LaBatt, LLC

2880 US Highway 9, PO Box 630 | Valatie, NY 12184
ph: 518-755-3658 | fax: 518-514-1360 | info@labattlaw.com**

Patents

You create new products, improve existing products, create products with unique appearances, and develop better solutions. We assist you by protecting these inventions through utility and/or design patent protection.

Trade Secrets

You develop information and processes that have value and needs to be kept secret. We assist you by developing and implementing strategies to identify, define, and protect your secrets.

Copyrights

You create new creative works. We assit you with the important step of registering these works and enforcing your rights.

Trademarks and Service Marks

You sell your goods and provide services using marks that distinguish you from others. We assist you with selecting your marks and securing protection through registration.

Services Offered By Us

We assist our clients with evaluating their intellectual property and developing and implementing a sound protection strategy.

Preparation

We assist our clients in defining and evaluating their inventions, creative works, and marks to determine a protection strategy. When merited, we work with our clients to prepare applications to protect the intellectual property and submit the applications to the corresponding government office.

Prosecution

Frequently, an examiner will require changes, additional information, etc. after the initial application filing. We work with our clients to address any concerns of examiners and advocate on their behalf to attain the protection they deserve.

Foreign Protection and Maintenance

We assist our clients with securing proper protection for their intellectual property in other countries. Once protection has been secured, we help ensure that deadlines for renewing and maintaining the protection are not missed.

Professionals

Our team has years of experience assisting companies and individuals in protecting their intellectual property.

John LaBatt

Patent Attorney
Juris Doctorate, Albany Law School, 2001
Master of Science in Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1995
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Siena College, 1993

External Resources

United States
Patent and Trademark Office

Information regarding patents and trademarks in the United States

Copyright Office

Information regarding copyrights in the United States

International Trade Commission

Information regarding enforcing your rights at the border

Customs and Border Protection

Registering your trademarks and copyrights with customs

International
World International Property Organization

Information regarding the use of International agreements to obtain protection

Patent Cooperation Treaty

Information regarding the use of an International application to seek patent protection in many countries

International Trademark System

Information regarding registering a trademark in many countries using an International application

International Design System

Information regarding registering a design in many countries using an International application

Domain Name Disputes

Information regarding enforcing your trademarks used in domain names

Common Foreign Offices
Canada

Intellectual property information for Canada

Europe - Patents

Information for obtaining patent protection in member countries of the EPO

Europe - Trademarks and Designs

Information for obtaining intellectual property protection in member countries of the EU

Japan

Information for obtaining intellectual property protection in Japan

Korea

Information for obtaining intellectual property protection in South Korea