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IPWatchdog UnleashedThe Price of Drug Innovation: Middlemen, Global Free-Riding and the Future of MedicineThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we have a conversation about one of the hottest topics not just in the intellectual property world, but one of the topics that everyone both inside and outside of government is discussing. The cost of prescription pharmaceuticals is higher in the United States than anywhere else in the world, and many in the United States—including President Trump—are fed up with this imbalance. So, we will set the record straight and explain what is really causing Americans to pay high drug prices. To accomplish this my conversation is with Corey Salsberg, who i...2025-07-281h 12
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatents vs. Trade Secrets: Do You Need a Patent, or is a Secret Good Enough?This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we explore the age-old question about whether it is best to keep an innovation as a trade secret or whether it makes sense to seek patent protection. And while this question is not one that is new, it is a question that has been getting more attention in recent years. And what I mean by that is this—it is hard not to notice that U.S. patents have been under siege for some time now. This has driven innovators into trade secret protection and away from patent protection in at least some technology fi...2025-07-2155 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedShould We Fear Gen AI? Promises, Pitfalls, and the Path ForwardThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed my conversation is with my friend Wen Xie. Many of you probably already know Wen. If you've been to IPWatchdog events, you've undoubtedly met her already, and you've heard her speak on our stage and in our webinars about various topics related to patent practice and procedure. Wen has more than a decade of experience as a U.S. patent attorney, and her specialty is with software and artificial intelligence (AI). She recently founded Lex Lumen Intellectual Property law firm, where she engages in representation with a client-centered focus that fuses digital m...2025-07-1451 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedCoping with Alice: Strategies for Winning on Patent EligibilityThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we dive into patent eligibility waters, with a discussion on how patent attorneys and litigators alike can cope with Alice. Our conversation will triangulate the issue from the political perspective, from the perspective of a patent litigator who represents patent owners in federal court, and from the perspective of a patent attorney who represents clients as they attempt to obtain software patents.Joining us this week is the Honorable Andrei Iancu, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. And as many...2025-07-0757 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatent Monetization: Assessing Today’s Environment and Tomorrow’s ProspectsTo successfully monetize a patent portfolio, it is necessary to identify the value within the portfolio and to put in the work to prove to third parties and potential partners that that value exists. But even then, even when all the hard work has been done, after quality assets have been obtained, after evidence of use has been gathered and negotiations have begun, there are no guarantees.This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we enter the world of patent monetization, with a conversation about patent licensing and dealmaking—and of course the enforcement landscape. We also discuss the im...2025-06-3054 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedGaming Patent Litigation on Both Sides of the "v"This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we enter the patent litigation world for a conversation about gaming the system. For too long popular sentiment has been that patent owners are bad actors simply because they are patent owners. Obviously, just being a patent owner does not make one a bad actor, and neither does enforcing a patent against an alleged infringer. But this patent troll narrative has been quite successful and has turned everyone who owns and enforces patents into an evil archvillain. Meanwhile, alleged infringers love to portray themselves as victims of unscrupulous patent trolls. So...2025-06-2359 min
Gene-ology: A Mission Log Look into Gene Roddenberry’s WorksGene-ology - The Pickup Welcome to Gene-ology, a podcast by Roddenberry Entertainment that dives deep into the early TV writing works of Gene Roddenberry. Gene Roddenberry's second Shannon script was entirely his own, and both its main guest star and its concepts are clear signs of things to come in both the 21st and 23rd centuries. We hitch a ride with "The Pickup" for a glimpse into Gene's future you won't want to miss. Hosted by Earl Green & Ashley Thomas About Gene-ology Gene-ology explores Gene Roddenberry's early television scripts, including his lesser-known works before Star Trek using the Mission...2025-06-231h 00
