Patent, Trademark and Copyright

Our firm is the only firm in Valdosta, and one of the few in South Georgia, with a patent, trademark, and copyright practice.  This area of practice is further distinguished in that it is led by a noted, published, and recognized expert in the field.  Col. John P. Sinnott is a 1953 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, has a Master’s Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the U. S. Air Force Institute of Technology and a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Kentucky University’s Salmon P. Chase School of Law.  As Chief Patent and Trademark Counsel for American Standard, he prosecuted and argued to a successful decision the landmark case In Re American Standard, TTAB, 1984, 223 USPQ 353 and 1984 TTAB  Lexis 148.  On retirement from American Standard, he became Of Counsel to the Manhattan intellectual property law firm of Morgan & Finnegan, L. L. P.  In 1999, Col. Sinnott moved to Valdosta, Georgia, and became Of Counsel to the Langdale Vallotton, LLP Firm.

In addition to his legal duties, Col. Sinnott is the author (1974 to 1999) of “World Patent  Law and Practice”, 19 volumes, Elsevier, New York; “Product Fraud: Counterfeit Goods Suppression”, 1995, Oceana Publication, Inc., Dobbs Ferry; and “A Practical Guide to Document Authentication”; 2007 Edition, 2006, Oxford University Press, New York.  He also authored numerous professional articles published in various intellectual property law journals and, among other talks, lectured in several developing nations on intellectual property law at the invitation of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the respective host nations.

Col. Sinnott was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University’s Law School in Newark, New Jersey for twelve years and earlier had been an Adjunct Lecturer at New Jersey Institute of Technology, also in Newark, for ten years. In 1991, Col. Sinnott retired from the U. S. Army Reserve’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps after many years of service.

Col. Sinnott’s hobbies include writing articles on military topics which have been published, for example, in “Sea Power”, “Military History” and “Military Heritage”.  He also co-authored the book “To Paris! 1914 Then and Now”, 2006 Snake Nation Press, Valdosta.

Practicing Attorneys:

John P. Sinnott