The general consensus of attendees at a panel held during IPWatchdog LIVE 2023, day two, is that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) will never be eliminated. Open questions remain, however, on the effectiveness of PTAB reforms recently proposed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Husch Blackwell has hired a former chief of staff of Andrei Iancu, former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for its intellectual property practice and technology, manufacturing and transportation practice group in Washington, the firm announced Friday.
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Dinsmore & Shohl LLP issued the following announcement on May 17,
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to welcome Brendan McCommas as its newest attorney in Washington, D.C. The former United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Chief of Staff and White House Special Assistant to the President will practice with the firm’s leading national Intellectual Property department, which manages the portfolios of multiple top-25 Fortune 500 companies.
McCommas counseled senior White House staff and cabinet officials on a range of intellectual property-related issues, including initiatives targeting the influx of counterfeit goods that damage American businesses. While at the USPTO, he was director Andrei Iancu’s chief advisor in the management of the agency s 13,000 employees and its $3.3 billion budget. McCommas was also a key contributor to the agency’s Section 101 guidance, along with numerous rules for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and he participated in the prepa