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Click here to find out moreFew subjects are as important to IP practitioners as the ethical considerations involved in the representation of clients when potential conflicts of interest arise. Anthony Lo Cicero of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein discusses the Rules of Professional Conduct (and the corresponding ABA Model Rules) that apply to conflicts of interest involving current clients (Rule 1.7) and former clients (Rule 1.9); the identification of the client (Rule 1.11); the formation and termination of the client relationship (Rule 1.16); and other subjects. Also covered: the decision in Maling v. Finnegan, Henderson, SJC 11800 (Mass. 2015), which rejected an attempt to create a conflict of interest situation where a firm prosecutes patents of similar subject matter for different clients.
