About Ptrotect Your Ideas

About Protect your Ideas


John Sicotte is a registered patent attorney with fifteen years experience in all areas of intellectual property. As an attorney he has prosecuted and defended numerous patents in court and before the Patent and Trademark Office. He has also help organize many inventors and businesses in their early stages of developement. He feels that this is one of the most gratifing aspects of his profession. Counseling an inventor with a start-up project can be the most challenging situation for an attorney, but it yields the most rewards because it becomes a more personal experience for the attorney. With his experience John can advise an inventor or a startŠup business regarding the many pitfalls that can needlessly to litigation. His best advise is "The most devasting event for a flegling business is to become embroiled in a litigation, they seldom survive." Most often the matter involves the trademark for the business. He says that the choice of a mark is the most critical event in that problems will arise after the company has already expended a large part of their budget on promotion and marketing. If the company is sued, even unjustly, the business will fail. For a relatively small amount the company can avoid this disaster by consulting with an attorney. Currently, John is working with startŠups in the areas of multimedia, electronic theater, laser communication and ophthalmic devices.

Along with his patent and trademark practice John has contacts in the entertainment industry. He has worked with both studios and manufacturers in the areas of character licensing and telemarketing. He is currently developing relationships in product placment, which is a fast growing segment of the industry.of technology services, from concept development to patent prosecution.


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