Patent ethics
Subtitle: prosecution
By: David Hricik, Mercedes Meyer.
Contributors: Meyer, Mercedes.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780195338355
Subjects: Patent lawyers -- United States; Legal ethics -- United States; Patent suits -- United States; Attorney and client -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to the subject matter; title: Registration and the unauthorized practice of law; title: Choice of law: identifying the applicable standards; title: Client identity, matter scope, ending matters, and prospective consent; title: Loyalty and current client conflicts of interest; title: Former client conflicts; title: Competency in patent prosecution; title: The duty of candor and inequitable conduct; title: Maintenance fees and annuities; title: Combining prosecution with other forms of representation.