Patent Ethics CLE

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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 Creating and Running an Ethical IP Law Firm: A Survival Guide for Patent and Trademark Practitioners (Part I)

Mike presented on ethics issues and practical guidance for IP attorneys seeking to start their own law firms.  Co-presented with Jan L. Jacobowitz, adjunct professor and the former Director of Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program and the University of Miami School of Law.

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Mike Presented Recent Hot Topics in IP Ethics – 33rd Annual Virginia Intellectual Property Section Seminar

Mike presented at the 33rd Annual Intellectual Property Seminar on Recent Hot Topics in IP Ethics.  Mike addressed current ethics issues facing patent and trademark practitioners who practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other developments affecting Virginia IP attorneys.  This event was co-sponsored by Virginia CLE and the Virginia State Bar Intellectual

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Mike Presented at the Virginia State Bar Harry L. Carrico Professionalism Course

Mike co-led group discussions on legal ethics in the practice of general law and IP law to incoming members of the Virginia State Bar at its mandatory all-day ethics and professionalism course for all new bar members.

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Mike Presenting – Hot IP Ethics Issues for Patent and Trademark Lawyers at the USPTO

Mike speaks live at the 47th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, held on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at the Grand Hotel in picturesque Mackinac Island, Michigan.  This one-hour ethics CLE, entitled “Hot IP Ethics Issues for Patent and Trademark Lawyers at the USPTO,” will cover a host of recent developments and is a must attend

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