The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a webcast entitled "Ethics in USPTO Practice in 2018 - Understanding the Behavior as Well as the Rules" on August 28, 2018 from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (EST). Rey Barceló of Barceló, Harrison & Walker, LLP and Jenny C. Wu of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP will moderate a panel consisting of Bernie Knight of BK Consulting LLC (former General Counsel, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) and Dahlia George of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of Enrollment & Discipline (OED). The panel will review the Office of Enrollment & Discipline ethics rules and how they were amended in May 2013, provide an overview of disciplinary ethics proceedings and how they are instituted, analyze the importance of both emotional intelligence and strong core values to ethical decision making, and examine the role that alcohol/drug abuse and mental health issues may play in ethics violations and how the new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office diversion program can help qualified practitioners.
The webinar is complimentary for FCBA members and $50 (government/academic/retired) or $125 (private practitioner) for non-members. Those interested in registering for the webcast, can do so here.
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