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Our Patent Attorneys have years of experience protecting trade secrets, patent ownership issues, quality of patents, investor profits, patent applications, international patents, and administrative issues regarding taxes and routinely handle infringement actions on behalf of patent holders. Additionally we negotiate and structure a variety of applications and licensing of intellectual property.

Whether you have spent months engineering a product or were suddenly inspired with a great idea, the first step to realizing the potential of your invention is to protect it and a good patent lawyer can do just that. The patent attorneys at Fomby & Zarghouni LLC provide legal assistance to inventors at all stages of the patent process.

Patent Prosecution

Patent prosecution is the interaction between applicants (and their representatives) and a patent office with regard to a patent or application for a patent. Patent prosecution can be further divided as follows:

Pre-Grant Prosecution – Negotiation with a patent office for the grant of a patent
Post-Grant Prosecution – Involves issues such as post-grant amendment(s) and opposition.
At Fomby & Zarghouni, we prosecute both foreign and domestics drafts and patent applications.
Patent Enforcement

Patents and other Intellectual Property rights are a key to the success of a business. However, they are meaningless without the ability to successfully enforce them in court. Enforcing intellectual property rights against infringement requires quick and decisive action to secure injunctive relief, exclusion order(s), and recover monetary damages. We understand the most important thing to individuals and corporations is the protection of their original works. We are dedicated to ensuring that your original ideas and concepts are protected.

Trademark Services

Perform trademark searches
Prepare trademark applications
Prosecute applications to registration
Draft trademark licenses
Advise on trademark infringement
Trademark litigation

Advanced Technical Expertise

Our technical expertise spans multiple disciplines including engineering, physics, biology, materials science and  computer science gives us and advantage of general practice firms. If you don’t understand the technical aspects of a patent, how can you successfully defend it?


At Fomby & Zarghouni LLC we understand that, quite often, the most valuable asset a company possesses is its reputation. Securing federal trademark registration for names, logos, and other matter that can be trademarked, is an important first step in profiting from the reputation that you build for your goods and services. In addition, through our network of foreign associates, Fomby & Zarghouni LLC is also able to offer the filing of foreign trademark applications in virtually every industrialized country in the world.

Our Trademark lawyers handle all aspects of U.S. trademark law including:

Trademark Litigation

The intellectual property litigation group at Fomby & Zarghouni LLC has substantial experience in all phases of dispute resolution regarding claims of trademark infringement – from the preparation of cease and desist letters and responses thereto to litigation in federal district court. This includes the process of seeking, or defending against, requests for temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions. We are well equipped to litigate trademark issues whether it be in courts throughout the U.S. or before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.