Patent Law

Patent Docs on Wegner complaining about Pinkos

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

But in a series of e-mails sent to members of his extensive mailing list, Mr. Wegner, the dean of U.S. patent commentators, uncharacteristically excoriated the appointment of Stephen M. Pinkos to a position on the Patent Public Advisory Committee (P-PAC).

Noonan wrote of Pinkos: Although he is a graduate of the DePaul University School of Law, he is not licensed to practice law (according to Martindale-Hubbell) IPBiz notes that Martindale-Hubbell is not the final answer on "who is licensed to practice law." Of nor is there any record that he has passed the registration examination to practice before the Patent Office, IPBiz notes that the chief IP attorney at Cisco is not a registered patent attorney. Also, the patent attorney roster currently lists Leslie Misrock, who has been deceased for a number of years. Q. Todd Dickinson was not listed on the roster while he worked for a law firm, and a company, after his tenure at the USPTO; he now is listed.

Full post as published by IPBiz on November 25, 2008 (boomark / email).