Cease & Desist
A streamlined cease-and-desist letter for a narrow scope (e.g., obvious copy/paste copyright infringement or single-mark unauthorized use).
Founder / Co-Founder Ownership Dispute
A focused engagement to evaluate and document IP and ownership questions in a founder/co-founder dispute.
$4,500.00
Engagement type: Flat Fee
Attorney fee: $4,500
$4,500 (flat)
USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.
Best for
A focused engagement to evaluate and document IP and ownership questions in a founder/co-founder dispute.
What’s included
- Review of founders’ agreements, employment / contractor agreements, and IP filings.
- Written memo with prioritized options and recommended documentation steps.
What’s NOT included
- Government, third-party, foreign-associate, translation, courier, and vendor fees.
- Continued prosecution, additional office actions, or post-allowance work beyond what is expressly itemized.
- Litigation, contested proceedings (IPR/PGR/PTAB, oppositions, cancellations), or appeal work.
- Work on additional applications, jurisdictions, classes, or marks not listed in the engagement letter.
- Litigation and contested mediation.
Client responsibilities
- Provide complete, accurate, and timely technical / business disclosures.
- Review and approve drafts and filings before submission.
- Pay government and third-party fees in advance of any filing deadline.
Assumptions
- Standard complexity for the service category.
- One primary applicant or business entity; one primary jurisdiction unless otherwise stated.
- One round of substantive client revisions included.
- No material adverse facts (e.g., prior public disclosure, intervening prior art) discovered after engagement.
Scope-change triggers
- Material change in scope, claims, embodiments, classes, marks, or jurisdictions.
- Adversarial action by a third party (opposition, cancellation, declaratory action).
- Expedited / emergency turnaround required to meet a statutory or self-imposed deadline.
- After-discovered prior art, prior use, or undisclosed prior filings.
Deliverables
Ownership-dispute memo.
Typical timing
- Typically 3–5 weeks.
- ## Other Dispute Engagements (Custom-Quoted)
- Pre-Litigation Response (received-letter side). Counseling and response to a received demand or marking notice. Custom-quoted because scope depends on the asserting party’s conduct.
- Pre-Litigation Enforcement (assertion side). Building and executing a pre-litigation assertion plan. Custom-quoted by program scope.
- Amazon / Platform IP Disputes. Platform-specific takedown, counter-notice, and brand-gating disputes (Amazon, Etsy, eBay, etc.). Custom-quoted by platform and volume.
- Defense / Dual-Use Pre-Litigation Compliance. Pre-litigation compliance review where dual-use or export-sensitive technology is implicated. See the RDT&E / Government / Defense section.
- Every flat or tiered fee in this catalog is built around a defined scope. This checklist summarizes the most common conditions that may cause a previously quoted fee to be revisited. Anything on this list will be discussed with the client before scope or fees change.
- ## Inputs from the Client
- Materially new or revised invention description, claims, embodiments, or products.
- Material change in the goods/services, classes, marks, or jurisdictions.
- Identification of additional inventors, applicants, owners, or accused products.
- Discovery of previously undisclosed prior art, prior public use, prior offers for sale, or prior filings.
- Material delays in providing complete information that compress an attorney work window into a rush window.
- ## Counterparty / Third-Party Actions
- Adverse third-party actions (oppositions, cancellations, declaratory actions, IPR/PGR petitions).
- Demand letters, marking notices, or platform-based IP claims that arise during the engagement.
- Counterparty insistence on extended negotiation cycles beyond the agreed scope.
- ## Government / Regulatory Inputs
- Substantial change in examiner practice, MPEP guidance, or fee schedules during the engagement.
- Audit selection, restriction practice with multiple species elections, or final actions requiring expanded response.
- Foreign-jurisdiction or international-phase work added to a previously U.S.-only engagement.
- ## Operational / Timing Inputs
- Requests for expedited or emergency turnaround to meet a deadline.
- Reopening of a previously closed engagement after a material gap (which may require re-familiarization time).
- Substantial use of foreign associates, expert witnesses, or specialty search vendors.
- When any of the above arises, the firm will (a) explain the change in scope or fee in writing, (b) describe the affected deliverables and timeline, and (c) only proceed on the revised basis after the client has confirmed in writing. Clients can always pause, rescope, or end an engagement subject to the terms of the signed engagement letter.
- THE SCITECH & IP LAW FIRM PLLC
- William J. Furlow · USPTO-Registered Patent Attorney · Austin, Texas
- info@scitechlawfirm.com · scitechlawfirm.com
- Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. This catalog is not legal advice and does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship.
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