Finch & Associates

Specialties

Your brand name is one of your most valuable assets because it allows consumers to identify your goods or services. Finch & Associates, LLC offers an affordable way to protect your marks through federal registration under a flat fee arrangement giving you the benefits of an experienced trademark attorney working for you at an affordable price.

Experienced Trademark Attorney

Our founder, Ruth Mae Finch, is an experienced trademark attorney who has represented clients throughout the U.S. and internationally for 35 years. She is familiar with the common pitfalls and refusals that can slow down the process or block your trademark entirely.

Does my mark qualify for a federal trademark registration?

To determine if your mark can be registered, a comprehensive clearance search in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is highly recommended. It saves time and money and provides information about existing registrations that may affect your application.

History

Established in 1978.

Ruth Mae Finch Esq. has family roots in the law and successful litigation going back nearly 70 years. Her father Walter G. Finch established a patent practice in the 1940’s, insisted on educational opportunity for his four daughters, grew his intellectual property practice (patent, trademark and copyright), and engaged in active IP litigation until his death in 1997.

While in law school, Ruth served her father’s intellectual property practice. Upon passing the bar she was sworn in as a Baltimore prosecuting attorney. After serving 11 years as a prosecutor (where she earned the nickname «First Degree Finch» for her tenacity and record of litigation success), Ruth re-​joined her father’s practice in 1990 and grew the firm’s trademark and copyright business.

As trademark, branding, copyright and patent issues exploded with change as the Internet emerged, Ruth chose to innovate with persons and technology. She added Marcos Ferrer, CBAP®, to her practice for his business strategy,

Meet the Business Owner

Ruth F.

Business Owner

Ms. Finch has helped her clients to protect their intellectual property since 1978. She has experience in trademark clearance, counseling, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation. She has represented both small and large companies including CareFirst BCBS, Conseco, Volkswagen, and other Fortune 500 companies. Her firm, Finch & Associates, LLC is located in northern Silver Spring Maryland.

Ms. Finch’s practice focuses on the protection, enforcement and defense of all forms of intellectual property rights. She has litigated a number of complex trademark infringement cases, as well as cases involving service mark infringement, collective membership mark infringement, trademark dilution, trade dress infringement, unfair competition, copyright infringement, cybersquatting and breach of contract. She also has handled ICANN domain dispute cases before WIPO and the American Arbitration Association.

Ms. Finch’s practice covers brand licensing and counseling as well.