Verna Law, P.C. is a premier boutique law firm located in the lower Hudson Valley with a unique focus on Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Advertising, and Media Law.
Our Team has over 40 years Combined Experience
Your Invention Is Our Priority
Patent law is the branch of intellectual property law that deals with new inventions. Traditional patents protect tangible scientific inventions, such as circuit boards, car engines, heating coils, or zippers. However, over time patents have been used to protect a broader variety of inventions such as coding algorithms, business practices, or genetically modified organisms.
In general, a patent can be granted if an invention is:
● not a natural object or process;
● new;
● useful; and
● not obvious.
Let the team at Verna Law help you protect your inventions and patents from applications to licenses to litigation.
Patent Law in the Hudson Valley
Patent Applications
Wil Jacques is a registered Patent Agent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Learn More
Patent Litigation
Anthony Verna, Managing Partner of Verna Law, P.C., has worked on patent litigation from pharmaceuticals to computer engineering and is admitted in the Northern District of New York. Learn More
Patents
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Our Team
Anthony M. Verna III
Managing Partner
Wil Jacques
Patent Agent
Judy Endejan
Litigation Consultant
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