Legal analysis: A patent agent should perform certain obligations in the process of handling patent affairs on behalf of the inventor. Patent agents shall be responsible for keeping confidential the inventions and creations of inventors they know in their business activities, except for unexpected circumstances in which patent applications have been published or announced. In addition, the patent agent shall not represent the upper-level parties who have conflicts of interest, such as licensor and licensee, assignor and assignee, infringer and infringer. And this obligation is consistent with the obligations of agents in general agents.
Legal basis: Article 4 of the Patent Agency Regulations shall abide by laws and administrative regulations, professional ethics and practice discipline, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of clients.
Patent agencies and patent agents practicing according to law are protected by law.