
Experienced professionals with a wide breadth of expertise
Decades of experience in all aspects of intellectual property matters, from prosecution, licensing, appeals, and asset protection.

EXPERIENCED
Decades of experience in all aspects of intellectual property matters, from prosecution, licensing, appeals, and asset protection

GLOBAL
Working with international businesses in rapidly advancing industries to file and manage intellectual property across the world.

PROFESSIONAL
Professional service tailored to accommodate and help busy corporations manage and protect intellectual property assets.
OUR FIRM

“Intellectual Property merges law, science, creativity, property, and working with people.”
The Oathout Law Firm was founded in 1993 by Mark A. Oathout and concentrates in intellectual property law. The firm has extensive experience in a broad range of intellectual property legal matters including: patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, expert witnessing and intellectual property protection. The firm serves both domestic and international clients and commits to remaining up-to-date on new developments and regulations at home and abroad.
Based in the incredibly diverse metropolitan city of Houston, Texas, we are confident in our twenty plus years of technical and legal experience in meeting your intellectual property needs.
PRACTICE AREAS


Practice consists exclusively of a full spectrum of Intellectual Property law focusing primarily on but not limited to:
- Patent and trademark application and related work
- Rendering legal opinions
- PCT / Madrid Protocol / International practice
- Practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and Board of Patent Appeals
- Licensing
- Management of intellectual property assets
- Litigation support
- Protection of proprietary trade secret and/or confidential information
- Protection of trade dress (protecting the total look of a product and its packaging, or the look of an establishment)
- Copyright registration and related work