CHAPTER 389

An Act to authorize attorneys recognized to practice before the U. S.
Patent Office in patent or trademark cases to practice patent or trade-
mark law in Virginia so long as the U. S. Patent Office, or any part
thereof, is located in Virginia, without being licensed as attorneys at
law in Virginia, under certain conditions; to define such practice; and
to require a license of and impose a license tax upon any such attorney
who maintains an office in this State.

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Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. So long as the U. S. Patent Office or any part or division
thereof is located in Virginia, an attorney recognized to practice before
the U. S. Patent Office in patent or trademark cases shall be authorized
to practice patent or trademark law in Virginia without being licensed
or authorized as an attorney at law in Virginia by the Supreme Court of
Appeals or by the State Board of Bar Examiners, and without becoming
a member of the Virginia State Bar.

§ 2. For the purposes of this act “an attorney recognized to practice
before the U. S. Patent Office in patent or trademark cases” is defined
as any one who is duly authorized to practice law in any state or territory
of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and who also is entitled
under the rules of the U. S. Patent Office to represent another in a patent
or a trademark case; and to “practice patent or trademark law” is de-
fined to mean to perform all necessary professional services with respect
to patent or trademark matters, concerning which being recognized to
practice before the U. S. Patent Office for the performance of such serv-
ices 1s required, and includes the preparation and filing of copyright ap-
plications and assignments thereof in the Copyright Office of the Library
of Congress.

§ 3. This act shall not be construed to authorize an attorney recognized
for practice before the U. S. Patent Office in patent or trademark cases
to appear in any court or in any tribunal other than the tribunals of the
Patent Office, nor to hold himself out as authorized to practice law gen-
erally in Virginia.

§ 4. The commissioners of revenue are authorized, upon the payment
of a revenue license fee of fifteen dollars per annum, to issue a revenue
license to any attorney recognized for practice before the U. S. Patent
Office in patent or trademark cases maintaining an office or place of
business in this State, which license shall entitle the holder thereof to
practice patent or trademark law only as defined in this act. A separate
license shall be required for each person so practicing patent or trademark
law, and such license shall not be prorated. Provided, however, that no
additional State revenue license shall be required of any person to practice
patent or trademark law if such person is regularly licensed in Virginia
as an attorney at law.