Regulations last checked for updates: May 14, 2024

Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights last revised: May 03, 2024
§ 11.802 - Judicial and legal officials.

(a) A practitioner shall not make a statement that the practitioner knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to its truth or falsity concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge, adjudicatory officer or public legal officer, or of a candidate for election or appointment to judicial or legal office.

(b) A practitioner who is a candidate for judicial office shall comply with the applicable provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct.

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 11.802