Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SUMMER 2015 Volume 40, Number 2
Content
- 2015 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Case Comments
- Civil Case on Redskins Heats Up: Pro-Football, Inc. v. Amanda Blackhorse, et al.
- Contents
- Copyright Interest Group
- Entertainment and Sports Law Interest Group
- Federal Circuit Review
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2014-2015
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2014-2015
- International Ip Developments
- Legislation Update
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- Licensing Interest Group
- Litigation Interest Group
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Patent Interest Group
- Patently "Wrong:" Scotus rules that the Federal Circuit has Misused the "De Novo" Standard when Reviewing Claim Construction Determinations
- Runaway jurisprudence: Has the "But For" Test for Proving Inequitable Conduct in Patent Cases Gone Awry, Gone Rogue, or Gone Quiet?
- The Licensing Corner
- The Moral of B&B Hardware: Companies Need to Be Strategic in Trademark Actions Before the Ttab
- The State Bar of California Intellectual Property Alumni
- Trademark Interest Group
- Newsflash
NEWSFLASH
Commissioner for Patents Margaret (Peggy) Focarino has announced that she will retire effective July 3, 2015. USPTO Director Michelle Lee made the following statement: "Peggy has been an inspiration to so many individuals who have aspired to further American innovation through public service," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and USPTO Director Michelle K. Lee. "Since 1977, when she began her career as a patent examiner, she has proven to be a role model of professionalism and dedication. Her tenure as Commissioner for Patents occurred at a historic moment in the patent system’s 225-year history, during the enactment of the transformative America Invents Act. I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked with her over the last several years, and congratulate her on an extremely successful career."
Focarino received her undergraduate degree in physics from the State University of New York, and a Certificate in Advanced Public Management from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. She joined the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1977. In January 2009, Focarino was promoted to Acting Commissioner for Patents and under former Director Kappos assumed the newly created position Deputy Commissioner for Patents. She was appointed Commissioner for Patents in January 2012. Amongst her many accomplishments, she has received the Department of Commerce Silver Medal for Leadership in 2010 for leading a joint union and management task force that developed and implemented the irst signiicant changes to the patent examiner work credit system in more than 30 years.
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