[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR10.68]

[Page 369]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 10--REPRESENTATION OF OTHERS BEFORE THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE--
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Sec. 10.68  Avoiding influence by others than the client.

    (a) Except with the consent of the practitioner's client after full 
disclosure, a practitioner shall not:
    (1) Accept compensation from one other than the practitioner's 
client for the practitioner's legal services to or for the client.
    (2) Accept from one other than the practitioner's client any thing 
of value related to the practitioner's representation of or the 
practitioner's employment by the client.
    (b) A practitioner shall not permit a person who recommends, 
employs, or pays the practitioner to render legal services for another, 
to direct or regulate the practitioner's professional judgment in 
rendering such legal services.
    (c) A practitioner shall not practice with or in the form of a 
professional corporation or association authorized to practice law for a 
profit, if a non-practitioner has the right to direct or control the 
professional judgment of a practitioner.