Texas Listening Session with Director Kathi Vidal

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

The panel will discuss issues impacting the intellectual property community and how the USPTO can serve as a catalyst for innovation.

USPTO Texas Regional Office

Join Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for a listening session to hear from experts in Texas. The panel will discuss issues impacting the intellectual property community and how the USPTO can serve as a catalyst for innovation.Topics of discussion: <ul><li>Subject matter eligibility/101</li><li>Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB): Director review and Fintiv</li><li>Inclusive innovation</li><li>SEP/FRAND (standards-essential patents/fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory licensing of SEPs)</li><li>Trademark Modernization Act</li><li>Counterfeiting</li></ul>Panelist: <ul><li>Ms. Abha Divine, Founder &amp; Managing Director, Techquity Capital Management (virtual)</li><li>Ms. Juliette Fassett, CEO, Happy Products, Inc. (virtual)</li><li>Dr. Simon Mak, Executive Director, Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Practice in Entrepreneurship, Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business</li><li>Prof. David Taylor, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and Director, Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation</li><li>Mr. Steven Tudor, Research Commercial Agreements - Director of Licensing, University of North Texas</li><li>Prof. Saurabh Vishnubhakat, Professor of Law, Texas A&amp;M University School of Law</li></ul>“I look forward to learning from current and aspiring innovators across all regions and demographics to better understand the variety of perspectives on issues that affect them,&quot; said Director Vidal. &quot;We are committed to working hand-in-hand with the innovation community and other government agencies to help bring innovation to impact for the betterment of society. Let this be the start of a constructive dialogue to foster an intellectual property (IP) system that works for all.”  Interested attendees have the option to attend in-person or via WebEx. Please submit your questions for the listening session to TexasRegionalOffice@uspto.gov.Please note that the event will be held at the Texas Regional Office. Attendees are required to present a valid form of government-issued identification (drivers license or passport) and may be subject to screening to gain access.To request a reasonable accommodation, including captioning, sign language interpreting, or other, please contact TexasRegionalOffice@uspto.gov Stay tuned for further announcements on additional stakeholder listening sessions with Director Vidal. For general questions about the listening sessions, please email listeningsession@uspto.gov All listening sessions are closed to press. Members of the media can email Paul Fucito at paul.fucito@uspto.gov or Mandy Kraft at amanda.kraft@uspto.govwith questions.

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