patent law/ intellectual property
so i have an idea, but i dont know if it is patentable. so i should talk to an intellectual property lawyer, right? but how can i trust him? like lets say i tell him my idea but i chose not to work with him, can he ''steal'' it from me?
Re: patent law/ intellectual property
Adding to Mr. Browde's excellent response to your question, not only would taking a client's idea be the end of the attorney's practice in terms of his or her reputation with the public, but the attorney would be disbarred from the practice of law by the state(s) where s/he is admitted AND disbarred from the practice of patent prosecution by the US Patent & Trademark Office, fined a LOT of money by the court, possibly liable under a civil malpractice action to the client, and possibly imprisoned if the circumstances were sufficiently egregious.
It just really isn't worth it to us to steal a client's idea.
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE IS GENERAL IN NATURE AND IS NOT INTENDED, NOR SHOULD IT BE CONSTRUED, AS LEGAL ADVICE. THIS POSTING DOES NOT CREATE ANY ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US. FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, CONSULT YOUR ATTORNEY.
Re: patent law/ intellectual property
Adding to Mr. Browde's excellent response to your question, not only would taking a client's idea be the end of the attorney's practice in terms of his or her reputation with the public, but the attorney would be disbarred from the practice of law by the state(s) where s/he is admitted AND disbarred from the practice of patent prosecution by the US Patent & Trademark Office, fined a LOT of money by the court, possibly liable under a civil malpractice action to the client, and possibly imprisoned if the circumstances were sufficiently egregious.
It just really isn't worth it to us to steal a client's idea.
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE IS GENERAL IN NATURE AND IS NOT INTENDED, NOR SHOULD IT BE CONSTRUED, AS LEGAL ADVICE. THIS POSTING DOES NOT CREATE ANY ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US. FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, CONSULT YOUR ATTORNEY.
Re: patent law/ intellectual property
Adding to Mr. Browde's excellent response to your question, not only would taking a client's idea be the end of the attorney's practice in terms of his or her reputation with the public, but the attorney would be disbarred from the practice of law by the state(s) where s/he is admitted AND disbarred from the practice of patent prosecution by the US Patent & Trademark Office, fined a LOT of money by the court, possibly liable under a civil malpractice action to the client, and possibly imprisoned if the circumstances were sufficiently egregious.
It just really isn't worth it to us to steal a client's idea.
THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE IS GENERAL IN NATURE AND IS NOT INTENDED, NOR SHOULD IT BE CONSTRUED, AS LEGAL ADVICE. THIS POSTING DOES NOT CREATE ANY ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN US. FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, CONSULT YOUR ATTORNEY.
