Professionals

Richard M. LaBarge has broad experience in trademark prosecution and litigation, and also works extensively in patent prosecution of designs and in the mechanical arts. 

Mr. LaBarge prepares and prosecutes both routine and unusual applications for trademark registration.  He successfully opposed a leading motorcycle manufacturer’s attempt to register the sound of its motorcycles as a trademark.  He works closely with foreign agents in obtaining and enforcing foreign trademark rights, and uses the Madrid protocol to obtain inexpensive foreign protection when circumstances permit.  His litigation practice brought him before U.S. district courts throughout the nation, as well as before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. International Trade Commission.  Mr. LaBarge was recommended by his peers as a Leading Lawyer.

He received his J.D. from Wake Forest University in 1985, and earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1982.