IPWatchdog UnleashedWin for Small Business Patent Owners: Leveling the Patent Litigation Playing FieldThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we speak with F. Scott Kieff, who is a former Commissioner on the International Trade Commission, and Joshua Hartman, head of Merchant & Gould’s ITC practice group. Our conversation, which took place on June 4, focused on the landmark ruling by the Federal Circuit in Lashify, Inc. v. International Trade Commission. Our conversation is wide ranging and touches on the politics and history of the ITC, which Kieff explains is quite important to keep in mind as we try and decipher this decision that was 40 years in the making really. We also discuss whether the de...2025-06-1654 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedSolutions for a Better Patent SystemWays to make a better patent system is a common theme at IPWatchdog, and we are going to get more seriously involved in that discussion over the next year as we try to bring thought leaders together for high-level, substantive conversations. And this conversation is the opening salvo in that effort. Our panel really needs no introduction. All the members joining us this week are members of the IPWatchdog Hall of Fame. We start with Bob Stoll, is a former Commissioner for Patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and among other things he is an...2025-06-0958 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedQuantum Computers and the Evolution of AIThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we have a conversation that I've wanted to have for some time. The topic this week is quantum computers. It is quite a niche topic and finding people who actually know what they're talking about is not particularly easy, but this is an enormously important topic that we should all know something about because for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to achieve all its full potential we are going to need much better and much faster computers. And whether it is ultimately quantum computing or whatever comes next, quantum computers are going to be at minimum...2025-06-0237 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatent Blame Game: Are 70% of U.S. Patents Really Defective?This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I do not have a guest. Instead I want to take this opportunity to share my thoughts on the complex intersection between patent quality, patent examination and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). My interest in speaking today about these issues is triggered by the confirmation hearing last week for John Squires, who is President Trump’s nominee to be the next Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.During the hearing, Squires said his focus will be on making sure pa...2025-05-2624 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedIP and the Wild West Landscape of AIThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with Allison Gaul who serves as legal counsel for Boston Consulting Group. She is responsible for evaluating digital products with an eye towards intellectual property strategy, value creation, and legal risk. She is also a recovering, or at least former patent attorney. She does still advise BCG on patent issues, but she is not drafting and prosecuting patent applications at this point. We begin our conversation with me asking about what she believes are the biggest legal issues in the IP world today.Gaul did identify several things that stay...2025-05-1955 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedThe Existential Threat of AI ConsciousnessThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we explore whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has progressed to the point where it has already achieved consciousness. In a nutshell, the answer is our panel of technologists do not believe AI is very close to achieving consciousness, but that it is indeed possible for AI to reach the point of consciousness, and to even reach the point of self-reflection, which would pose an existential threat to humans. Our conversation this week is from a panel presentation titled “Artificial Intelligence Today: A Discussion of the Technical Landscape of AI.” I moderated this conve...2025-05-1237 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedAI, Quantum and IP: Are We Ready for What’s Next?This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we have a special conversation that was recorded at the end of our AI 2025 program in front of a live studio audience. Joining me were Stephanie Curcio, Clint Mehall, and John Rogitz, who along with Wen Xie, make up the new IPWatchdog Advisory Committee. Each of these people have been long-time attendees at our events, they often speak on panels, they often written articles for us, and now they will help advise me with respect to programs and continue to provide content for IPWatchdog.com.We begin our conversation by asking the p...2025-05-0554 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedAI and the Law: How Companies Can Navigate IP Risk and Seize OpportunityThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we have a conversation with two shareholders from Wolf Greenfield. Ed Rassavage and John Strand were both speakers on our recently concluded AI 2025 program. As the program was concluding, and in front of a live studio audience, we sat down to discuss the current state of the industry from a client’s perspective. “It’s a lot of wait-and-see unfortunately,” Strand said. “The companies that have come to us for risk assessments mostly are mid-sized to larger companies that are very data heavy driven companies that are looking to use AI to enhance the...2025-04-2842 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedFixing the PTAB: 10 Things the USPTO Can do to Improve the PTABThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with my long-time friend Jim Carmichael, who is a former Administrative Patent Judge and the founder of Carmichael IP. Jim was on the Board of Appeals and Interferences at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which was the predecessor to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Today Jim and his firm exclusively represent patent owners in post-grant proceedings, including inter partes review (IPR), post-grant review (PGR) and reexamination proceedings. In fact, year in and year out Carmichael IP ranks first or second in terms of win-rate on behalf of...2025-04-211h 15
