Head of US Patent and Trademark Office to step down in January
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[quote]In an unexpected move, David Kappos will step down as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office in January, after serving for four years. The news leaked earlier today on [URL="http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2012/11/uspto-director-kappos-will-leave-in-january-2013.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PatentlyO+(Dennis+Crouch's+Patently-O)"]the [I]PatentlyO[/I] blog[/URL], but a USPTO spokesperson has since [URL="https://twitter.com/tamlinbason/status/273153481936891904"]confirmed the news to [I]Bloomberg[/I][/URL].A former IBM attorney, Kappos was a well-liked and extremely well-respected Director who focused on nuts-and-bolts application of the law — he was tasked with [URL="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/09/16/president-obama-signs-america-invents-act-overhauling-patent-system-stim"]implementing the America Invents Act[/URL] after guiding it through passage in 2011, and he also increased the number of patent examiners to reduce the enormous backlog of patent applications and increase the quality of granted patents. He also set up [URL="http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/20/3362386/patents-prior-art-stack-exchange-ask-patents-google"]a partnership with Stack Exchange[/URL] to help crowdsource prior art identification and worked to build a relationship with the tech industry by [URL="http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/16/3656542/former-google-attorney-head-us-patent-office-silicon-valley-branch"]opening Silicon Valley[/URL] and [URL="http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/2/3444814/uspto-david-kappos-cornell-nyc-america-invents-act"]NYC patent offices[/URL], a first in USPTO history.
Perhaps more interestingly, Kappos gave a speech just six days ago called "[URL="http://www.uspto.gov/news/speeches/2012/kappos_CAP.jsp"]An Examination of Software Patents[/URL]" in which he asked critics to "move beyond the flippant rhetoric and instead engage in substantive discussion," noting that innovation in software and smartphones is happening at "breakneck pace." "Broken?" asked Kappos. "What?"
It's not clear at the moment who will step into Kappos' role, but we'll update this story as we learn more.[/quote]
Source: [URL]http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/26/3694084/david-kappos-head-of-us-patent-and-trademark-office-to-step-down-in-january[/URL]
This could go very good or very bad depending on who replaces him.
[QUOTE=Zanfall;38603576]This could go very good or very bad depending on who replaces him.[/QUOTE]
Whoever that person is, he/she better not have a skull with rounded corners.
Good that this guy is stepping down. Can't really get much worse than him.
The guy's seriously said that the "[The US] patent system is the envy of the world..." and defended the smartphone shitstorm as a sign of "progress". ([url=http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/us-patent-chief-to-software-patent-critics-give-it-a-rest-already/]source[/url])
Here's hoping for the replacement has common sense 2.0 installed.
reform please
[QUOTE=Van-man;38604093]Here's hoping for the replacement has common sense 2.0 installed.[/QUOTE]
any common sense would be better then what this guy has "Common Sense Emulator Pre-Alpha Build 23 (Nightly)"
Fuckin' finally.
They stopped using rectangular paper ages ago. We should have too! RESPECT THE PATENTS AND USE STAR-SHAPED PAPER LIKE THE STARS ON THE FLAG OF OUR GREAT NATION GOD BLESS AMERICA
Probably gonna be replaced by an Apple lobbyist.
[quote] "Broken?" asked Kappos. "What?"[/quote]
Is he blind?
[QUOTE=Jad Hinto;38609102]Is he blind?[/QUOTE]
Sometimes the hundered dollar bills can block your vision if it is piled high enough
[QUOTE=mac338;38603626]Whoever that person is, he/she better not have a skull with rounded corners.[/QUOTE]
What?
So their head is a fucking square?
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;38609093]Probably gonna be replaced by an Apple lobbyist.[/QUOTE]
You're implying the former wasn't one at-least to a degree.
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