New Members Named To PTO Advisory Panel
Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez recently named three new members to the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC). They will serve three-year terms on the panel, which advises the Patent and Trademark Office director on the agency's goals, performance, budget, and user fees.
The new PPAC members are:
▪ Marc Adler, founder of a private intellectual property strategy consulting practice and immediate past president of the Intellectual Property Owners Association and the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel.
▪ Stephen Pinkos, a senior advisor with PCT Government Relations who previously served as deputy director of the PTO and was instrumental in the development of the Bush administration's STOP! (Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy) program.
▪ Maureen Toohey, founding member of Toohey Law Group and former law clerk to U.S. Federal Circuit Judge Randall Rader.
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