IPWatchdog UnleashedIP, Globalization, and the Future of Supply Chains: A Conversation with Sonja LondonThis week on this edition of IPWatchdog Unleashed, we speak with Sonja London. Sonia has been general counsel at TactoTek and before that she spent 14 years working for Nokia, where she oversaw Nokia's consumer electronics licensing, global licensing program for connectivity and video codecs, and was responsible for standardization. Sonja has spent the last year as President of Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), and her time in that role is winding down as LESI’s annual meeting in Singapore approaches at the end of April. We start our conversation talking about London’s experiences over the last year—...2025-04-1442 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedWhy Creativity & Ownership Are Crucial Ingredients to InnovationThis week on IPWatchdog Unleahsed we speak with James Edwards, who is the CEO of ELITE Strategic Services, a property rights advocate, lobbyist and is now also the author of the forthcoming book To Invent Is Divine: Creativity and Ownership, which addresses the disconnect between the attributes of creativity and ownership and human innovation, technological progress, and practical benefits from human creativity and ownership. During our conversation we explore the erosion of property rights in the United States, which has negatively impacted intellectual property rights, and why creativity and ownership are together the key to maximizing innovation, w...2025-04-0749 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedChampions of IP: Judges Michel & NewmanThis week on IPWatchdog LIVE we present the remarks made during the Award Ceremony at IPWatchdog LIVE 2025 on March 3, 2025. Once again this year we presented two awards at IPWatchdog LIVE; the Paul Michel Award and the Pauline Newman Award. Both awards were created with the blessing of the Judges, who play an integral role in determining who to recognize each year. We were pleased to recognize Robert Taylor as the 2025 recipient of the Paul Michel Award. It is hard to imagine someone more deserving of the Paul Michel Award than Bob Taylor, who throughout his legal career h...2025-03-3139 min
The Weekend JamboreeMarch 29th, 2025Song For Rosemary – FATS DOMINOCome On Back – CARLENE CARTERDear Dad – CHUCK BERRYThe Duck Walk – EDDY CLEARWATERBusted – RAY CHARLESI Ain’t Got No Home In This World Anymore – WOODY GUTHRIEBirds Go Die Out of Sight (Don’t Go Home) – PETER ONEBound Away – DWIGHT YOAKAMSloop John B (Live) – BEACH BOYSMighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) – JULIE LONDONCarry Me Back to Ol’ Virginny – JOHN ENGLAND & the WESTERN SWINGERSWaitin’ On the Bite – FRIDAY NIGHT TRADITIONA...2025-03-2954 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedAI, Invention Harvesting and the Patent BacklogThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with my friend Jason Harrier, former Chief Patent Counsel at Capital One and current co-founder and General Counsel of artificial intelligence (AI) company IP Copilot. One of the things IP Copilot enables is the use of AI to streamline invention harvesting, running in the background as engineers and scientists engage in their daily activities communicating with each other. So, with this in mind I started our conversation by asking Harrier about invention harvesting, which I know from many conversations with in-house attorneys is one of the more difficult but critical i...2025-03-241h 02
IPWatchdog Unleashed$80 Trillion and Growing: Why IP Matters More Than EverThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we present another keynote speaker—Lisa Jorgensen. Jorgensen’s speech was given during lunch on Monday, March 3 at IPWatchdog LIVE 2025.Lisa Jorgensen is Deputy Director General for Patents and Technology at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). And even before assuming the position as Deputy Director General of WIPO in 2021, she was very well known to the U.S. intellectual property community. Before moving to Geneva to join WIPO she served for five years as the Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and prior to that she was Vice...2025-03-1724 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedDoing My Very Best to Get it Right: A Conversation with Judge John HolcombThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed our conversation is with Judge John Holcomb of the United States Federal District Court for the Central District of California, which took place March 4, 2025, at IPWatchdog LIVE.Judge Holcomb is one of us. He was a patent professional—a patent litigator—before he joined the federal judiciary. He was appointed by President Donald J. Trump during his first term. And he serves in the Central District of California, with his courthouse located in Santa Ana, California. Early in his career Judge Holcomb was an attorney for Irell & Manella, which is a familiar name...2025-03-1055 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatent System in Crisis: Backlogs, Examiner Layoffs & Judicial OverreachThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, I'm going to talk about an issue of enormous importance. The U.S. patent system feels to me an awful lot like the Titanic right now, and it feels like we're fast approaching