Posts in Interviews & Conversations
Exclusive with Roberta Romano-Götsch, Chief Operating Officer of Mobility and Mechatronics at EPO
I recently had the opportunity to go on the record with Roberta Romano-Götsch, the chief operating officer of Mobility and Mechatronics at the European Patent Office (…
USPTO begins process for finding new leadership at the PTAB
Just days prior to our interview an announcement was made that PTAB Chief Judge David Ruschke would be stepping down and assuming new responsibilities. "At the PTAB, …
Exclusive Interview: PTO Director Andrei Iancu and OED Director Will Covey on Practitioner Dues, CLE and Unauthorized Practice
The focus of this interview was OED generally, but more specifically why they Office felt it was necessary to begin charging annual dues to practitioners and what …
12 Questions with Karin Seegert, COO Healthcare, Biotechnology and Chemistry, EPO
Karin Seegert studied pharmacy and received her PhD from the University of Munich in 1985. Following several years working in R&D in industry, she joined the EPO …
IPBC 2018 to Focus on Creating and Harnessing IP Value
How do you create - how do you harness that value and how do you turn it into something that is meaningful for the people that own …
A Conversation with Joff Wild, Editor-in-Chief of IAM Magazine
As patents become more essential to more businesses, investors are going to want to have more information about them. They're going to want to have more visibility …
The Most Interesting Man in the Patent World Fights to Improve America’s Patent System
“I can tell you that my work in China and Japan and Korea tells me that the companies there are quite delighted to pick up the slack …
EPO ready for the first Unitary Patent as soon as the ratification requirements are met
One of the great aspects of the Unitary Patent is that it follows the normal EPO procedure up to grant. And indeed, the search and the examination …
Escaping the Prisoner’s Dilemma: Toward a New Transparency in Patent Licensing
"The key ingredient needed for the prisoner’s dilemma to work its destructive magic is a lack of transparency between the parties involved," Siino writes. The article …
Thomas Massie: America’s Inventor Congressman
“I can tell you, every day Congress is in session there are lobbyists here trying to weaken the patent system,” Massie explained. In Massie’s words, those …
Does innovation lead to patents, or patents lead to innovation?
We pick up our conversation with me suggesting that there is a problem with claims being found to be abstract when the decision maker has been able …
A Software Patent Discussion with Matt Levy
It is probably fair to say that Matt Levy’s views are contrary to mine with respect to many patent related matters, but particularly so with respect …
Addressing potential IPR abuses and hardships on the patent owner
Russ Slifer: "And as you know by statute the Director is tasked with making the institution decision on an IPR but that’s been delegated to the …
An Exclusive Interview with former USPTO Deputy Director Russ Slifer
As you will see from the transcript, nothing was out of bounds, although because of time we didn't get into everything. Slifer did agree to come back …
If patent laws were correctly calibrated to spur innovation the efficient infringer would pay
Ashley Keller: "However, when you do infringe a patent, even if it was efficient for you to do so, the upshot should be you have to pay. …
