversibly abandoning your application.
• After filing a regular patent application or a trademark application, Trenner Law will issue you one (1) reminder after receiving any communication from the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, using the most recent contact information on file. If you do not reply within thirty (30) days or the contact information you have provided to Trenner Law is no longer current, then Trenner Law will close out the file and this will conclude your representation. Trenner law will not take any further action on your behalf and you may lose important rights, including irreversibly abandoning your application.

If Trenner Law issues more than one (1) reminder, this does not constitute a waiver of this policy, and Trenner Law may chose not to issue any further reminders at any time after issuing the first reminder.