an iceberg with disaster imminent.The Trump Administration is making major changes to reduce the size of government to address the $37 trillion federal debt, including withdrawing employment offers to patent examiners and firing patent examiners still within their probationary period. Meanwhile, as the number of examiners is being cut, the backlog of unexamined patent applications is at an all-time...2025-03-0324 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedEngines of Innovation: How Universities Propel America ForwardThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we take a dive into the world of university technology transfer with Laura Peter, who is the Executive Director of the University of North Carolina Charlotte Office of Research Commercialization and Partnerships and is a former Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during President Trump’s first term. We begin our conversation discussing how Peter found herself at the Patent Office when Andrei Iancu was Director. Peter tells us that years ago when she was general counsel for a p...2025-02-2448 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedStandards, AI & the Data Transparency Imperative This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we take a look at the importance of data transparency and standards for artificial intelligence (AI) and standard essential patents (SEPs). Our guest is Tim Pohlmann, who is the Managing Director for the Americas at LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions. And before he joined LexisNexis, Tim was the founder and CEO of IPLytics. Tim has worked at the intersection of data and standard essential patents for a long time, and the themes of data integrity, data transparency and how data can be used to influence and inform decision-making was the focus of our conversation. ...2025-02-1754 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatents and the Future of the PTO in Trump's Second TermThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we enter the world of innovation politics with a discussion about what to expect for the patent world during President Trump's second term, what to specifically expect from the Patent Office, what to expect in Congress relating to the patent reform bills that we can expect to be reintroduced, which are namely PREVAIL, which relates to reforming the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA), which relates to reforming the law on patent eligibility to make it easier to patent software—including artificial intelligence—and to make medical diagnostics pate...2025-02-1055 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedBad Patents, Thwarted Patent Reform, and a Failure to AdaptOn this episode of IP Watchdog Unleashed we speak with Scott McKeown, who is a shareholder at Wolf Greenfield. Scott leads the firm’s post grant patent practice, and he is the author of PatentsPostGrant.com, which provides inside views and news pertaining to the Nation’s busiest patent court, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). As many in the industry no doubt know, Scott is recognized as one of the leading authorities on PTAB practice, including inter partes review (IPR) proceedings, post grant review (PGR) proceedings, as well as re...2025-02-0344 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedBuilding a Better Mouse Trap: How to Succeed as an EntrepreneurThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I had the opportunity to speak with my good friend Louis Foreman. Louis is the Chief Executive Officer of Enventys, which is a full-service product launch company that handles all aspects of product development, crowdfunding and ecommerce marketing. In addition to Enventys, Louis is a prolific inventor himself, he is also an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Wake Forest University, and as if that isn't already enough, Louis was the creator of the Emmy award-winning PBS TV show Everyday Edison that so many people in the community remember. I've counted Louis as a friend f...2025-01-2752 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedLaw & Politics of Drug Price Controls & Pharma InnovationThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we talk about pharmaceutical patents, pharmaceutical patent policy, and innovation. As you may recall, back in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act passed. And as part of that law, it gave the federal government the opportunity for the first time to “negotiate” drug prices for Medicare. The Biden Administration has viewed this as fantastic. It has allowed them to control drug prices and drug costs for Medicare. The problem is it's not really a negotiation in any fair sense of the word. What happens is the federal government identifies the drugs on which the U.S. g...2025-01-2048 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedWhat Went Wrong and How do we Fix the Patent System?This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with my long-time friend, John White. Many in the patent community no doubt already know John quite well. Over 30 years ago he created the PLI Patent Bar Review Course that upwards of 40,000 patent practitioners have successfully used to study for the Patent Bar Exam. Today, John continues to teach the patent bar review, but he is also Special Counsel with Harness IP, where he represents clients all over the world and provides expert witness services. I’ve known John since 1999 when I first started teaching the PLI Patent Bar Review Co...2025-01-1359 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatent Pools, Patent Dealmaking and