The firm

Two attorneys. One name on the door, and on every filing.

We’re a father-and-son practice: a patent attorney with an engineering degree who opened the firm in 1993, and a trademark attorney who built its national filing practice. We’re small on purpose. Here, you’ll actually work with the guy you hired. Trademarks, copyrights, and letters: Nathan. Inventions: John.

Nathan J. Gugliotta

Nathan J. Gugliotta

Senior trademark and copyright attorney

Nathan runs the firm’s trademark and copyright practice: clearance, filing, office actions, renewals, and proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He is the attorney of record on 750+ trademark matters and 1,500+ filings and actions before the USPTO since 2017, and he built StrongTrademarks so that founders who can’t justify the cost of traditional counsel still get a real attorney looking at their filing.

He also counsels founders on the company around the brand: formation, contracts, and the licensing and assignment work that turns registrations into assets. He explains things simply, without the legal jargon, and answers his own email.

Education
J.D., The University of Akron School of Law, 2017 · B.A., Political Science, The University of Akron, 2014
Admissions
Supreme Court of Ohio · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Practice
Trademark matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and copyright registration before the U.S. Copyright Office, for clients nationwide
John D. Gugliotta

John D. Gugliotta

Senior patent attorney · Founder

John founded the firm in 1993 and has prosecuted patents ever since, across chemical, pharmaceutical, mechanical, medical, electronic, and business-method subject matter. He’s a registered patent attorney and a recovering chemical engineer, so the guy drafting your claims actually understands the thing he’s describing.

Beyond prosecution, he advises on infringement risk, licensing, and the transactions that move inventions from a workbench into a company.

Education
J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 1993 · B.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Admissions
Supreme Court of Ohio · U.S. Patent and Trademark Office · U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio