The
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar on
the "New
USPTO Rules of Conduct" on June 6, 2013 beginning at 2:00 pm
(ET). A panel consisting of Glenn Barrett, Counsel and Patent Group
Coordinator for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company; Bradley Forrest of
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner; and James Silbermann, Office of Enrollment
& Discipline at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will consider:
•
The ethical quandary lawyers may face
because of conflicts between the rules' requirement for full disclosure to the
USPTO and the obligation of confidentiality to clients;
• The ethics implications of the new Supplemental
Examination proceeding created by the AIA;
• The AIA's elimination of the best mode invalidity
defense in litigation and the implications for practice before the USPTO;
• The duty of patent prosecutors to research the
ownership of patents and patent applications to avoid client
conflicts-of-interest; and
• New requirements for financial record-keeping.
The registration fee for the webinar is $120 (government and academic rates are available upon request). Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.
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