Outrageously Good AudioThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with Heath Hoglund, who until several years ago was Vice President of IP and Standards for Dolby. About 3 years ago Heath left Dolby and became President of Via Licensing Alliance, which we discuss in some detail in our conversation. And truth be told he really didn’t leave Dolby. Via administers patent pools and has historically been heavily invested in the audio arena, and with Dolby being one of the premiere audio innovators of all time it is hardly a surprise that Dolby has been a long time participating and is one of...2025-01-0651 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedThe Role of Patents in Innovation History, From the Industrial Revolution to TodayThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we speak with Arthur Daemmrich, who is the Director of the Consortium of Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. Arthur is a historian who was previously director of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian Institution. We speak with Arthur this week about the role patents have played in innovation, dating back to the Industrial Revolution. We also discuss the invention of the video game by Ralph Baer, Samuel Colt and his mass produced six-shooter known as the gun that won the West, Henry Ford and...2024-12-3055 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedHow In-Game Experiences Enable New Licensing Revenue for IP OwnersThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we are going to dive into the online gaming and game development world in a conversation about gaming, intellectual property, licensing, game development, branding and much more. Our conversation this week focuses on Spaceport Technologies, which is a technology company that enables brand owners to monetize their IP and game platforms to offer content creators the ability to license the use of those brands within their game environment. To do this Spaceport uses innovative technology that reduces transaction costs and allows for the monetization of intellectual property assets. In fact, through the use of...2024-12-2347 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedThoughtfully and Intentionally Building and Managing an In-House IP TeamThis week my conversation is with Carlo Cotrone, who is a Chief IP Counsel and frequent contributor to IPWatchdog, both our online publication and at our in-person programs. Carlo writes and speaks frequently about setting up, growing and managing in-house IP departments, and that is the focus of our conversation. We discuss taking a holistic view that focuses on the IP strategy, the people, and the operational aspects of building and managing a team, which includes both in-house employees, outside law firms and service providers, all working together in coordination to deliver high impact for the company. D...2024-12-1654 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedUsing Trademarks & Trade Dress to Fight Counterfeits & CopycatsThis week my conversation is with Leo White, who is Chief IP Counsel and Associate General Counsel for The Duracell Company. Leo is a patent professional by training, first starting out as an engineer, then like so many in the patent field have done he became a patent agent, then went to law school, and thanks to hard work, good mentoring and being in the right place at the right time he became an IP attorney for The Duracell Company, ultimately rising to become the top IP attorney for this American Manufacturer with one of the more iconic brands...2024-12-0949 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatents as an AssetThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we speak with Brian Hinman, who is one of the leading IP executives and investors in the world. Brian has held senior executive positions at leading technology companies, such as IBM, Philips and Verizon. And after spending more than 6 years as the Chief Innovation Officer for Aon, today he is Chief IP Officer for Cote Capital. During our conversation Hinman explains how Cote provides capital for scaling manufacturing and operations, with IP assets backing the investment. The way Hinman describes this IP asset-backed investment strategy sounds lot more owner-friendly and startup-friendly than a...2024-12-0247 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedFalse PTO Narratives and the Urgent Need for PTAB ReformOn the heels of the PREVAIL Act passing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the very next day USPTO Director Kathi Vidal wrote on the Director’s Blog about how wonderful the PTAB has been, saying in part: “Since AIA proceedings began over a decade ago, almost 70% of challenged patents have been upheld at the PTAB.”This claim by Director Vidal initially made me speechless. Simply stated, she is wrong. It is absolutely false for anyone to say or suggest that 70% of challenged patents have been upheld at the PTAB. This claim is not true. It is pure fictio...2024-11-2531 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedMonetizing Streams of Revenue Backed by Intangible AssetsThis week I speak with Josh Harlan, who is the founder and managing partner of Harlan Capital Partners, which is a privately held investment firm based in Palm Beach, Florida, and which focuses on asset-based investments, including investments backed by media and intellectual property rights, and specifically the monetization of streams of revenue back by intangible assets. During our conversation we speak about various investable streams of revenue in the media, sports and IP universe, and then we also make a hard