Silicon Valley's Pooley Headed To Geneva?
High-tech attorney Jim Pooley, one of several top contenders for the job of Patent and Trademark Office director, has confirmed to Tech Daily Dose his nomination to become deputy director of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Pooley is a partner in the litigation department of the Palo Alto office of Morrison & Forrester and has practiced in Silicon Valley since 1973. He is immediate past president of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and president of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Foley & Lardner IP attorney Hal Wegner noted in an email that when an American is sent to WIPO, the final decision rests with the State Department and that is usually based upon the recommendation of the PTO. It would go against tradition to name this spot without the input of the new PTO chief, he said. Pooley is part of a slate of WIPO nominees that are subject to election. The list of candidates should be announced soon, Wegner said. Other names in the mix for the PTO job include Q. Todd Dickinson, who already ran the agency under former President Bill Clinton, and David Kappos, who is vice president and assistant general counsel for IP at IBM.
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