Pooley Nominated as Deputy Director General for Patents
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Written by Gene Quinn President & Founder of IPWatchdog, Inc. Patent Attorney, Reg. No. 44,294 Zies, Widerman & Malek E-mail | Blog | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted: May 7, 2009 @ 3:18 pm 
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Some reports had suggested that James Pooley of Morrison Foerster was on a short list to be named the next Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property (a.k.a. Director of the PTO), but I can now confirm that Pooley will not be the next Director of the PTO. President Obama has nominated Pooley to become the next deputy director general for patents at the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Association. Pooley becomes the second Morrison Foerster attorney selected by President Obama. Just several weeks ago Tony West, a San Francisco-based litigator with Morrison Foerster, was confirmed as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division of the U.S. Justice Department.
Speculation will likely continue to grow with respect to who President Obama will name as the next Director of the PTO. My suspicion is that it will be David Kappos, IBM Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. Other prominent names being suggested as possibilities include Q. Todd Dickinson and Michael Kirk. My sources tell me that it will not be Aarti Rai, who is a Duke Law Professor and friend to President Obama from when they both attended Harvard Law School.
About the Author
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Eugene R. Quinn, Jr.
President & Founder of IPWatchdog, Inc. US Patent Attorney (Reg. No. 44,294) Zies, Widerman & Malek B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Rutgers University J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center L.L.M. in Intellectual Property, Franklin Pierce Law Center Send me an e-mail  |
Gene Quinn is a US Patent Attorney, law professor and the founder of IPWatchdog.com. He is also a principal lecturer in the top patent bar review course in the nation, which helps aspiring patent attorneys and patent agents prepare themselves to pass the patent bar exam. Known by many as “The IPWatchdog,” Gene started the widely popular intellectual property website IPWatchdog.com in 1999, and since that time the site has had millions of unique visitors. Gene has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the LA Times, CNN Money, NPR and various other newspapers and magazines worldwide. He represents individuals, small businesses and start-up corporations. As an electrical engineer with a computer engineering focus his specialty is electronic and computer devices, Internet applications, software and business methods.
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