pivot to discuss artificial intelligence, and what those looking to invest in AI should be considering, the...2024-11-1839 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedU.S. National Security and Competitiveness Begin with IPWalt Copan joins us for a conversation about the role of science, technology and innovation in U.S. competitiveness and for U.S. national security. As many of you no doubt know, Walt is a former Undersecretary of Commerce and served as the 16th Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a position for which he was unanimously confirmed by the Senate during the Trump Administration. Today, Walt is the Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. I invited Walt to join us for ou...2024-11-1151 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedThe Judge Newman Story in Her Own WordsThis week we have a special guest—the Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Judge Newman spoke at our annual Life Sciences program at IPWatchdog Studios on Tuesday, October 29. Her remarks were largely unscripted, although she did have some notes that she consulted from time to time during her nearly 45 minute presentation. Judge Newman told her story, and the story of the Federal Circuit, in her own words. So powerful were her comments that at least several in the audience were seen shedding a tear, and she received a hea...2024-11-0451 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedGetting to Yes at the Patent OfficeIn this episode of IPWatchdog Unleashed, we discuss patent prosecution with the director of intellectual property at one of the top five filing companies in the world. Sivon Kalminov is the Director the Intellectual Property Division at Canon USA, where he is responsible for managing the Division’s day-to-day patent prosecution work, which includes overseeing both the patent prosecution and administration departments. He also provides support on patent litigation matters, contract matters, and general U.S. patent law-related advice to various domestic and international Canon companies and subsidiaries. He is a current member of the California State Bar Intellectual Pr...2024-10-2842 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedHelping Small Businesses with Innovation and IPThis week we explore small and medium sized enterprises, often referred to simply as SMEs. And in particular, we take a look at how two different countries are working with their own small businesses to assist them with respect to innovation and intellectual property. To accomplish this, I turned to two friends – Mike McLean and Joe Doyle, who work to assist SMEs in Canada and Ireland respectively. Both Mike and Joe were in the United States at the end of September to speak at IPWatchdog LIVE 2024, on a panel titled Empowering SME Growth by Leveraging IP. During our conversation we...2024-10-2145 min
“Dance Talk” ® with Joanne CareyQuinn Wharton, Choreographer and Film Maker: Behind the Making of his World Premiere of PRISMA at Baryshnikov ArtsDance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey and special guest, Quinn Wharton, Artist, Choreographer, Film Maker
In this episode of Dance Talk, host Joanne Carey chats with Quinn Wharton, who shares his journey from a young dancer in Hawaii to a professional in major ballet companies. Together they discuss Quinn's unique perspective as a filmmaker and choreographer, the importance of mentorship, and the creative process behind his upcoming world premiere, Prisma. The conversation delves into themes of personal growth, storytelling through dance, and the collaborative nature of the arts as well as his past residency at Baryshnikov Arts where...2024-10-1855 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedThe Most Important Issues Facing the IP IndustryThis week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we have a special episode. At the end of September we held our annual all-topics conference, which we call IPWatchdog LIVE. This conference brings together some of the top thought leaders and newsmakers from the entire industry, with a variety of different backgrounds and people who focus on various different niche verticals within the IP community. So, while the conference was ongoing, Eileen McDermott, our editor in chief, asked some of the industry leaders in attendance what they thought was the most important issue facing the intellectual property industry.“What is critically im...2024-10-1431 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatents, Trade Secrets & AI with WIPO's András JókútiThis week our conversation takes us on an international journey, more or less. Andras JOKUTI is an intellectual property lawyer with domestic and international experience in public IP policy and university technology transfer. He is the former Director-General for Legal Affairs of the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, and he is a former Fulbright Scholar. Andras studied intellectual property and obtained his LL.M. in intellectual property law from The George Washington University. Thereafter, Andras worked with the Budapest University of Technology and Economics to strengthen its IP and technology transfer operations. And since January 2022, he has served as the...2024-10-0740 min
Secrets of the Stage with Quinn LemleyCFO, Philanthropist, & Producer, Gene J. Fisch Jr. shares his secrets with Quinn LemleyChief Financial Officer, Philanthropist and Producer,
Gene J. Fisch Jr. of Alpha Innovations turned Arts Educator shares his secrets with Quinn Lemley about how bringing the arts to underserved communities can change people's lives, especially children.
