> you could have qualified for a public defender In general, that's only for criminal matters. At least, that's what the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel pe

> you could have qualified for a public defender In general, that's only for criminal matters. At least, that's what the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel pertains to. That said, sometimes public defenders are appointed in certain limited non-criminal proceedings, but a case about intellectual property is not one where you'd qualify for a public defender.