Jansen Rigney

Attorney | Trademarks, Brand Protection & Intellectual Property Strategy

Jansen Rigney is an intellectual property attorney with Black Dog Law in Tulsa. His practice focuses primarily on trademarks and brand protection for founders, entrepreneurs, and growing businesses.

He helps clients evaluate new brands, prepare and prosecute federal trademark applications, respond to USPTO Office Actions, and develop practical strategies for protecting names, logos, and other brand assets.

Trademark Clearance and Federal Applications

Trademark protection often starts before an application is filed. Jansen works with clients on clearance searches and availability assessments designed to identify potential conflicts before a business commits significant time and money to a name, logo, product launch, or rebrand.

He also prepares federal trademark applications and helps clients think through filing basis, ownership, goods and services descriptions, specimens, and other issues that can affect both registration and the long-term value of a trademark portfolio.

Learn more about Black Dog Law’s trademark services.

USPTO Office Actions

Responding to USPTO Office Actions is a significant part of Jansen’s practice. He works on substantive and procedural issues including likelihood-of-confusion refusals, descriptiveness refusals, specimen problems, and identification requirements.

Each Office Action is evaluated in the context of the application record and the client’s business goals. Depending on the issue, the response may involve legal argument, evidence, amendments, or a combination of approaches.

For more information, see Black Dog Law’s Trademark Office Action Attorney page.

Brand Protection and Trademark Strategy

Jansen also assists with trademark portfolio strategy, cease-and-desist matters, response strategy, TTAB support, and digital brand protection issues involving domains, online marketplaces, and advertising. His goal is to give clients a candid assessment of risk and a clear path forward rather than treating trademark work as a form-filing exercise.

A Practical, Detail-Oriented Approach

Jansen’s professional background before law included restaurant management, medical microbiology, and work in a quality-control engineering laboratory. That experience developed the systems thinking and attention to detail that now shape his approach to trademark prosecution and client counseling.

Outside the office, Jansen enjoys spending time outdoors, on the water, and on the trail.

Work with Jansen

If you are selecting a new brand, preparing a trademark filing, responding to a USPTO refusal, or evaluating a trademark dispute, contact Black Dog Law to discuss next steps.