Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights last revised: Nov 20, 2024
§ 11.201 -

In representing a client, a practitioner shall exercise independent professional judgment and render candid advice. In rendering advice, a practitioner may refer not only to law but to other considerations such as moral, economic, social and political factors that may be relevant to the client's situation.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 500; 15 U.S.C. 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 32, 41; Sec. 1, Pub. L. 113-227, 128 Stat. 2114
source: 69 FR 35452, June 24, 2004, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 37 CFR 11.201