Send us a text This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we have an interesting and entertaining conversation between Gene Quinn, President & CEO of IPWatchdog, Inc., and Henry Hadad, Chief IP Counsel and Deputy General Counsel at Bristol Myers Squibb. The conversation is wide ranging. They discuss the complexities and challenges patent laws are creating for medical diagnostics and cancer treatment. Henry shares his journey from law school to becoming a key player in the biopharmaceutical industr...

Send us a text This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we will talk about trade disputes, regulatory overhauls, and sudden shifts in geopolitics and what all of that means for the business landscape and patent strategy. The changing business climate is requiring companies of all sizes to reevaluate strategy, and those that best navigate the transition will future-proof their companies and innovation pipelines, wind up stronger in the long run, and have a more diversified and stable trajector...

Send us a text In this episode of IPWatchdog Unleashed, host Gene Quinn sits down with Gina Johnson, the Chief Legal Officer of Ridge Wallet, LLC. They dive into Ridge Wallet's approach to intellectual property, and how the company relies on design patents, utility patents, and trademarks to fully protect their products against fakes, dupes, counterfeits and knockoffs. Gina shares her transition from outside counsel to an in-house role, the strategic importance of IP in combating market confu...

Send us a text In this special edition of the IPWatchdog Unleashed, Gene Quinn and his German counterparts discuss a recent major development at the Unified Patent Court (UPC) relating to Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and injunctions. Featuring industry experts Dr. Tobias Wuttke, Arie Tol, and Dr. Tilman Müller, the conversation dives into the background of the case that lead to the first, final, permanent injunction being awarded in a standard essential patent (SEP) case at the UPC. We d...

Send us a text In this episode of IPWatchdog Unleashed, Gene Quinn and Dana Colarulli delve into the intricate world of patent policy and politics, discussing laws, the dynamic environment at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Dana, a partner at ACG Advocacy and the Executive Director of LES International (LESI), shares his extensive experience, from his time at the USPTO to his insights on high-growth technology businesses. They address critical topics such as the recent shake-ups...

Send us a text In this episode of IPWatchdog Unleashed, join Gene Quinn (IPWatchdog) and Marlene Valderrama (Senior IP Asset Manager for Halliburton) as they discuss the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on innovation and intellectual property (IP) at Halliburton. Marlene shares insights from her role as an innovation scout, the challenges of encouraging digital teams to recognize their novel contributions, and the exciting advancements in drilling technology f...

Send us a text In a spirited discussion at our annual Women’s IP Forum, attendees were treated to an insightful fireside-style chat conversation with the Honorable Judge Pauline Newman, a trailblazer for women in law and a luminary in the field of intellectual property. Judge Newman spoke with Renee C. Quinn, Chief Operating Officer of IPWatchdog, Inc., about her extraordinary career and her life journey. Judge Newman has served with distinction on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Ci...

Send us a text This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, I had the pleasure of speaking with Daren Tang, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Our conversation spanned a range of topics, from the future of intellectual property (IP), to how intellectual property has been a force for helping humanity, to WIPO's strategic initiatives and the burgeoning impact of artificial intelligence (AI). A central theme of our conversation was Tang’s fervent advocacy for intellec...

Send us a text In this week’s IPWatchdog Unleashed podcast, we dive into the intricacies of patent enforcement with Scott McKeown, a partner with Wolf Greenfield and author of PatentsPostGrant.com. McKeown, who has a reputation as one of America’s top practitioners at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), shares insights into the continually evolving landscape of patents, patent litigation, PTAB challenges and regulatory and administrative upheaval at the United States Patent and Trademar...

In this week’s edition of IPWatchdog Unleashed, my conversation is with Clint Mehall, a partner with Davidson Kappel, LLC, and John Rogitz, who is managing attorney for Rogitz & Associates. Both are prominent voices in the patent world, and they also serve on our ad hoc IPWatchdog Advisory Committee. The purpose of our conversation was to explore the patent eligibility landscape, and particularly the August 4 memo on patent eligibility from Deputy Commissioner of Patents Charles Kim...

In our latest edition of IPWatchdog Unleashed, host Gene Quinn welcomes back Patrick Kilbride, known to many throughout the industry for serving as the Senior Executive Vice President at the United States Chamber of Commerce's Global Innovation Policy Center for 15 years. Drawing from his extensive experience across corporate, university, and industry association sectors, Kilbride discusses the critical components required for a thriving innovation ecosystem and discusses the intricate balanc...

Join us this week on IPWatchdog Unleashed as we welcome Ted Wood, a retired military officer, electrical engineer, business leader, and a patent attorney. In this episode, Ted shares his unique journey from his unexpected career in the military to becoming an accomplished patent attorney. Host Gene Quinn discusses Ted’s fascinating work in satellite communications, electronic warfare, and AI technologies, which ultimately lead him into the law and to become a patent practitioner. Ted also dis...

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed Gene interviews András Jókúti, Director of the Patent Technology Law Division at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Gene and András discuss WIPO's three-year strategy on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), why WIPO will be placing so much focus on SEPs over the next few years, the importance for WIPO to approach the task in a way that maintains neutrality, how WIPO plans to drive the conversation, bringing together implementers and innovators...

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed my conversation is with Kevin McNish, who is a registered patent attorney who represents clients in inter partes reviews (IPR), post-grant reviews (PGR), ex parte reexaminations, and other proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). I invited McNish to join us for a conversation about PTAB practice and how it has evolved over the last several months, and to specifically discuss one of t...

This 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 Ame...

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 p...

This 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 Intellectua...

This 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 U...

To 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 p...

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 arch...