[NYCInfoLaw] USPTO Director David Kappos at NYLS Friday 3/26 1pm

[Joe Merante]

Hi,

The IILP is proud to present "Vision for the USPTO in the 21st Century:
Ensuring America’s Innovation Future," a presentation by the the Hon. David
Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  The event will
take place on Friday, March 26 at 1 p.m. in the New York Law School
Auditorium, 185 West Broadway, Manhattan.  The event is free and open to the
public.  We encourage you to pass along this invitation and press release to
anyone who might be interested.  If you have any questions, do not hesitate
to contact us.  Please R.S.V.P. to Ms. Naomi Allen, naomi.allen at nyls.edu.

Best,

Joe


Media Contact: LaToya Jordan, 212.431.2191, latoya.jordan at nyls.edu

*Director of the USPTO, David Kappos,
to Speak at New York Law School on the Future of the Patent Office*

New York, NY (2010)—David Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO), will give a talk titled “Vision for the USPTO in the 21st
Century: Ensuring America’s Innovation Future,” on Friday, March 26 at 1
p.m. at New York Law School, located at 185 West Broadway. The event is
presented by the Law School’s Center for Patent Innovations (CPI) and the
Institute for Information Law & Policy.

“Anyone who knows Dave Kappos well knows that the USPTO is in great hands as
the organization rises to meet the challenges of the 21st century,” Mark
Webbink, Executive Director of CPI, said. “We are pleased to welcome the New
York legal community and, especially, the New York patent bar to New York
Law School to hear from one of the most dynamic leaders to ever head the
USPTO.”

Kappos was appointed Director of the USPTO during the summer of 2009. In
this position, he serves as main advisor to President Obama, secretary of
commerce, and the entire administration on all issues pertaining to
intellectual property and manages the office, responsible for granting U.S.
patents and registering trademarks. He brings to the office more than 20
years of experience as a patent professional, formerly serving as Vice
President and Assistant General Counsel for Intellectual Property at IBM.
Kappos has also served on the board of directors for various intellectual
property law associations in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. and has lectured
extensively on intellectual property.

In his talk at the Law School, he will discuss the future of the patent
office, as well as the issues it currently faces, including patent quality,
long waiting times for patent examination, and a 770,000 patent application
backlog.

“In order to assist the businesses, innovators, and inventors that create
American jobs, the USPTO must be a model in the world for IP administration
and protection,” Kappos said. “We must lead in application pendency,
examination quality, as well as protection of IP rights globally. To cut
long wait times, and reduce the backlog, the USPTO is working diligently to
increase examination capacity and gain process efficiencies. To ensure the
highest quality patents the USPTO is reengineering its quality management
program from top to bottom.”

This event is free and open to the public. Please register with Naomi Allen
at Naomi.Allen at nyls.edu or 212.431.2368.

*About the Center for Patent Innovations*
New York Law School formed the Center for Patent Innovations in June 2008 as
a part of the Institute for Information Law & Policy. The Center is focused
on bringing real-world technology solutions to improve government
operations, particularly in the area of patent law. The Center for Patent
Innovations will continue to pursue innovations in patent law and has
launched a number of projects related to Peer to Patent, such as the
Post-Issue Peer to Patent www.post-issue.org, which extends the
community-based approach of finding prior art relevant to re-examination of
patents that have already been granted.

*About New York Law School*
Founded in 1891, New York Law School is an independent law school located in
lower Manhattan near the city’s centers of law, government, and finance. New
York Law School’s renowned faculty of prolific scholars has built the
School’s strength in such areas as constitutional law, civil and human
rights, labor and employment law, media and information law, urban legal
studies, international and comparative law, and a number of
interdisciplinary fields. The School is noted for its nine academic centers:
Center on Business Law & Policy, Center on Financial Services Law, Center
for International Law, Center for New York City Law, Center for Professional
Values and Practice, Center for Real Estate Studies, Diane Abbey Law Center
for Children and Families, Institute for Information Law & Policy, and
Justice Action Center. New York Law School has more than 13,000 graduates
and enrolls some 1,500 students in its full- and part-time J.D. program and
its four advanced degree programs in financial services law, real estate,
tax, and mental disability law studies. www.nyls.edu



-- 
Joseph Merante
Student Research Fellow, NYLS IILP
3L, New York Law School
(c) 617-372-6540
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