Tania Maria Williams
Helping You Protect Your Most Valuable Asset - Your Brand
The Williams Firm, P.A. is a small firm practice with a big firm mindset. My primary goal is to help my clients achieve their business goals in the most efficient manner. I help individuals and companies protect their most valuable asset, their brand. I create and implement strategies that protect your most valuable business assets, your trademarks and copyrights. I work for you and with you to provide experienced guidance throughout the entire registration process and am a skilled trial lawyer who can help you protect your brand through litigation.
While the entire trademark registration process can take a while (approximately 10-12 months), my goal is to conduct your trademark search within 2 business days of you retaining my office and file your application within 7 business days of receiving all the documents and information needed from you.
I charge reasonable flat fees that allow you to be in control of your budget and know your costs up front. I give each matter the attention and focus it deserves, while keeping my client’s goals at the forefront of every brand strategy. My goal is not to be good at everything; it is to be good at everything I do.
Let me know how I can help you achieve your goals today.
- Trademarks
- Intellectual Property
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Copyright
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Reasonable flat fees for trademark and copyright registrations
- California
- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
- Florida
- The Florida Bar
- English: Spoken, Written
- Owner and Founding Attorney
- The Williams Firm, P.A.
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- Of Counsel
- Wilson Elser
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- Critical Skills Instructor and Adjunct Faculty
- Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University
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- Litigation Associate and Of Counsel
- Liebler, Gonzalez and Portuondo
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- Civil Litigation Associate
- Bacalski, Ottoson & Dubé LLP
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- Assistant State Attorney
- Office of the State Attorney, Ninth Judicial Circuit
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- University of Miami
- MBA (2012) | Certification in International Business
- Southwestern Law School
- LL.M. (2006) | Media and Entertainment Law
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- Nova Southeastern University
- J.D. (2002)
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- Honors: Cum Laude Nova Law Review Articles Editor Moot Court Honors Society
- University of Miami
- B.A. (1999)
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- Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Chair Elect
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- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Member
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- District of Columbia Bar
- Member
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- California State Bar
- Member
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- The Florida Bar
- Member
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- Ethics in the Digital Age: Don’t Let Technology Be Your Crypto-nite
- The Florida Bar Annual Convention
- Film Finance
- Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar
- If You Make It “Porn,” Does That Make It A Parody? (Moderator)
- Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Read Carefully! – Commonly Overlooked Provisions in SAG-AFTRA Agreements (Moderator)
- Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Legal Issues in Live Entertainment III: So It’s My Fault? Current Issues in Sport and Entertainment Liability
- ABA Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries
- Q. Am I allowed to trademark a part of a phrase that has an unofficial trademark?
- A: If they are using the TM, they do not have a registered mark. However, trademark is based on use so they may still have common law rights in the mark. Also, adding the word acne likely won't solve the likelihood of confusion issue if you're both selling the same class of goods. Feel free to contact me to discuss how we can build a brand you can protect.
- Q. Is it legal to print the phrase “don’t worry be happy” onto a sweatshirt?
- A: Probably not if the copyright in the song is still active.
- Q. If someone were to take my private DM to them and use my exact words to then create merchandise and profit
- A: Copyright doesn't protect ideas so it would depend on what you actually said and whether it could be considered "fixed tangible expression" as defined by the Copyright Act.
