We built Archecura after losing track of our own trademarks
Perizer Labs runs a handful of software companies, each with a name worth keeping. We filed those marks over years, some through lawyers, some on our own. The records lived in email, a spreadsheet, and one person’s head. Archecura replaced all three, and we run our own marks on it.
What we decided before we wrote any code
- The record comes first.
- Serial numbers, dates, classes, and events, straight from the USPTO, in the USPTO's words. The software stays out of the way.
- Worked out, not typed in.
- A deadline you type into a calendar is a deadline you can type wrong. Every date on the docket comes from a USPTO event and a named rule, and closes when the USPTO records the filing.
- Honest about the line.
- Software can track dates, show facts, and flag what doesn't add up. It can't advise you, file for you, or judge a mark. We say so on every page.
- Owner and lawyer, same page.
- You and your lawyer look at the same record. Every sign-off carries a name and a time. Nobody forwards a spreadsheet.
What “not a law firm” means in practice
Archecura does not give legal advice, does not represent anyone before the USPTO, and does not file anything. It does not run clearance searches, monitor for infringement, choose classes, or draft identifications. When a question needs a lawyer, the product says so and gets out of the way.
What it does is narrower and, we think, more useful: keep the record straight, compute the dates, and make sure the right people see them in time. That is a job for software, done carefully.
Built for brand owners and the attorneys they work with. Not a law firm.
Put your marks on the record
Three marks are free. The first import takes about a minute.