Patent Law

Waste Not...

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

President Obama announced today nominees for two related governmental posts: Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy; and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Warren F. "Pete" Miller, Jr., a part-time Professor at Texas A&M University, got the easier job. Managing the real radioactive waste went to David J. Kappos, who, as long-time corporate mook, has shaped IBM patent policy, publicly spouting horse hockey in the process. People have been known to rise to a position, garnering dignity. Let's hope these boys are up to the job of containing the waste.

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on June 18, 2009 (boomark / email).