Thomas James
Thomas James at the Law Office of Tom James - copyright, trademark and appeals
Thomas B James (Thomas James) is a private practice attorney with over 25 years experience at the Law Office of Tom James in Cokato, Minnesota. He focuses on business law, nonprofits, trademark registration and enforcement, copyright registration and enforcement, intellectual property licensing, and appeals. Thomas James is licensed to practice in Minnesota state and federal courts, the 8th and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal; and the United States Supreme Court. He is also admitted to practice in the Trademark Trials and Appeals Board (TTAB);
In addition to practicing law, Tom James is the author of "E-Commerce Law: The Handbook for Online Business," "Website Law" and "The History of Custody Law." Has also published numerous articles in law reviews and other business and legal publications.
When he is not practicing law or writing, attorney Tom James teaches continuing legal education courses on copyright law, elimination of bias, and other topics to attorneys.
- Southwestern Law School
- J.D. | Law
- Honors: Honor student; Top student award in Constitutional Law
- Activities: Judicial internship
-
- University of California - Berkeley
- B.A. | Philosophy
- Honors: Magna cum laude
-
- CLE Instructor
- Echion
- - Current
- Attorney
- Law Office of Thomas James
- - Current
- Overruling Rostker v. Goldberg: Toward an Equal Obligation to Register for Selective Service
- Nebraska Law Review
- Assisted Reproduction: Reforming State Statutes After Obergefell v. Hodges and Pavan v. Smith
- University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender & Class
- Protecting Copyrights in Professional and Academic Writing
- Sales and Use Tax Nexus: The Way Forward for Legislation
- Mitchell-Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy & Practice
- Registering Copyrights in Music and Music Albums for Non-IP Attorneys, CLE Webinar, online
- Echion Education
- Child Sex Abuse Claims: Statutes of Limitations and Revival Laws, CLE Webinar, online
- Echion Education
- Elimination of Bias: Helping Male Survivors of Childhood Sex Crimes, CLE webinar, online
- Echion
- The Gender Paradigm in Family Court, CLE webinar, online
- Echion
- Legal Impediments to Fathering in Minnesota, Minnesota Fathers and Families Network Annual Conference, St. Cloud, Minnesota
- Minnesota Fathers and Families Network
- Mediator
- Dispute Resolution Institute
- Legal Scholarship Award
- American Jurisprudence
- Certificate of Commendation for Contribution to the Administration of Justice
- Minnesota Governor
- Judges Award for Outstanding Service
- Hennepin County District Court
- Top Student Award for Constitutional Law
- Southwestern University School of Law
- Minnesota State Bar
- Member
- Current
-
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
-
- LegalCORPS
- Volunteer attorney
- Current
-
- SCORE
- Volunteer instructor
- Current
-
- Copyright Society
- Member
- Current
-
- Nonfiction Authors Association
- Member
- Current
-
- National Parents Organization
- Advisory Board Member
- - Current
-
- Minnesota
-
- 8th Circuit
-
- Federal Circuit
-
- U.S. Supreme Court
-
- Credit Cards Accepted
-
Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Offers flat fee options for registrations of copyrights and trademarks
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Trademark Registration
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Formation
- Nonprofit organization -formation and tax-exemption application
- Copyright
- English: Spoken, Written
- Q. I want to start an animal rescue. How do I trademark the name or copyright it so no one else can use it?
- A: A trademark is what you are looking for. In the United States, they are established through use in commerce ("common law trademark.") To protect your rights in it, though, you should register it. Trademarks can be registered with a state or a federal government office. Federal registration is strong recommended, for several reasons, the primary one being that otherwise you only get protection within the geographic area of trade in which you have operated and become known. Federal registration protects your exclusive right to use it throughout the country. Federal registration is through the USPTO. You should do a trademark search first before applying. I also strongly recommend retaining a trademark attorney to help you.
- Q. My brand has two name and a couple of images that represent the brand . How do I file a series
- A: The U.K. and some other countries allow a single registration for a series of trademarks. In the U.S., distinctively different words or images are registered individually.
- Q. Is the name "New York Stock Exchange" copyrighted?
- A: Names do not get copyright protection. With names, the bigger concerns are trademark and unfair competition laws.