Innovent Law - Patents, Trademarks & Aviation Law

What Innovent Law - Patents, Trademarks & Aviation Law does

Innovent Law is a privately-held boutique intellectual property law firm founded in 2015 by Karima Gulick, a registered U.S. patent attorney and former aerospace engineer, headquartered in Orange County, California. The firm provides patent strategy and prosecution, trademark registration, copyright registration, and IP agreement services through a single core platform: a sales-led, flat-fee professional services model that targets individual inventors, early-stage startups, and growing small businesses nationwide. Headcount consists of four team members — the founder, one additional registered patent attorney (a former USPTO examiner in cryptography/information security), and two IP/patent paralegals — meaning all client work is delivered directly by the founding team rather than delegated to associates or contract attorneys.

Service delivery is structured around transparent flat-fee packages (Patent Starter at $3,497, Trademark Registration at $2,497, and Copyright Registration from $785) plus higher-value non-provisional patent prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis, and IP agreements. There is no proprietary technology platform; the firm operates as a traditional professional services practice with website-based consultation booking, phone, and email as the primary intake channels, supplemented by a content marketing presence across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

The firm differentiates through three positioning claims: engineering and former-USPTO technical expertise, boutique relationship depth versus large-firm impersonality, and flat-fee predictability versus hourly billing. Brand and reputation signals include recognition by the American Bar Association, Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Bloomberg Law, an Avvo 10.0 rating, ThreeBest Rated, and a 5-star average from 120+ verified client reviews. No funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, parent entities, or institutional investors are disclosed; ownership is founder-owned and the firm is bootstrapped.

Name

Innovent Law - Patents, Trademarks & Aviation Law

Legal name

Innovent Law

Website

https://kgulick.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Law Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Intellectual Property (IP) Law (BPAHAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management (BPAHAMAA)

Keywords

• Patent prosecution services
• Trademark registration
• Copyright protection
• Intellectual property law
• IP agreements

Headquarters

HQ city

Orange County

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Patent Services: Flat-fee professional services for patent strategy, drafting, and prosecution including provisional applications, design patents, and freedom-to-operate analysis. One-time fee per engagement.
2. Trademark Services: Flat-fee trademark registration services including clearance searches, federal filing, office action responses, and brand protection strategy. One-time fee per filing.
3. Copyright Services: Flat-fee copyright registration services including eligibility review, application drafting, USCO filing, and status tracking. One-time fee per registration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Innovent Law is a boutique intellectual property law firm that provides flat-fee legal services for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and IP agreements. The firm serves inventors, startups, and growing businesses with predictable, packaged pricing rather than hourly billing, and is led by a registered patent attorney with engineering credentials.

Product overview

Innovent Law is an intellectual property law firm offering a unified suite of legal services for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and IP agreements. The firm provides three core service lines—Patent Services, Trademark Services, and Copyright Services—complemented by IP Agreements and Litigation support. These services are delivered through flat-fee pricing packages including the Patent Starter Package ($3,497), Trademark Registration Package ($2,497), and Copyright Registration Package (starting at $785), all offering transparent pricing with no surprises.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patent Services Package Flat-fee patent prosecution and protection services for inventors, startups, and businesses needing utility or design patents.
• Trademark Services Package Flat-fee trademark registration, search, and protection services for brands and businesses seeking federal or state trademark coverage.
• Copyright Services Package Flat-fee copyright registration services for creators and businesses protecting original works of authorship.
• IP Agreements Package Flat-fee drafting and review of intellectual property agreements, such as assignments, licenses, and related IP contracts for businesses and inventors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ filings prosecuted
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cooley LLP: Large national law firm with a strong IP practice serving tech and life sciences startups and venture-backed companies. Comparable client overlap with Innovent's startup segment, but as one of many practices within a full-service firm.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Premier tech and life sciences law firm with significant IP prosecution capabilities and deep startup/VC ecosystem ties. Comparable in serving the same startup customer segment, but at vastly larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Greenberg Traurig: Large full-service law firm with a substantial IP practice including patent prosecution and trademark registration. Competes for the same startup and growth-company clients but offers broader transactional and litigation services.
• LegalZoom: Mass-market online legal services platform offering trademark registration and other IP-related filings at low price points. Competes with Innovent at the low end of the trademark and copyright market through self-service/automated offerings.

Direct peers

• Knobbe Martens: One of the largest IP specialty law firms in the U.S., headquartered in Irvine, Orange County — directly overlapping with Innovent Law's geography and core patent/trademark/copyright offering. Comparable as a pure-play IP firm serving inventors, startups, and operating companies, but operating at vastly greater scale with hundreds of attorneys.
• Harness IP (formerly Harness, Dickey & Pierce): Boutique IP specialty firm focused on patent prosecution and IP strategy — the closest mid-sized analog to Innovent's positioning, particularly for tech clients needing engineering-fluent attorneys.
• Fish & Richardson: Premier U.S. IP specialty law firm with a strong patent prosecution practice, including offices in California. Directly comparable to Innovent in patent strategy and prosecution focus, but with a much larger attorney bench and broader geographic coverage.
• Stetina Brunda Garred & Beerger: Orange County–based IP boutique law firm providing patent, trademark, and copyright services. Direct geographic and service-line peer to Innovent with similar boutique positioning.
• Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner: Leading IP specialty law firm focused on patent prosecution, litigation, and trademark matters. Directly comparable to Innovent's patent and trademark services for tech-forward clients, though operating at enterprise scale.

Emerging players

• UpCounsel: Online legal marketplace connecting businesses with attorneys for IP and other legal matters — a tech-enabled competitor focused on the same startup/SMB customer base that values transparent pricing. Distinct in being platform-mediated rather than a traditional law firm.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/innoventlaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/innoventlaw
• Instagraminstagram.com/innoventlaw
• TikToktiktok.com/@innoventlaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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