Pre-engagement

Request a conflict check

A conflict check runs before any substantive conversation. It needs party names, not facts. Target turnaround is within one U.S. business day of receiving complete names.

Before you fill this in

Please do not send confidential legal strategy, unreleased business information, specimens, settlement communications, or other sensitive facts until conflicts are cleared and you are told the matter can be considered. Submitting this form does not create an attorney-client relationship.

Who is asking
Parties to screen

Names only. These are what the conflict screen runs against.

The matter

High level only. Detail comes after clearance, through the secure exchange.

0 / 500 — high level only
Timing

Target turnaround is within one U.S. business day of receiving complete party names. Nothing on this page confirms or denies the existence of a conflict.

What this form collects

  • Requesting firm and attorney, with email
  • Proposed client or applicant exact legal name
  • Parent company, and subsidiaries or affiliates relevant to the matter
  • Other owners or co-applicants
  • Adverse or conflicting parties known to the requester
  • Mark or matter description, high level only
  • Existing USPTO or WIPO serial or registration number, if any
  • Deadline, if any, and its time zone
  • Country or jurisdiction

Nothing else. Information submitted here is encrypted at rest and is protected under California Rule of Professional Conduct 1.18 whether or not the matter proceeds, including where it is declined; a record of a declined matter is retained rather than deleted for that reason.