Multijurisdictional Practice

USPTO Confirms Agency “Practitioners” May Ethically Partner With Foreign Attorneys

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On May 26, 2021, the USPTO clarified its position that U.S. “practitioners”—who, by definition, include only United States-barred attorneys and USPTO registered patent attorneys and agents—may form partnerships and co-own law firms with non-U.S. attorneys without violating the USPTO’s Rules of Professional Conduct.  The USPTO guidance was included in the agency’s Final Rulemaking, the purpose

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Seeking National Uniformity, California (Finally) Adopts New Ethics Rules

ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Multijurisdictional Practice /

California is an outlier no more–at least when it comes to its ethics rules. On May 10, 2018, the California Supreme Court issued an order approving the adoption of a new set of Rules of Professional Conduct patterned after the ABA Model Rules, which were first published in 1983.  The court’s ruling means that California

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