Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on February 19, 1999 at 03:55:12:
In Reply to: non-disclosure posted by john sapia on February 18, 1999 at 11:14:33:
: what does one do when one shows an invention to a patent lawer, then that patent lawer files for the patent in his clients name without disclosing that the attorney has already see substantially the same invention just weeks earlier by a different inventor than his client? this is a problem for me. I am a patent owner (two patents).
Not that lawyers are perfect, but it is hard to believe that any lawyer would be stupid enough to do what you have said. What you report looks at least like an ethical violation. If there is proof then a complaint to the local Bar Association should at least get the matter looked into. By the same token a compaint to the Patent and Trademark Office would likely have the matter looked into as an eithical violation.
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