Common Ethical Issues in Patent Prosecution: Conflicts & Fee Sharing
A Patent Agents of Georgia Virtual Event
Ethics is not a dry subject matter taught in law schools (okay, well it is that--but it really is much more). Ethics is about how a patent agent is supposed to practice law and run a law firm. Ethics is not a subject matter tested on the USPTO registration exam, but patent agents are bound by the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct.
For anyone considered starting your own firm and want to know what you need to know to do so AND do it in a way that you don't need to seek out legal advice from our speaker, join the Patent Agents of Georgia in welcoming Michael E. McCabe, Jr. on Tuesday, June 30, 2022 at 12:00 pm ET. Come and start to learn how to run a firm or legal department in accordance with your contractual, fiduciary, and ethical responsibilities as a patent agent.
Michael E. McCabe, Jr. is the Managing Partner of McCabe Ali LLP, resident in the firm's Potomac, Maryland office. Michael has practiced IP law for thirty years. For the last decade, his practice has focused on the representation of patent, trademark and intellectual property practitioners, law firms, universities, law students, in-house counsel and government employees in ethics matters, bar investigations, and disciplinary proceedings before the USPTO's Office of Enrollment and Discipline as well as the state bars in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. Michael also represents law firms and practitioners in claims involving legal malpractice, sanctions, and disqualification issues. Michael has served as the Chair of the ABA's Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee and is a faculty member of the Virginia State Bar's Professionalism Course. Michael is a registered patent attorney and nationally recognized lecturer and author on topics related to ethics in the practice of intellectual property law. Michael graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law and earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Michael worked as an engineer for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
PAGA CHAIRS
BRIAN GENCO - Patent Agent, Meunier Carlin & Curfman
SARAH WILKENING - Patent Agent, Troutman Pepper