37 CFR § 11.507 — Responsibilities regarding law-related (MPEP Coverage Index) – BlueIron IP
37 CFR § 11.507 Responsibilities regarding law-related
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This page consolidates MPEP guidance interpreting 37 CFR § 11.507, including 0 rules from the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure. It is provided as guidance, with links to the ground truth sources. This is information only, it is not legal advice.
Official MPEP § 11.507 — Responsibilities regarding law-related
Source: USPTOLast Modified: 10/30/2024 08:50:22
11.507 Responsibilities regarding law-related services.
A practitioner shall be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct with respect to the provision of law-related services if the law-related services are provided:
- (a) By the practitioner in circumstances that are not distinct from the practitioner’s provision of legal services to clients; or
- (b) In other circumstances by an entity controlled by the practitioner individually or with others if the practitioner fails to take reasonable measures to assure that a person obtaining the law-related services knows that the services are not legal services and that the protections of the client-practitioner relationship do not exist.
[Added 78 FR 20180, Apr. 3, 2013, effective May 3, 2013]