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Artificial Intelligence for Lawyers: How To Maintain Your Technical Competency
Lately I have been inundated with news and information about Artificial Intelligence. It seems that all the legal news is talking about these days, and will not stop talking about, is how AI is going to change my life. Forever. …
Ninth Circuit Holds Rule 45 Subpoena Geographic Limits Apply To Remote Testimony: Is This Doom And Gloom For Trial By Zoom?
In an appellate case of first impression on a novel procedural issue, the Ninth Circuit on July 27 in Kirkland v. USBC, Los Angeles, quashed trial subpoenas purporting to command individuals who resided and worked out-of-state and more than…
Why Your IP Law Firm Needs A Risk Management Audit
By Emil Ali
As lawyers, we help clients solve problems, get results, but also advise them on risk. Clients rely on their lawyers for their expertise in the area—as well as their advice that is generally devoid of emotions. But who advises lawyers…
Departing Ethically – 5 Things IP Lawyers and Law Firms Should Evaluate When Transitioning Firms
By Emil Ali
Lawyers no longer stay at one firm their entire career. Some may desire to leave a firm to join another firm, while other may choose to transition to a role in government, in-house, non-profit, or even retire. What is extremely…
Office of Enrollment and Discipline Offers Anonymous Ethics Hotline for PTO Practitioners
Who are you going to call if you have a question about whether your conduct as a patent or trademark attorney is ethical? Many state bars offer “ethics hotlines” to aid their members in their understanding of, and compliance with,…
Shots On The House: Above The Law’s State of the Union Drinking Game A Hangover For Lawyers
Above the Law claims it provides legal analysis and relevant commentary on the legal industry. After reading senior editor Joe Patrice’s recent missive, Finally, A Reason to Drink!! Here’s your guide to making the State of the Union bearable,…
USPTO Reminds Patent Practitioners Regarding Their Duty Of Disclosure Obligations (And Inequitable Conduct)
By Emil Ali
When I tell my law students about their future fiduciary duties to clients, I sum them up as loyalty and confidentiality, but that is not the whole story. This is because lawyers have other enumerated duties to clients, courts, and…
Lawyers Who “Dabble” In USPTO Trademark Matters Face Nightmare Of OED Ethics Investigations, Discipline
“A man’s got to know his limitations” – Clint Eastwood, Magnum Force (1973)
The USPTO’s Office of Enrollment and Discipline has become increasingly active in the last several years, particularly in investigating business or general practice attorneys who dabble in…
Federal District Court dismisses claims against the USPTO by former Patent Examiner refused Registration to Practice
By Emil Ali
Co-Authored by Aditi Kulkarni and Emil J. Ali
On April 26, 2022, The United States District Court for the Eastern District Court of Virginia dismissed a former patent examiner’s complaint and petition for review of the USPTO’s decision denying an…