Gene Quinn
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The Fight to Fix America's Patent System | IPWatchdog Unleashed (opens the original)
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This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, IPWatchdog President Renée C. Quinn spoke with Coke Morgan Stewart. Formerly Acting Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Stewart is now president and CEO of the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP). Their conversation, recorded at IPWatchdog’s 2026 Women’s IP Forum, examines what she learned while leading the agency, why she believes the patent system needs legislative reform, and how her experience has shaped her app
Squires Postpones Anniversary Celebration; Gmail Account Raises New Records Questions (opens the original)
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“The USPTO should say whether it considers this a personal or official event, state who is paying for the event and whether any USPTO employees are planning or will execute the event…” A red arrow was added by the editor to draw attention to the email address discussed below. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director John Squires has postponed the anniversary celebration scheduled for Tuesday, September 29. In a message sent to invitees from squirescelebration@gmail.com and signed “John,
Squires’ Anniversary Celebration Raises Serious Ethical, Legal Questions (opens the original)
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“It would seem wildly inappropriate for those with business before the USPTO or those who are affected by U.S. IP laws and policy to donate to what appears to be a personal celebration of the Director.” IPWatchdog has learned that U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director John Squires plans to celebrate one year in office with an event on September 29 at the Motion Picture Association’s (MPA’s) Washington DC headquarters. To our knowledge, this is the first time a Director has publicly c
Schedule A Litigation Is Not the Problem: Online Counterfeiting Is (opens the original)
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“Every defendant is entitled to due process… But due process does not require courts to ignore evidence that anonymity, disposable accounts and rapid transfers are being used to defeat adjudication.” Online counterfeiting has become ubiquitous. A seller located anywhere in the world can create a digital storefront, copy a brand owner’s photographs and product descriptions, adopt a business name that reveals nothing, and begin selling into the United States before the brand owner even knows the a
USPTO Pivot on PTAB Oversight Raises Questions About PTAB Control (opens the original)
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“With institution decisions moving away from the Director and back to the PTAB the concern is the institution rate will only accelerate.” Sources familiar with operations at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have told IPWatchdog that USPTO Director John Squires has informed the Administrative Patent Judges (APJs) on the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that he will be relinquishing decision-making authority on which patent challenges to institute, returning the decision t
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