Comments on: Behind the Scenes: A Day in the Life of David Kappos http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/ Patents, Software Patents, Patent Applications & Patent Law Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:33:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stan E. Delo http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14551 Stan E. Delo Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:35:52 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14551 Thanks for the great link patent litigation! It is a very important aspect of doing business as an independent to understand what you should Not do. I think Alex did a very good job of making the issues reasonably clear to most. Stan~ Thanks for the great link patent litigation! It is a very important aspect of doing business as an independent to understand what you should Not do. I think Alex did a very good job of making the issues reasonably clear to most.

Stan~

]]> By: patent litigation http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14549 patent litigation Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:46:35 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14549 I especially appreciate Kappos's comments as you reported them during the "Dashboard Meeting." It's nice to know that some within Washington's rarefied air realize and acknowledge that they are working for us ... and not the other way around. http://www.industryweek.com/articles/patent_enforcement_21538.aspx?SectionID=2 I especially appreciate Kappos’s comments as you reported them during the “Dashboard Meeting.” It’s nice to know that some within Washington’s rarefied air realize and acknowledge that they are working for us … and not the other way around.
http://www.industryweek.com/articles/patent_enforcement_21538.aspx?SectionID=2

]]> By: Stan E. Delo http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14499 Stan E. Delo Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:12:24 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14499 Very well said Steve M... The other part of the problem in the past has been Congress's prediliction to raid/steal the PTO's funds to the tune of nearly a Billion dollars in the near past, as Cheif Justice Michel mentions in this second part. I think Congress should Give it Back, and maybe just call it a loan for a while perhaps. The USPTO and the IRS are the only two Federal agencies that have consistently seen a profit for very many years. I find it somewhat short-sighted for Congress to take the filing and maintenence fees that are paid for by inventors, and leave the PTO with inadequate funding. It doesn't seem fair at all to me, especially in my position as an independent inventor that is just trying to get things off the ground. Extensive pendency is very damaging to my particular business model. Stan~ Very well said Steve M…
The other part of the problem in the past has been Congress’s prediliction to raid/steal the PTO’s funds to the tune of nearly a Billion dollars in the near past, as Cheif Justice Michel mentions in this second part. I think Congress should Give it Back, and maybe just call it a loan for a while perhaps. The USPTO and the IRS are the only two Federal agencies that have consistently seen a profit for very many years. I find it somewhat short-sighted for Congress to take the filing and maintenence fees that are paid for by inventors, and leave the PTO with inadequate funding. It doesn’t seem fair at all to me, especially in my position as an independent inventor that is just trying to get things off the ground. Extensive pendency is very damaging to my particular business model.

Stan~

]]> By: Steve M http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14496 Steve M Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:35:33 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14496 (Another!) great interview, Gene; thanks! And thank you, Mr. Kappos, for being willing to allow such insightful access; but most importantly, for caring this much and working this hard to make right as much as possible that which has been wrong for so many years. One can only imagine how much better things for all of us would have been . . . had your predecessors been even half the Director you are. (Another!) great interview, Gene; thanks!

And thank you, Mr. Kappos, for being willing to allow such insightful access; but most importantly, for caring this much and working this hard to make right as much as possible that which has been wrong for so many years.

One can only imagine how much better things for all of us would have been . . . had your predecessors been even half the Director you are.

]]> By: Stan E. Delo http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14474 Stan E. Delo Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:05:25 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14474 Part of this fresh new attitude might be due to my ex-Governor of Washington state Gary Locke being appointed as the director of the Department of Commerce. He literally said to DK and the staff at the PTO that if anything is not working well, that the Director of the USPTO has his permission to "blow it up" and do something different. He turned the great state of Washington's economy quite significantly around when it needed some help very badly at the time while he was governor here for 8 years. I voted for him twice. Thanks to both Gary and DK! Stan~ Part of this fresh new attitude might be due to my ex-Governor of Washington state Gary Locke being appointed as the director of the Department of Commerce. He literally said to DK and the staff at the PTO that if anything is not working well, that the Director of the USPTO has his permission to “blow it up” and do something different. He turned the great state of Washington’s economy quite significantly around when it needed some help very badly at the time while he was governor here for 8 years. I voted for him twice. Thanks to both Gary and DK!

