Telectronics Proprietary, Ltd. v. Medtronic, Inc. v. Telectronics, Inc., and Telectronics Usa, Additional on Counterclaim-Appellees

BISSELL, Circuit Judge.

This court accepted an interlocutory appeal of an order, dated September 8, 1986, 83 Civ. No. 8568-Leisure [hereinafter September 8 Order], from the District Court for the Southern District of New York. The district court stated the controlling question of law as:

Whether, consistent with the Code of Professional Responsibility of the American Bar Association or the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, a patent attorney can work with a corporate inventor to draft or prosecute a patent application to issuance of a patent and subsequently, despite the objection of both the…