In a recent opinion, the Texas Supreme Court resolved a question of interest to patent attorneys—is there a privilege for communications between a patent agent and his client? In re Silver, No.

Not all communications are protected by attorney-client privilege. Underlying facts are discoverable. Privilege cannot, and should not, be used to protect facts from being discovered. Id. at 395.

April 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday told lawyers seeking patents that they must disclose any "material" part played by artificial intelligence in creating an ...