How Patent Lawyer Raj Abhyanker Developed a $8.5M Book of Business with Trademarkia
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As a law student Raj Abhyanker had many questions, mostly about why the profession seemed so inefficient.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if some people didn’t quite get Raj,” says Douglas Sylvester, dean of Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. “His questions weren’t about interpretations; they were challenges to the whole idea.
“He was never very interested in learning the doctrine of rules,” Sylvester adds. “It was always about ‘I don’t think this is right.'”
Abhyanker, 38, is responsible for the trademark search engine Trademarkia, which this year was rebranded into his law firm Legal Force. The firm has offices in Mountain View, Calif., and Phoenix, as well as London, Beijing and Bangalore, India. There’s also a Palo Alto, Calif., storefront open seven days a week that sells books, legal advice and forms. Spend $45 at the store and you get a 15-minute attorney consultation on a variety of legal areas.
“Our store is more of a lounge/bookstore than anything else,” Abhyanker says. “Our legal concierges are trained to treat everyone kindly, compassionately and help any way they can.”
A patent attorney, Abhyanker says his firm will prepare about 14,000 trademarks this year. He estimates that 2013 firm revenues will be $8.5 million. Revenues for 2012 were $7.3 million.
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