Regulations last checked for updates: May 15, 2024

Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights last revised: May 03, 2024
§ 11.404 - Respect for rights of third persons.

(a) In representing a client, a practitioner shall not use means that have no substantial purpose other than to embarrass, delay, or burden a third person, or use methods of obtaining evidence that violate the legal rights of such a person.

(b) A practitioner who receives a document or electronically stored information relating to the representation of the practitioner's client and knows or reasonably should know that the document or electronically stored information was inadvertently sent shall promptly notify the sender.

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 11.404