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>I'll bet it's pretty easy for two companies to make a deal to pay bonuses to each other's employees when patents are granted. With regard to the moonlighting
by fern12 8y ago
>I'll bet it's pretty easy for two companies to make a deal to pay bonuses to each other's employees when patents are granted.
With regard to the moonlighting patent examiners, I'm fairly certain this is illegal. See MPEP 309 and MPEP 1702.
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s309.html#d0e19194 https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s309.html#d0e1919...
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1702.html https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1702.html
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoIt's not a crime if nobody finds out.
- patentatt 8y agoSeriously folks, this doesn’t happen. Don’t get all tinfoil hat-ey on this.
- snowwrestler 8y agoBy this logic, all the patent examiners might be jaywalkers and murderers too.
- fern12 8y agoTrue. But occasionally, it does happen. https://www.ipethicslaw.com/pto-suspends-ptab-atty-who-filed-multiple-tm-apps-for-cannabis-client/ https://www.ipethicslaw.com/pto-suspends-ptab-atty-who-filed...