Stakeholders have desired greater coordination and greater grassroots engagement. The United States Intellectual Property Alliance - USIPA and its national and international chapters emerged in response. They rest on three pillars – 1) #IP awareness and education, 2) ecosystem #collaboration and 3) #diversity and #inclusion. The Alliances’ goals are as ambitious as they are noble – nothing less than improving the lives of every person on earth using IP through: . Empowering community colleges, university tech transfer offices, inventors, entrepreneurs, and creators. . Building a knowledgeable IP workforce by integrating IP training and skills development into #K12, #university, and other curricula across the country. . Establishing effective support structures so all people, especially underrepresented groups, can benefit from a bold reimagining of what IP can offer. The Alliances seek a more efficient, effective, and collaborative IP ecosystem to help people get what they need faster and at a fair price. They also shun lobbying for legislative change, given its divisiveness. Managing IP recognized Scott Frank, who heads the Alliances, as one of the 50 most #influential people in IP for his vision and efforts. If the Alliances can rebuild trust in the IP system, strengthen cooperation between skeptical stakeholders, and benefit neglected constituents, it will be a #gamechanger. Read what IP news mattered most to other IP stakeholders in 2022 here: https://ipwatchdog.com/2022/12/19/the-ip-news-that-mattered-most-in-2022-according-to-you/id=154063/ Eileen McDermott IPWatchdog, Inc Alden Abbott Mercatus Center at George Mason University Bruce Berman Brody Berman Associates Rachelle Dubow Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Joshua Goldberg Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Marla Grossman American Continental Group Stephen Kunin Maier & Maier, PLLC Tennell Lockett Townsend & Lockett, LLC Scott McKeown Ropes & Gray LLP Hon. Paul R. Michel Chief Judge (Ret.) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Brian Nolan Mayer Brown Karthika Perumal Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP William Stroever Cole Schotz P.C. Jonathan Stroud Unified Patents Wendy Verlander Verlander LLP #community #intellectualproperty #education #tech #development #change #people #engagement

Delighted to be back in Washington, DC. Visited the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to meet Hon. Pauline Newman and Hon. Tiffany Cunningham before attending the IPO Education Foundation Awards Celebration. The IP community celebrated Terrica Carrington (Inspiration Award), Gary Michelson (IP Champion Award), Sanjay Mehrotra (Executive of the Year Award), and Luke Haverhals and Aaron Amstutz (Inventors of the Year Award). Joined roundtable participants on Thursday to discuss "The Battle Over Patents: History And The Politics Of Innovation," edited by Stephen Haber and Naomi Lamoreaux. On Friday, I participated in the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School-Sunwater Institute's roundtable on "The Future of Property: Autonomy, Prosperity, and Conflict Mitigation." We discussed issues of contemporary importance, such as: • Can the concept of property resolve conflicts over commercial drones' use of airspace over private land? • Can the concept of property resolve conflicts over the use of objects in space? What conflicts does the concept resolve effectively? Is it ineffective at resolving any other issues? • Should there be differences in protections for medical procedures using conventional surgical equipment compared with procedures performed by (and or with) a surgical robot? • When lobbyists and public-relations specialists argue about injunctions and IP policy, what arguments do they make? Do they make the same arguments as academics, and if not, how do their arguments differ? • How do stakeholders affect meaningful change through Congress and the courts?

Penn State Dickinson Law is spearheading a first-of-its-kind initiative. The initiative builds on the law school’s role as host of the 17th Annual Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop and Writing Retreat next year. The workshop is named after one of the world’s first Black woman law professors, a daughter of formerly enslaved parents. The workshop has supported current and aspiring Black women law faculty by helping them develop scholarly works, guiding them in attaining academic careers, as well as providing mentorship after. It has become a tradition for the hosting law school to reserve space for the Lutie law faculty scholarship in a symposium issue. This year under Dean Conway’s leadership, we are excited to work with Pennsylvania law schools to publish Lutie law faculty scholarship in flagship and specialty law reviews across our schools. Dubbed the “Lutie Pennsylvania Collaboration Initiative,” this joint enterprise powerfully underscores the remarkable commitment to inclusive scholarship and the bond of collegiality among the faculty, students, and administrators of these law schools. Photos (Clockwise): Participants attending the 16th Lutie Workshop Boston University School of Law hosted in 2022 (photo credit: Luguzy Atkins); participants brainstorming; Penn State Dickinson Law Dean Danielle Conway, Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop Founder and Boston University School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, and Dickinson Law Review Symposium Editor Minh Eric Le; Pennsylvania-wide law review student editors, faculty, and administrators. #law #leadership #collaboration #university #Lutie #inclusion