[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR10.24]

[Page 354]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 10--REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 10.24  Disclosure of information to authorities.

    (a) A practitioner possessing unprivileged knowledge of a violation 
of a Disciplinary Rule shall report such knowledge to the Director.
    (b) A practitioner possessing unprivileged knowledge or evidence 
concerning another practitioner, employee of the Office, or a judge 
shall reveal fully such knowledge or evidence upon proper request of a 
tribunal or other authority empowered to investigate or act upon the 
conduct of practitioners, employees of the Office, or judges.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0651-0017)