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IPWatchdog UnleashedIs it Time to Abolish the Federal Circuit?This week we will change things up a bit. Until now our podcast has focused on conversations with newsmakers and interesting personalities. We won’t be giving that format up, but this week we will shift things to allow me to do a little ranting on a topic I’ve been thinking about more and more over the last several years; namely, do we still need, or even want, a Federal Circuit? I’ve been kicking this question around in my head for a while. There are a variety of reasons why the Federal Circuit seems to have ou...2024-09-3024 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPerspectives on Patent Trolls and Efficient InfringementToday we're going to tackle a question that has divided the patent innovation community for a generation. Depending on your perspective, patent trolls have been and continue to be a problem, or complaints about patent trolls have been greatly exaggerated.As is often the case when emotions are running high and there is so much money at stake, the truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.Unfortunately, the bad actors on both sides of patent litigation have so clouded the issues to the point where it's hard to look at patent owners and defendants as...2024-09-2348 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedProblems, Solutions and the Case for PatentsThis week the tables are turned. As many of you know Eli Mazour is the founder of the Clause 8 podcast, and the podcast is known by its tagline as “the Voice of IP.” Indeed, for years Eli has been just that… the voice of IP… interviewing numerous people in the industry, from Federal Circuit Judges to Chief IP Counsel and political leaders, I even had an opportunity to sit with Eli for a conversation when he first started Clause 8, which we discuss at the start of our conversation.So, once I started my own podcast it was only nat...2024-09-1659 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedAn In-House Counsel View on Patent Strategy and Building RelationshipsThis week our conversation takes us in-house to discuss patent strategy and insights on how outside counsel can best work with in-house counsel to build a solid working relationship and actually deliver what the client wants and needs.My conversation is with Gary Lobel, who is currently senior patent counsel for Reckitt where he is responsible for global legal and intellectual property matters for several different business units within the Reckitt family. In this role Gary plans and implements global intellectual property strategies in the area of biotechnology, pharmacologic and nutritional formulations. He works with in-house constituencies...2024-09-0955 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedEmpowering Women in IP: Bridging Gaps and Building FuturesLast week we hosted our first annual Women’s IP Forum, which was a huge success. This program came about for several reasons.First, as many of you may know our “Masters Series” of events gets its name from the fact that those who are invited to speak on panels have true masters level knowledge and experience, often with speakers having at least a generation of industry experience, sometimes much more. And as much as I like the high level conversations we have at our Masters events, and while I don’t plan on making changes to the mast...2024-09-0245 min
IPWatchdog UnleashedPatenting Video Games and AI: From Alice to KSR & BeyondThis week our conversation is with my friend John Rogitz, who is the managing patent attorney at Rogitz & Associates. John is a second generation patent attorney with more than 15 years worth of experience. He and his form work primarily in the software space, representing some of the largest video game companies in the world, which allows him to work not only on video games, but also on virtual and augmented reality technologies as well. And John also represents both well-established, large entities and start-up companies, with much of the rest of his work relating to Artificial Intelligence and Machine...2024-08-261h 01
IPWatchdog UnleashedThe Strategic Importance of the ITC for Patent OwnersThis week our conversation is with Josh Hartman, a partner at Merchant and Gould in the firm’s Washington, DC office, and the head of the firm’s ITC litigation practice. The International Trade Commission, or the ITC as it is commonly called, is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency that fulfills a range of trade-related mandates. And one of the primary areas where the ITC has jurisdiction is with respect to unfair importation. Unfair importation practices, which are prohibited by Section 337, most often involve claims relating to intellectual property rights, such as allegations of patent infringement, various forms of t...2024-08-191h 09