Stan~

]]> By: Ron Reardon http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14473 Ron Reardon Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:18:26 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14473 Gene, Super job! Thanks for pulling back the curtain and revealing what many of us have been sharing with independent inventors at club meetings: that Dave Kappos is a breath of fresh air at the USPTO and is the right man to change the culture there. Ron Reardon Gene,

Super job! Thanks for pulling back the curtain and revealing what many of us have been sharing with independent inventors at club meetings: that Dave Kappos is a breath of fresh air at the USPTO and is the right man to change the culture there.

Ron Reardon

]]> By: Stan E. Delo http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14471 Stan E. Delo Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:14:53 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14471 BD, "Yes, there's quite a bit of "Kool-Aid" drinking going on on some of the other patent blogs. At least at IPWatchdog, we hear from the real "movers and shakers" (i.e, Federal Circuit judges and the Director of the USPTO) in our patent vineyard." Very well said EG. I think I might know who a few of the anonymous posters are (I hope) but they have no responsibilty for what they write intrinsically, so will sometimes be outrageous just to get their fleeting moment of (anonymous) glory, I suppose. Gene put his foot down in this regard a while back, which has produced a much better discussion and analysis of current events in my opinion. 6K and Malcom Mooney indeed... Cheers, Stan~ BD,

“Yes, there’s quite a bit of “Kool-Aid” drinking going on on some of the other patent blogs. At least at IPWatchdog, we hear from the real “movers and shakers” (i.e, Federal Circuit judges and the Director of the USPTO) in our patent vineyard.”

Very well said EG. I think I might know who a few of the anonymous posters are (I hope) but they have no responsibilty for what they write intrinsically, so will sometimes be outrageous just to get their fleeting moment of (anonymous) glory, I suppose. Gene put his foot down in this regard a while back, which has produced a much better discussion and analysis of current events in my opinion. 6K and Malcom Mooney indeed…

Cheers, Stan~

]]> By: EG http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14466 EG Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:58:13 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14466 BD, Yes, there's quite a bit of "Kool-Aid" drinking going on on some of the other patent blogs. At least at IPWatchdog, we hear from the real "movers and shakers" (i.e, Federal Circuit judges and the Director of the USPTO) in our patent vineyard. BD,

Yes, there’s quite a bit of “Kool-Aid” drinking going on on some of the other patent blogs. At least at IPWatchdog, we hear from the real “movers and shakers” (i.e, Federal Circuit judges and the Director of the USPTO) in our patent vineyard.

]]> By: Gene Quinn http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14464 Gene Quinn Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:51:40 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14464 Stan- "A man on a mission" is indeed a great way to characterize Kappos, at least based on everything I saw and have heard. Thanks for reading. -Gene Stan-

“A man on a mission” is indeed a great way to characterize Kappos, at least based on everything I saw and have heard.

Thanks for reading.

-Gene

]]> By: Stan E. Delo http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2010/07/29/a-day-in-the-life-of-david-kappos/id=11808/#comment-14462 Stan E. Delo Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:20:24 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=11808#comment-14462 Great job Gene! I find your report to be very inspiring after seeing what has happened at the PTO over the last 8 years or so. A man on a mission it would seem, on behalf of inventors and the American people. Can hardly wait to see the other two parts.... Thanks! Stan Great job Gene! I find your report to be very inspiring after seeing what has happened at the PTO over the last 8 years or so. A man on a mission it would seem, on behalf of inventors and the American people. Can hardly wait to see the other two parts…. Thanks!
Stan

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