Eli Mazour of Harrity & Harrity, LLP has started a new online video series ("Clause 8") that will feature interviews with prominent members of the IP community. The interviews will explore personal stories, views about current intellectual property issues, and advice for intellectual property practitioners and policy makers.
The first full interview, posted on Monday, features former Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, Judge Paul Michel. Since his retirement, Judge Michel has dedicated himself to publicly advocating for America's patent system. During the interview, he particularly excoriated the dire state of patent eligibility law in America:
There's such uncertainty because of the vague, subjective criteria for deciding eligibility, in both the electronic world and the human health science world, that investment is going elsewhere. Instead of investment money going to major R&D to develop new cures and new important machinery, and create new jobs and new prosperity, the uncertainty stemming from the four Supreme Court cases – Bilski, Mayo, Myriad, and Alice -- is causing continual harm.
Some of the other topics discussed during the interview include:
• Judge Michel's career fighting public corruption in Philadelphia and Washington, DC;
• How Judge Michel almost wasn't nominated because of the failed confirmation of Judge Bork;
• Why fixing America's patent system is crucial for job growth;
• Evolution of the Federal Circuit from first Chief Judge & former Air Force General Howard Markey to the "Golden Age of the Court" under Judge Michel;
• Thoughts about management transitions at the USPTO; and
• Immediate changes that could be made by the Trump administration to improve PTAB proceedings.
Patent Docs readers can check out the entire interview at clause8.tv.
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