Posts Tagged: "NCEAI"

Inaugural NCEAI Innovation Discussion Underscores Data-Driven, Solution-Based Approach

Last week, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted its first National Council for Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI) Innovation Chat virtually, featuring a discussion between USPTO Director Andrei Iancu and the Deputy Director General for Patents and Technology Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Lisa Jorgensen. A key takeaway was specificity – Iancu and Jorgenson consistently advocated for the NCEAI to be specific in its identification of needs, to strategize specific solutions to those needs, and provide tangible measurements of each solution’s application.

La'Cee Conley

January 19, 2021

USPTO Council on Expanding Innovation Gets Mixed Reactions

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) earlier this week announced the creation of the National Council for Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI), an initiative ostensibly intended to “build a more diverse and inclusive innovation ecosystem by encouraging participation demographically, geographically, and economically.” Reactions to the Council were mixed, with a number of IPWatchdog sources contacting us to alternately express their confusion, skepticism or support. We put out a call for official reactions to share these varying responses, which raise a number of questions to be monitored as the NCEAI moves forward.

Eileen McDermott

September 18, 2020