Albany Intellectual Property Lawyer

Welcome to the Lee Palmateer Law Office

Albany is New York State's Capital City and arguably the intellectual property capital with its central location in New York's Tech Valley. Albany and nearby cities of Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls and Amsterdam together serve as an important economic engine and center of innovation, as does the neighboring Mid-Hudson Valley and its cities of Kingston, Poughkeepsie and Newburgh. The Lee Palmateer Law Office, with offices in Albany and Athens, is ideally positioned to provide intellectual property counsel to the Capital Region and the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Intellectual Property Lawyer

With the Lee Palmateer Law Office, you will have a seasoned Albany intellectual property attorney on your side with 15 years of legal experience, the last 10 of which have been devoted to intellectual property ("IP") law with upstate New York's largest firm dedicated exclusively to intellectual property law. Lee is licensed to practice law in New York and Massachusetts and is a licensed Patent Attorney. With a decade of IP experience, eight years of Engineering experience, and several years of general legal practice experience, Mr. Palmateer offers a rare depth and breadth of legal and engineering skills to serve your intellectual property needs.

Intellectual Property Law Services

We provide a broad array of Intellectual Property ("IP") legal services as described in our Practice Area pages, including:

Patents
Trademarks
Copyrights
Trade secrets
Unfair competition
IP litigation and enforcement
IP contracts and tech transfer
- IP licenses
- Assignments
- Technology development agreements
- NYSERDA Agreements
- CRADA Agreements

Computer software agreements
Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreements
IP opinion work
- Non-infringement opinions
- Clearance opinions
- Patentability opinions
- Freedom to operate opinions
Internet law
Mediation and Arbitration - the only panelist in upstate New York on the International Trademark Association's ("INTA") Panel of Neutrals

Contact Your Albany Intellectual Property Lawyer

We encourage you to call our office for a free initial confidential consultation with Mr. Palmateer, after which you will better understand your needs and whether our firm is the right choice for you.