Nancy Baum Delain, Esq., the founding member of Delain Law Office, PLLC, offers comprehensive intellectual property and business law services to her clients.

Admissions

New York (3rd Dept.), January 2004

United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, February 2004

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, March 2007

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, February 2004

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 2006

Registered Patent Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office, January 2005

Practice Areas

• Patent
• Copyright
  
• Trademark
• Unfair trade practices
• Intellectual property commercialization
• License
• Franchise
• Intellectual property valuation
• Intellectual property audits
  
• Business matters
• Click here for a linked listing of selected cases
  

Vital Statistics

• Graduated:
  • Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School (1974)
  • Smith College (1978): A.B., Biological Sciences
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1981): M.S., Technical Writing
  • Franklin Pierce Law Center (2003): J.D.
  • Graduated within the 20% of the class
  • Relevant Factoid: In 2003, Franklin Pierce Law Center was ranked Number Three in the US in training intellectual property lawyers by US News and World Reports.
    

Honors and Awards

• 2009 Kurt Clobridge Award
• Awarded by the Capital District Women's Bar Association's Legal Project
• "This award is presented to an attorney who embodies the spirit of pro bono volunteerism and selflessness that Kurt Clobridge, an active participant in the Legal Projects programs, exemplified during his life"
  

 
Other Information

• Before studying law, Nancy was a technical documentation specialist (writer, editor, and manager) for over 20 years, working as an independent consultant with such companies as 3M, CSC, Rational Software, General Electric Company, and KeyBank.
  
  
• Nancy has authored several papers published in leading journals, including:
  
  
  • The Disclosure, the flagship publication for the National Association of Patent Practitioners, for which she authored a series of papers on the US Patent and Trademark Office's conference held on December 5, 2005
  • Les Nouvelles, the flagship journal of the Licensing Executives Society, on "The Intellectual Property Audit."

  Please see our Resources page to obtain these publications.
  
  

• Nancy, a member of Toastmasters, is a frequent and dynamic speaker on topics involving intellectual property and business law. Her audiences have included:
  • Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Chamber of Commerce of Southern Saratoga County
  • Capital District Community Loan Fund
  • American Society for Quality
  • Rotary
  • eWomenNetwork
  • South Glens Falls High School

Nancy would be happy to speak for your organization.Contact her directly to schedule a presentation.

 
• Nancy is a frequent volunteer. Her activities include:
  • Within the legal profession:
    • The Capital District Women's Bar Association's Small Business Clinic
    • Moot Court regional competitions at the high school, college and law school levels
      
  • Within the community at large:
    • Small Business Development Committee for the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County
    • Chamber Angels program for the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County
    • Singer for Burnt Hills Oratorio Society
    • Member of the Schenectady Museum's Invention Convention committee