Sperry v. Florida Ex Rel. Florida Bar

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a state has a \substantial interest in regulating the practice of law within the State\
• holding that Florida could not exercise \a virtual power of review\ over PTO practice by prohibiting nonlawyers from engaging in patent practice
• recognizing that a state has a “substantial interest in regulating the practice of law within the State”
• holding that regulations authorizing nonlawyers to practice before the U.S. Patent Office preempted state unauthorized practice of law rules
• holding that Florida could not exercise “a virtual power of review” over PTO practice by prohibiting nonlawyers from engaging in patent practice
• holding that regulations authorizing nonlawyers to practice before the U.S. Patent Office preempted state unauthorized practice of law rules

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