IPWatchdog UnleashedInside the Beltway: The Politics of Innovation and Patent PolicyThis week we journey inside the beltway into the world of politics, legislation and rulemaking, discussing innovation and patent politics with Chris Israel. Chris is currently a senior partner with ACG Advocacy, which is one of the premiere bipartisan government affairs and strategic consulting firms in Washington, DC. During our conversation we explore much of what is happening in DC relating to patents and innovation, and specifically discuss matters ranging from proposed guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology relating to use of march-in rights to control drug prices, to the recently introduced RESTORE Act, w...2024-08-121h 05
IPWatchdog UnleashedHow to Successfully License Consumer ProductsOur conversation this week takes us into the world of product licensing, and what we discuss will no doubt come as a bit of a shock to many patent practitioners and innovators in the high-tech and life sciences industries. This week I speak with Stephen Key, who is an inventor, entrepreneur, author and the founder of InventRight, which is a coaching company that helps independent inventors and startups learn how to license their inventions and ideas to industry. Unlike many who operate in the invention space and cater to independent inventors, Stephen has been and continues to be a...2024-08-051h 03
IPWatchdog UnleashedThe Case for Market Economics, Innovation and Rule of LawThis week our conversation is with Patrick Kilbride, who is a public policy expert with significant expertise at the intersection between market economics, innovation and intellectual property. A former Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative during the George W. Bush Administration, Kilbride has spent the last 15 years working on innovation policy at the United States Chamber of Commerce, most recently as Senior Vice President of the Global Innovation Policy Center. Several months ago, Kilbride decided to leave the Chamber to chart his own course, founding Kilbride Public Affairs, where he will continue to engage global policymakers in support of...2024-07-291h 10
Dot Plot AscensionComputer is a Verb That Meat Boys Do! Franz Kafka Anime? These Perfect Race Horses Will Heal Our Nation! And MOREWhoo boy. We did it. We reported the news. It's anime season, and the anime bushes are heavy with the weight of such delectable and succulent fruits. We talk "Gene of AI," "Human Crazy/Bug University," "Lucifer and Biscuithammer," and "Dead Dead Demons DeDeDeDe(DeDeDeDeDe? How many fuggin 'De's are in this thing) Destruction." Buckle up. It's all heaters this week. All Killer. No Side Bits. Pure, uncut ascension. LET'S MAKE HISTORY. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-07-271h 06
IPWatchdog UnleashedAre Patents to Blame for High Drug Prices?Our conversation today is with Corey Salsberg, who is the Vice President and Global Head of IP Affairs for Novartis, which is one of the world’s leading and more innovative biopharmaceutical companies.During a wide ranging that goes for just over an hour, we discuss whether patents are to blame for high drug prices, and if not what is the real driver of drug prices in America. Ultimately, the conclusion is there are several things to blame, but placing blame on patents and exclusive rights is misguided and naive. We also discuss recent attempts by...2024-07-221h 08
IPWatchdog UnleashedDecoding the AI Landscape: A Technical PerspectiveThis week we journey into the world of Artificial Intelligence. The term Artificial Intelligence itself has largely become the generic term used to describe a variety of related but different concepts, often wrapping together AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI as if they all relate to the same thing, or as if there is a single technology that is, in fact, AI. These related but different technologies differ in scope, function, techniques used, and they also differ in terms of trustworthiness and reliability. But generally speaking, AI focuses on techniques and applications that create the appearance of human cognition...2024-07-1549 min