Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
RICK NEIFELD
https://www.regulations.gov/document/PTO-C-2013-0042-0009 shows “Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office[,] Posted by the Patent and Trademark Office on May 26, 2021”
With this summary:
“With this rule, the USPTO is amending the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct to align them with
widely adopted revisions to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. 37 CFR 11.106(b) is
amended to allow a practitioner to reveal information relating to the representation of a client in certain
circumstances for the purpose of detecting and resolving conflicts of interest arising from the
practitioner's change of employment or changes in the composition or ownership of a law firm. Section
11.106(d) is amended to require a practitioner to make reasonable efforts to prevent the inadvertent or
unauthorized disclosure of, or unauthorized access to, information relating to the representation of a
client. Section 11.118 is amended to clarify that a practitioner may not use information learned from a
prospective client except as otherwise provided, regardless of whether the information was learned in a
discussion. Section 11.702 is amended to allow practitioners to post contact information such as a
website or email address instead of an office address on marketing materials. Finally, § 11.703 is
amended to clarify that the limitations on solicitation apply to any person, without regard to whether the
practitioner considers the targets of the solicitation to actually be prospective clients.”
Best regards, RICK
Rick Neifeld, Ph.D., Patent Attorney
Neifeld IP Law PLLC
9112 Shearman Street, Fairfax VA 22032-1479, United States
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