Re: Online Resource for Intellectual Property Information

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:21:47 -0500

On 02/07/99, Thomas Workman <tworkman[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, 05 Feb 1999, Mark Lemley <mlemley[_at_]mail.law.utexas.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Just don't look at it if you're from Texas -- it may be the unauthorized
> > practice of law(!).
>
> Mark,
>
> Do you suppose Barefoot Sanders may next go after the US PTO website?
> They have some pages that approach what NOLO was doing in Pressman's
> book... Of course the Texas AG suing the US PTO would be an
> interesting suit, one that would not last very long, but what is the
> difference (other than Texas cannot sue the federal government, IMHO).

Recall that Texas is the jurisdiction that went after patent agents for unauthorized practice of law a number of years back. Held: Texas rules of practice are preempted by PTO admission.

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall University
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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