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Jonathan LA Phillips
John T.D. Bathke
Jonathan M. Francis
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Phillips & Bathke, P.C, Intellectual Property Attorneys
Our Team
Jonathan LA Phillips
John T.D. Bathke
Jonathan M. Francis
Staff
Practice Areas
Trademark
Copyright
IP Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Internet & Privacy
Serial Plaintiff Defense
Utilities
Updates
Contact
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John T.D. Bathke
Jonathan M. Francis
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Copyright
IP Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Internet & Privacy
Serial Plaintiff Defense
Utilities
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A hotel cannot protect its building’s exterior as a trademark, but maybe yours can

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Copyright

The following flat fees apply to our copyright efforts.

  • Preparation and filing of simple copyright application. $150.

  • DMCA Registered Agent service. $150 for three years.

    • Processing and forwarding takedown notices, less than 12 per year, $50 per takedown notice.

Business

The following flat rates apply to our business-related efforts.

  • Preparation and filing of annual report for a corporation of less than five shareholders, not for profit corporation, or limited liability company with less than five members. $250.

  • Service as registered agent for the year following an annual report, which includes notification of any incoming legal correspondence and the need for the following year's annual report. $250.

  • Preparation of meeting minutes for shareholders, directors, members, or managers. $250.

Miscellaneous Fees and Expenses

Miscellaneous fees

  • All new clients are assessed a $150 fee to cover administrative efforts associated with opening files including setting up the client in the practice management suite, setting up client communication portals, and other administrative matters surrounding the opening of the file.

  • All uncontested hearings are billed at a minimum of 30 minutes.

  • All contested hearings are billed at a minimum of 1 hour.

Set expenses

  • Mileage is billed at the IRS rate for a given year or $0.75 per mile, whichever is greater.

  • Color copies and printing are billed at $1 per page.

  • Black and white copies and printing are billed at $0.50 per page.

  • Use of e-discovery vendor storage is billed at $10.00 per stored gigabyte, with a minimum of 1 gigabyte charged.

  • Use of internet archiving software is billed at $TBD per page or video archived.

Other expenses are billed at our out-of-pocket expense.

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Pabst Building
4541 North Prospect Road
Suite 300A
Peoria Heights, Illinois 61616
(309) 834-2296

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Monadnock Building
53 West Jackson Boulevard
Suite 1126
Chicago, Illinois 60604
(708) 967-5293