When Is a Trademark Renewal Due?
The key U.S. federal maintenance windows at years 5–6, 9–10, and every 10 years after that.
Read guide →Trademark owners & applicants
U.S. Trademark Guides
General information about searching, registration maintenance, monitoring and post-registration responsibilities, with links to the underlying USPTO guidance.
Section 8 vs. Section 9
What each filing does, when they are commonly filed together, and why use evidence matters.
Read guide →What Is Trademark Monitoring?
How ongoing watch activity differs from simply checking the status of your own registration.
Read guide →Trademark Monitoring vs. Trademark Search
Why a one-time search and an ongoing monitoring program answer different questions.
Read guide →What Happens After Trademark Registration?
Use, status checks, monitoring, correspondence information and required maintenance filings.
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For attorneys & professional practices
Understanding Legal Opportunity Intelligence
LOI starts with one question: What does a valuable prospect look like to your practice?
Legal Opportunity Intelligence turns your answer into a recurring research specification. You define the kind of work you want to grow, the relationships you want to create, the organizations you want to reach, the geography that matters and the qualification preferences that make a prospect worth reviewing.
TM-REGISTER reviews that specification before activation, researches prospects against the approved criteria and delivers the resulting opportunity intelligence through your secure account. It is not a generic purchased list and it is not limited to a single pre-built audience.
What can you select?
The campaign setup is deliberately detailed because different practices value different kinds of opportunities.
01
Practice objective
Describe the legal, ADR or professional work you want the campaign to support.
Example Commercial disputes involving contractors, property managers and community associations.
02
Desired relationship
Select one or more ways a prospect could be valuable to the practice.
Direct clientReferral sourceMediator / arbitrator appointmentProfessional relationship / network
03
Audience
Choose a structured audience or define another specific local business or organization type.
Contractors & service businessesHomeowner / condo associationsProperty / community managementOther local audience
04
Geography
Define the market in plain language and, for local discovery, the state and county boundaries that matter.
Target geographyTarrant County / greater Fort Worth, Texas
StateTX
CountiesTarrant, Parker, Denton
Example: contractor & service-business campaign
This mirrors the type of selections visible in the LOI setup preview. It is illustrative — the campaign can be configured differently for another practice or audience.
Prospect categories and priorities
RoofingGeneral contractors / remodelingFoundation repairDrainage / waterproofingWater / fire restorationPlumbingHVACElectricalSolarConcrete / masonryFlooringLandscaping / hardscapeMold remediation
Not a fixed list. Other categories or organization types can be entered when the standard choices do not describe the market you want.
Qualification preferences
Preferred organization sizeNo preference, small business, established local, regional / multi-location, or larger organizations
Project / matter valueOptional preference
Market / property preferenceOptional preference
Named decision-makerHelpful, high priority, required where possible, or low importance
Direct emailHelpful, high priority, prefer records with email, or low importance
Tell us what an ideal prospect looks like
LOI is not limited to checkboxes. The setup includes free-form instructions for organizations to exclude, existing clients or relationships to avoid, the characteristics of an ideal prospect and anything else that should influence the research.
Illustrative ideal-prospect description “Regional property-management companies managing multiple condominium or homeowners associations in North Texas. Prefer organizations that regularly engage outside counsel for disputes, construction matters or contract issues. Exclude current clients and companies already represented by our firm.”
From your answers to a working campaign
LOI is
A recurring, researched prospect-intelligence service built around your practice's business-development objectives.
LOI is not
A guarantee that a prospect will hire your firm, a generic purchased email list, or compensation for a legal referral.
See exactly how an LOI campaign is configured.
The preview uses sample customer information, requires no PayPal subscription and cannot be submitted.
About these resources: TM-REGISTER is an independent private service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO. Trademark resource pages are educational and are not legal advice. LOI guidance explains service configuration and does not promise client acquisition or a particular business-development result.