Interview: The US gets a new chief judge of IP

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Interview: The US gets a new chief judge of IP

At the September IPO Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Chief Judge Randall Rader of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit told the story of his court’s creation. He sat down with Eileen McDermott there to talk about why that story is important, what advice he has for other similar courts and why he said the Supreme Court is not doing enough these days

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