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Vaishali Udupa to join USPTO as new Commissioner for Patents
WASHINGTON—Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property (IP) and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Kathi Vidal announced today that Vaishali Udupa, an intellectual property attorney, engineer, and currently a top executive from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), will join the 13,000-person Department of Commerce agency as the new Commissioner for Patents effective January 17, 2023.
A nationally recognized and dynamic leader with over twenty years of experience in strategic IP advisement and complex litigation, Ms. Udupa brings a wealth of experience to the agency in areas of patent prosecution and litigation, global IP policy, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). In the private sector, Vaishali secured multiple IP trial wins and managed numerous IP cases to favorable resolutions in the United States and abroad. She assisted in the development of patent and trademark portfolios and counseled internal clients regarding licensing deals, asset acquisitions and agreements involving IP rights. Before that, as an attorney in private practice, she participated in multiple IP trials and counseled clients with respect to their IP portfolios. Her technological experience includes, among others, electronic devices, telecommunication systems, computer software, electronic commerce, consumer products, sporting goods, and medical devices.
“As our agency continues its focus on bringing more individuals into the innovation ecosystem, especially more individuals from communities and areas across America that have yet to fully participate, clarifying rules on what creations are eligible for patents for the greater good of the patent system, and working with union leadership to further energize and invigorate our valued patent corps, I am confident Vaishali is the right leader for our esteemed Patents organization,” said Director Vidal. “Vaishali understands that the innovation system must work for all stakeholders. She also knows the importance of service and working with our colleagues in patents to foster innovation and opportunity. I am excited to work with her, the unions, and the rest of USPTO leadership and all our patents colleagues to advance policies and procedures that will incentivize and protect more innovation from across our great country, in every state and county.”
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