I have lived and worked in the Washington, D.C. metro area my entire adult life. Washington is notorious for its traffic. The math for my office commute is simple. Ten hours per week. 500 hours per year. For 30 years. That’s 15,000 hours–or 1.71 years of my life–just going to and from the office. I […]
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The Federal Circuit’s 2-1 decision yesterday in In re Queen’s University at Kingston resolved a split in the district courts over whether a “patent agent”-client privilege exists independent from the attorney-client privilege. The majority held it does. While the court’s holding provides clarification in this case of first impression, patent agents, their law firm employers,
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“Individual commitment to a group effort–that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” –Vince Lombardi Every successful IP lawyer, whether a solo practitioner or a senior partner in a mega-firm, has one thing in common: a great support team of secretaries, legal assistants, technical advisors, and paralegals.
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