Making Innovation Count PLLC - Chattanooga, TN

Protecting Inventions and Brand Assets Across the United States

Making Innovation Count PLLC provides focused, technologically grounded legal representation designed to safeguard intangible business assets. Headquartered in Chattanooga at 651 East 4th Street near the downtown innovation district, the firm serves entrepreneurs, research engineers, product designers, and corporate innovators nationwide. Founder Kenneth Avila brings a unique technical vantage point to every engagement, having worked extensively as an electrical engineer across aerospace manufacturing, avionics, circuit design, and software automation prior to entering the legal profession. When innovators need a lawyer who grasps complex engineering principles as thoroughly as federal statutes, this firm bridges the divide between cutting-edge technology and patent law.

Targeted Intellectual Property and Business Law Services

The practice delivers end-to-end guidance to protect proprietary discoveries and secure recognizable market brands before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Prospective clients looking to hire an attorney for intellectual property matters benefit from strategic counsel across several core domains:

• Patent prosecution and counseling: Performing thorough patentability searches, drafting utility patent and design patent applications, responding to complex office actions, and structuring international patent filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
• Trademark registration and brand protection: Conducting clearance searches, filing federal trademark applications, overcoming examiner refusals, and monitoring marks to defend distinctive brand identities against commercial dilution.
• Copyright protection: Registering proprietary software code, technical diagrams, audiovisual content, and creative works with the United States Copyright Office to establish actionable enforcement rights against digital infringement.
• Trade secret safeguards: Developing robust internal protocols, data privacy policies, and comprehensive employee non-disclosure agreements to preserve confidential proprietary information.
• Business formation and contract governance: Assisting technology founders with business formation, entity structuring, founder agreements, intellectual property assignment contracts, and technology licensing agreements.

Engineering Insight Backed by Industry Credentials

Kenneth Avila holds an AV Preeminent peer rating from Martindale-Hubbell and remains an active member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Unlike general practice firms that handle diverse legal matters, Making Innovation Count PLLC devotes its practice to protecting the fruits of mental labor. The firm offers accessible communication and transparent flat fee schedules for many standard trademark and patent filings, ensuring inventors avoid predatory invention promotion outfits. Whether launching a tech startup in Hamilton County or defending established patents across federal jurisdictions, clients who need to find a lawyer with verifiable technical credentials will discover an attentive, innovative advocate.