http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/04/12...erce/id=10103/
"...On July 23, 2008, the USPTO published a somewhat strange notice in the Federal Register, which was to remind patent attorneys and patent agents that the activities they are engaged, namely the sending of technological information abroad, was in violation of US export laws. At the time I suspected that such a reminder notice was a precursor to actual enforcement of the laws and this was the shot across the bow giving fair warning to the industry to come into compliance. Some 20+ months later nothing has changed, and in fact there is more outsourcing than ever. At the end of July the Indian outsourcing of patent work was a $2.2 billion per year industry, and today it is undoubtedly more as most law firms that represent publicly traded companies can attest..."
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