[Patentpractice] POAs and Liaison Law Firms

[Carl Oppedahl]

What David said.  And on top of this, sometimes there are two or more 
entities that add up to being the foreign client.  When that happens, it 
is very helpful to have signatures from each of the entities making 
clear that you can safely follow instructions of the instructing counsel 
without having to worry so much about the distinct entities.

On 10/27/2025 2:04 PM, David Boundy via Patentpractice wrote:
> That says you can take instructions from your foreign instructing 
> counsel, and that instructions don't have to come direct from the 
> ultimate client.   Keeps you from getting whipsawed / stuck with 
> liability if the client changes his/her mind.
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice 
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>
>     Can someone please remind me why we collectively thought it best
>     to include language in our POAs that indicates the
>     applicant/assignee who uses another [e.g., foreign] law firm/agent
>     as a go-between to send instructions to us?
>
>     What did the USPTO do or say that made us decide to include
>     something like the following in our POAs?
>
>     /“The assignee authorizes its U.S. attorneys and agents to accept
>     and follow instructions from the liaison firm/attorney that is
>     responsible for communicating its instructions to the U.S.
>     attorneys and agents. The assignee will ensure that its U.S.
>     attorneys and agents will be appropriately notified of any change
>     in the responsible liaison firm/attorney.”/
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