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  • As of January a former Google employee will be in charge of the USPTO, with Michelle Lee becoming deputy director with no director above her. The appointment has sparked concerns, as well as questions about whether legally she can be appointed at all
  • After four days of negotiations, international delegates from 12 countries have failed to reach a compromise over the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement.
  • The director of the USPTO’s Silicon Valley satellite office will become deputy director of the agency in January.
  • Technology lawyer George Willman has joined Reed Smith’s Palo Alto office as a partner in the firm’s corporate and securities group.
  • WIPO has just revealed its annual report on IP indicators, filled with superlatives about fastest rates of growth and record numbers of filings. After a short-term drop following the lowest point of the global financial crisis, it seems as though the steady uptick in global IP applications continues
  • What are trolls and do they present a problem? Is the patent system failing? Is the law on apportionment of damages being applied correctly? What, if anything, needs to be done?
  • Six members of US Congress have written to US President Barack Obama expressing concern that "secret" negotiations over intellectual property in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement benefit pharmaceutical companies at the expense of public health.
  • Kaufman & Company has added Jeffrey Loop (right) as a member in its New York office. Loop is a commercial litigator focusing on intellectual property, real estate, and media-related litigation and advice. He has experience in copyright and trade mark matters.
  • The title of John Veschi’s presentation was not promising. ‘IP and 20th century accounting principles’ hardly suggested stimulating debate. But John, with whom I made up a panel at the IP Summit in Paris this week, surprised us all with an intriguing and highly personal talk
  • As new gTLDs roll out over the next few months, Managing IP will be profiling those of particular interest to brand owners. We start with .Shabaka, the first new gTLD to launch