Andrei Iancu has been serving since February 2018 as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) s, based in Alexandria, Virginia. An engineer and intellectual property (IP) attorney, he previously was the managing partner of the law firm Irell & Manella, focused on IP litigation.
The USPTO is the largest IP office in the world – in few figures: more than 13,000 employees, and the examination of over 450,000 trademark applications and 150,000 patents issued every year. So how is it to lead such an institution, and to launch ambitious reforms to tackle issues of our times?
In this episode of Brand&New, Andrei Iancu talks transparently about his vision, his actions, and the challenges related to the future of IP and the office, and what is on his to-do list!
Every two weeks, on Tuesday, Brand & New gives the floor to inspiring individuals, with a 360-degree vision, to help brand owners, intellectual property lawyers, and marketing and finance professionals (and beyond!) stay curious and agile in an ever-evolving business environment.
Brand & New is a production of the International Trademark Association
Hosted by Audrey Dauvet
Contribution of M. Halle & S. Lagedamond - Music by JD Beats
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT INTA.ORG
To go further
About Andrei Iancu (link to https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/executive-biographies/andrei-iancu)
About USPTO (link to https://www.uspto.gov)
Also of interest
- Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC)’s 2019 International IP Index (link to: https://www.theglobalipcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/023593_GIPC_IP_Index_2019_Full_03.pdf)
- USPTO Strategic Plan 2018-2022 (link to https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USPTO_2018-2022_Strategic_Plan.pdf)
- Remarks by Andrei Iancu the INTA’s Annual Meeting 2019 (link to https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/remarks-director-iancu-international-trademark-association-141st-annual)
- Supreme Court Decision and comments about the Iancu v. Brunetti case (link to https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/18pdf/18-302_e29g.pdf and https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2019/06/25/fuct-case-ends-bang-ban-immoral-scandalous-marks-fails-first-amendment-scrutiny/id=110683/)
- Article from the National Law Journal about Andrei Iancu’s testimony to US Senate IP Subcommittee (link to https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2019/03/14/five-takeaways-from-andrei-iancus-testimony-to-senate-ip-subcommittee/)
-INTA and ICC-BASCAP Impact Study: The Economic Impacts of Counterfeiting and Piracy (link to: https://www.inta.org/Communications/Pages/Impact-Study-Two.aspx)
- INTA Daily News (page 16): Spreading the Word About IP (link to https://www.inta.org/PDF%20Library/2019Daily/2019DailyNews_Day3.pdf)
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