People v. Bode

REPORT, DECISION, AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTION PURSUANT TO C.R.C.P. 251.15(b)

I. ISSUE

SANCTION IMPOSED: THREE-YEAR THREE-YEAR SUSPENSION

Under the rules for imposing reciprocal discipline, this Court must impose the same discipline as the foreign jurisdiction unless deemed inappropriate under the cireum-stances. This action is based upon Respondent's seven-year suspension from practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (with four years stayed). Respondent failed to appear and failed to challenge the validity of the PTO's suspension order. Should the Court therefore impose a three-year…