PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 20.45 Penalties -- unsatisfactory professional conduct
PATENTS REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 20.45
Penalties -- unsatisfactory professional conduct(1) Subject to subregulation (2), if a Panel of the Disciplinary Tribunal finds a registered patent attorney guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct, it may:
(a) suspend the attorney's registration as a patent attorney for a period of not more than 12 months; or
(b) administer a public reprimand to the attorney.
(2) The Panel may, in addition to suspending a registered patent attorney's registration under subregulation (1), also impose conditions on the attorney's return to the register after the period of suspension has elapsed.
(3) Without limiting subregulation (2), the conditions that the Panel may impose include either or both of the following:
(a) that the attorney undertake additional continuing professional education, as specified by the Panel ;
(b) that the attorney work for a period of time, not exceeding 2
years, under the supervision of a person who has been a registered patent
attorney for a period of not less than 5 years.