01.24.21
As Andrei Iancu Removes Himself From the Patent and Trademark Office All Eyes Are on Biden’s Next Nomination
Summary: Patent zealots and their front groups already lobby Joe Biden to put one of them in charge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; we’ll soon see if Joe Biden “means business” or simply means monopoly/large corporations (and their law firms/departments)
ABOUT a week ago, the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Andrei Iancu, resigned along with his deputy. He did not expect to keep his job under the Biden Administration, so he proactively removed himself. This is great news and a positive signal, which makes us hopeful that 35 U.S.C. § 101/Alice (SCOTUS) will become “great again”, at the expense of corruption and nepotism like Donald Trump/Andrei Iancu. The above video explains the situation and shows how Patently-O covered the news while alluding to Watchtroll. Patent maximalists are very concerned that Iancu is now gone; this means that those of us who actually get work done are likely to be better off. That of course depends on who the Biden administration soon appoints/chooses to lead the USPTO, nominating and soon thereafter confirming based on corporate approval rates (they always choose those people for corporations, not inventors or society at large). █
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