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05/26/11 7:15 PM

#120635 RE: investorgold2002 #120574

so what is the new standard? Should BOTH Materiality and Intent to deceive be separately proven?

Intent to deceive will now carry less weight than it did before. The emphasis in an argument for inequitable conduct will have to be on the materiality of the information in question.