The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is seeking public comment on patent privilege issues. Specifically, it wants input on the legal protections granted to communications between patent practitioners and their clients, according to Courtenay Brinckerhoff of Foley & Lardner.
“U.S. jurisdictions are inconsistent with regard to their treatment of communications with foreign patent practitioners and nonattorney U.S. patent agents,” says Brinckerhoff. “Privilege laws (or professional secrecy obligations) of foreign countries vary by statute and the common law.”
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