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Mike Speaking on Avoiding Sanctions at the USPTO at ABA International Law Section Fall Conference in South Korea

Mike will be moderating a panel of expert patent attorneys from the United States and Korea on developing issues at the USPTO regarding foreign associate practices and sanctions that have been imposed on owners of trademark and patent rights.  Featuring speakers Thomas J. Kowalski (Duane Morris), William Park (WPA Law Firm), and Kyle J. Choi […]

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Mike Presented OED’s War Against Rule 11.18 Violations and the Unauthorized Practice of Law: Navigating Ethics Minefields and Avoiding USPTO Discipline

Mike presented to the Utah State Bar IP Sections 2023 IP Summit on recent developments in the USPTO’s efforts to stem the unauthorized practice of patent and trademark law, including ethical issues and risks when practitioners interface with unregulated intermediaries while delivering IP legal services to foreign clients.  The discussion also addressed best practices when

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Mike Presented: Risk, Regulation and Reality – Best Practices for You and Your IP Firm

Mike participated in a 90-minute panel discussion with in-house experts from professional liability insurer CNA to address ethics and risk management issues in Intellectual Property Law practice for Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A., featuring: Sean Ginty – CNA Risk Control – Professional Responsibility and Profitable Practice Tracy L. Kepler – CNA Risk Control – A Day

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Mike Presented: Conflicts of Interest in Patent Prosecution-Ethical Problems and Their Solutions

Michael McCabe (McCabe Ali LLP) and Thomas Scherer (Osha Bergman Watanabe Burton) spoke to a joint group of Japan and U.S. patent attorneys on identifying and resolving common conflicts of interest that arise in patent representation, including: Patent subject matter conflicts Representing joint inventors and assignees Corporate family conflicts Opinion conflicts

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State Bar for Arizona Sixth Annual CLE in the Garden 2020: Ethics for IP Lawyers

Ethics for IP Lawyers, presented by Michael E. McCabe, Jr. (McCabe Law LLC) and Laura Rogal (Jaburg Wilk) State Bar for Arizona Sixth Annual CLE in the Garden Desert Botanical Garden Phoenix, Arizona February 25, 2020 at 3:30 pm MT 1.0 hr. Ethics CLE

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