Ethical Issues In Patent Prosecution And Litigation
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, June 11, 2004
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 01:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Schedule/Agenda
Registration Information
Attend and Learn:
- The triple coverage of IP attorneys under state rules, PTO rules and court and agency local rules and practice
- The expansive PTO proposed overhaul of its ethical rules
- Tensions arising out of diverse duties to clients and tribunals
- Applicability of the PTO to matters occurring outside PTO and patent/trademark prosecution
- Best practices for ethical compliance consistent with effective representation
- Systems to guard against ethical lapses in solo, firm and corporate practice
FEATURED GUEST LECTURER
Professor David Hricik, teaches Patent Law & Litigation; Professional Responsibility; Civil Procedure; and Remedies. Professor Hricik practiced law, principally in patent and complex commercial litigation, first with Baker Botts, then as a founding partner of Slusser & Frost, and finally with Yetter & Warden (Of Counsel, 2000-2002). He is a member of the Professionalism & Ethics Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and chaired the Ethics & Professional Responsibility Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association. He also served as a member of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Committee of the Texas State Bar. Professor Hricik has taught law at the University of Houston Law Center and the University of Texas School of Law and other courses at St. Edward's Graduate School of Management. He has numerous publications and presentations on legal ethics and patent practice and his website, http://www.hricik.com, contains various ethics and intellectual property resources.
| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 1:00 |
Networking Luncheon |
| Sponsored by the Boston Patent Lawyers Association and the IP Law Concentration, Suffolk University Law School
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| 1:30 |
Ethical Issues in Patent Prosecution & Litigation and Update on New USPTO Lawyer Conduct Rules |
| Through use of a humorous video based on real cases, this session will explore ethical issues which arise during patent prosecution and litigation, including choice of law; the ethical issues of taking an ownership interest in a patent; conflicts of interest during prosecution; the conflict between the duty of candor and the duty of confidentiality; and the issues of using undercover investigators.
Professor David Hricik
Mercer University School of Law, Macon, GA
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| 3:30 |
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~Companion Course~
Ethical Risks from the Use of TechnologyFriday, June 11, 9:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
For more information on this companion course, please click here
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Friday, June 11, 2004 |
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Tuition is $99 and includes lunch. Tuition to attend both is $199; $179 for attorneys admitted to the bar after 2001 and BPLA members.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you can send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE Credit in NY, RI, NH, VT & ME. This course is approved for 2 hours of Ethics Credit.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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