Boston listening session with USPTO Director Kathi Vidal

USPTO stakeholder listening session with Director Kathi Vidal

Join Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for a listening session on June 7 at 11:30 a.m. ET, to hear from experts in the Boston region. The session will take place at the Boston Bar Association headquarters. The panel will discuss issues impacting the intellectual property (IP) community and how the USPTO can serve as a catalyst for innovation.

Panelists:

Steven Caltrider, Chief IP Counsel, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Jennifer Camacho, Principal Member, Taitle LLC
Stephanie Couch, Executive Director, Lemelson-MIT Program
Loletta Darden, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and IPEC Director, Suffolk University
Barbara Fiacco, Partner, Co-Chair, Patent Litigation Practice, Foley Hoag LLP
Jordana Goodman, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, Boston University
George Peters, Inventor and President, Invent New England, Principal, Open Innovations Group
Kevin S. Prussia, Partner, Section Co-Chair, Boston Bar IP Section, WilmerHale
Keith Toms, President of the Boston Patent Law Association, BPLA, McCarter & English

Interested attendees have the option to attend in-person or via Livestream. Please submit your questions for the listening session in advance to northeast@uspto.gov

The Boston Bar Association (BBA) requires visitors to abide by the current BBA COVID Policy". Attendees are required to present a valid form of government-issued identification (drivers license or passport) and may be subject to screening to gain access.

For more information, please visit the listening session page on the USPTO website.

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