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Client-attorney privilege for non-US attorneys: Can clients trust that privileged communications with their patent attorneys will not be disclosed in US courts?
By Mikkel Roed Trier | Posted on November 9, 2018
The legal situation in the US concerning client-attorney privilege for patent attorneys has seen some development in recent years. But, especially for non-US patent attorneys, the situation is still uncertain. A recent order of the US International Trade Commission (ITC), 3Shape, confirms the uncertainty concerning foreign patent attorneys. Federal Circuit decision Queen’s of 2016 introduced for...
Tags: 3Shape, client-attorney privilege, ITC, non-US patent attorneys, patent attorneys, patents, PTAB, Queen's, US
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