Thursday, June 28, 2007

Federal Circuit upholds discipline by the USPTO for a patent attorney associated with Invention Promotion company

From the USPTO's website, 6/28/07:

Recently the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), affirmed disciplinary action taken by the USPTO against a registered patent attorney, who became involved in the activities of one invention promotion company and represented more than one thousand inventors. This important decision lends critical support to the USPTO's efforts to protect unsuspecting inventors from unscrupulous invention promoters. If you have questions please call Harry Moatz, Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline, 571-272-6069. The USPTO urges all independent inventors to read the court's decision. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it. It's a free download.

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And I, for one, am DELIGHTED to read this!!!!!!!!! Reputable patent attorneys have long complained about the unscrupulous tactics used by these companies to bilk clients out of $thousands.