Happy Thanksgiving! Some in the IP community shared with IPWatchdog what or who they were thankful for. Some extolled IP education, others identified strong leadership at the USTPO and IP associations, the patent bar, inventors, as well as developments in Europe and China. These were all well-chosen.

For me, 2019 will always be connected with Don Dunner’s life and legacy.

Here’s an excerpt:
“Don’s work is done. Now he belongs to the ages. Those seeking his legacy will find it in institutions like the Federal Circuit and in many lives he touched. At a time when some are fearful about the future of the U.S. patent system, let us pause and consider how Don and the best of his generation forged through numerous obstacles to help set the nation on the course for decades of innovation, growth, and prosperity. We now hold that patent system in our hands. We do so both as beneficiaries of those who have gone before us and as trustees for those yet to come. May history remember our part in it as favorably as it will surely remember Don’s.”