A catch-up with Mark Whitaker, MoFo partner and AIPLA president

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A catch-up with Mark Whitaker, MoFo partner and AIPLA president

April 18 2017
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Morrison & Foerster partner Mark Whitaker is in the middle of a busy term as president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He talks to Michael Loney about legislative fixes to patent venue and Section 101, what changes to the PTAB he would like, how responsive to IP the Trump administration will be, and the outlook for the International Trade Commission

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