Delain Law Office, PLLC Nurture Your Mind-Child® CALL US: 518-371-4599
Delain Law Office, PLLC, a boutique law firm located in virtual space with a physical presence in Schenectady, New York, helps you NURTURE YOUR MIND-CHILD®. We do that using areas of law including intellectual property (both “hard” IP, requiring admission to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office, and “soft” IP, requiring admission to practice before any state bar), and general business law (formations, contracts, etc.).
Our practice is transactional only; we do not litigate.
Matters we handle include:
Nancy Delain standing before the US Supreme Court buildingIntellectual Property
Patent Law: Counsel, Search, Application Drafting and Filing, and Prosecution
Trademark Law: Counsel, Search, Application Drafting and Filing, and Prosecution
Copyright Law: Counsel, Application Drafting and Filing, and Prosecution
Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Law: Counsel
Intellectual Property Audit: Counsel, Audit and Opinion
Monetizing Intellectual Property
Licensing of intellectual property
Franchising of intellectual property
IP Audit: Figuring out what intellectual property you have and how best to capitalize on those assets
Business Law
Entity formation: corporations, LLCs/LLPs, partnerships, sole proprietorships
Contracts: Counsel, Negotiation, Drafting, Development, Contract Life and Maintenance
Delain Law Office, PLLC helps you promote your business interests, especially your business’s interests in its intellectual property. We develop a relationship with our clients that we base on understanding your technology and business objectives. We sustain the relationship with timely, effective, and efficient legal services. We serve clients in a broad range of industries, from startups to midsized companies, software companies, designers, and individual inventors.
Contact us at 518-371-4599 for more information.
Breaking News
24 May 2022: Nancy’s article on whether or not (and when) an attorney should dabble in areas of law that are not part of that attorney’s usual practice appears in this month’s “One to One,” a publication of the New York State Bar Association. Here’s the link to the article (please scroll to page 10 to read the article).
24 May 2022: We’re still, and will probably be forevermore, meeting by Zoom or by telephone, with VERY limited exceptions. You can schedule your appointment using the links on the Appointments page. When we meet on Zoom, you will undoubtedly meet one of the office cats: Jazzy, Gus, Linus, Lucy, Scalia and/or Ginsburg; especially Lucy, Linus and Gus MUST appear on every Zoom meeting.
1 June 2021: Our logo is now a registered service mark, as is our tagline.
2 May 2017: Delain Law Office, PLLC received the Small Business Excellence Award for 2017 in Albany, NY. Given annually by the Small Business Administration, this award “…recognize[s] businesses based on their longevity, innovation, sales growth, increased employment, ability to overcome adversity or community contributions.” Here is a video of Nancy’s acceptance speech.
20 June 2016: Nancy was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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