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Ference & Associates Intellectual Property Law
The short version
Ference & Associates is a Pittsburgh-area intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting law firm serving businesses and inventors in patent, trademark, copyright, litigation, and online brand-protection matters.
Strengths
- Offers comprehensive IP services, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, IP litigation, post-grant proceedings, international practice, and online anti-counterfeiting.
- Team includes attorneys and agents with scientific and engineering technical degrees across computer hardware/software, chemical, electrical/electronics, life sciences/biotech, and mechanical/electromechanical industries.
- Reviewers frequently praise clear communication, responsiveness, thorough preparation, and practical strategy.
- Handles international IP matters through a foreign associate network and states experience in more than 90 countries.
- Provides specialized Amazon and e-commerce brand protection, including counterfeit product removal and online infringement support.
Considerations
- One review complaint cited non-responsiveness and described the experience as a waste of time.
- Other clients praise thorough preparation and knowledgeable help with complicated IP matters, contrasting with the complaint about responsiveness.
About Ference & Associates Intellectual Property Law
Ference & Associates Intellectual Property Law is a Sewickley, Pennsylvania-based patent attorney and IP law firm serving clients locally, nationally, and internationally. The practice covers patent application and prosecution, trademark application and prosecution, copyright protection, IP litigation, post-grant proceedings, international IP matters, and online protection and anti-counterfeiting. Its website identifies the firm as an intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting specialty firm with particular experience in Amazon counterfeit product removal, Amazon aggregators, and protecting brands against online infringement.
The firm works with a range of clients, from start-ups and individual inventors to established companies managing complex patent and trademark portfolios. Its stated industry experience includes computer hardware and software, chemical, electrical and electronics, life sciences and biotech, and mechanical and electromechanical sectors. The website notes that its IP attorneys and agents have technical degrees, and the firm manages U.S. patent applications for global companies while coordinating foreign associates to handle matters in more than 90 countries.
Across 13 reviews, the profile holds a 4.40 rating. Most feedback is highly positive. Reviewers repeatedly describe the firm as knowledgeable, professional, thorough, timely, and practical, with clear communication and a proactive approach. Several reviews highlight work defending patents and trademarks, securing brand rights, and shutting down illegal e-commerce listings. One reviewer specifically credits the firm with shutting down dozens of illegal ecommerce listings for an invention in less than two months, while others emphasize long-term relationships and confidence in the team’s technical and legal judgment. The firm’s website emphasizes direct access to senior lawyers, a team-based approach, nimbleness, efficiency, and value compared with larger firms.
Feedback also includes a complaint about responsiveness. One reviewer described the firm as non-responsive and a waste of time, and the owner response invited further contact. Positive client accounts describe clear communication over long working relationships and proactive attention to patent, trademark, copyright, and online brand-protection matters. For clients seeking patent, trademark, copyright, IP litigation, or anti-counterfeiting support, Ference & Associates presents a specialized, technically oriented option with broad international reach and a mostly positive but not unblemished feedback profile.
Clients can reach the firm at (412) 741-8400 or contact@ferencelaw.com to discuss patent, trademark, copyright, or online brand-protection matters.
Recurring feedback
What clients consistently mention
- Reviewers commonly highlight the firm's legal knowledge, technical expertise, and ability to handle complex patent, trademark, and copyright matters.
- Many reviews emphasize responsive communication, thorough preparation, and a practical approach to achieving client objectives.
- Several reviews focus on successful brand protection and anti-counterfeiting outcomes, including e-commerce listing removals and defense against counterfeiters.
- Positive feedback often notes long-term working relationships and confidence in the team's professionalism and attention to client needs.
- One reviewer reports non-responsiveness, while other clients praise proactive updates and clear communication.
All reviews
4.4 out of five stars based on 13 reviews.
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