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Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property
Government Administration
Alexandria, VA 6,204 followers
Chief Executive of USPTO, America’s Innovation Agency
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As the chief executive of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, Kathi Vidal leads one of the largest intellectual property (IP) offices in the world and is the principal IP advisor to the President on incentivizing and protecting U.S. innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity. USPTO’s mission is to help American workers and businesses compete and collaborate, especially in ground-breaking technologies and across all demographics. Director Vidal has spent her career championing the importance of mentoring and expanding opportunities to include more individuals from underserved communities. She has been involved on boards and in committees focused on diversity and inclusion, and has mentored diverse women across the globe as part of the Fortune-U.S. Department of State Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership program. She builds on that work today. As Director of the USPTO, Vidal is working to expand American innovation for and from all, and to bring more ideas to impact, including serving as the Vice Chair of the Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2)[https://www.uspto.gov/initiatives/equity/ci2], serving as a Co-Chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) [https://www.eda.gov/strategic-initiatives/national-advisory-council-on-innovation-and-entrepreneurship], launching the Empowering Women’s Entrepreneurship initiative [https://www.uspto.gov/initiatives/we], and expanding USPTO’s Pro Bono services for independent inventors and small businesses.
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On the Golden Globes stage at the The Beverly Hilton awarding the WiT - Women in Toys, Licensing & Entertainment scholarships to these 6 amazing women. Please join me in congratulating them and all the finalists! 🏆 Andi Osana, Fashion Institute of Technology 🏆 Isabelle Gourrier, Loyola Marymount University 🏆 Kimberly Heard, Georgia Institute of Technology 🏆 Modupe Awojuyigbe, The University of Texas at San Antonio 🏆 Nour Faleh, University of Colorado Boulder 🏆 Tiara Weedagama, UCLA
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On September 9, Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, met with the heads of five of the G7’s intellectual property offices, plus the European Patent Office for a dialogue exploring the opportunities and challenges artificial intelligence (AI) presents to patent protection and the ways that intellectual property (IP) offices are adjusting to the needs of innovators and emerging technologies. Representatives from Canadian Intellectual Property Office / Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada, European Patent Office, INPI France, Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA), Japan Patent Office, and Intellectual Property Office UK shared updates on current approaches and potential areas for additional collaboration. We looked forward to continuing the dialogue with these and other international partners. Learn about AI and IP at the USPTO: https://bit.ly/USPTO_AI
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Energizing discussion on the effects of #AI on the American Civil Trial Bar with the The American Board of Trial Advocates. Thank you all for your engagement!
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Congratulations Jerry Ma - our USPTO Director of Emerging Technology & Chief AI Officer - for winning the Emerging Leaders Award from the Partnership for Public Service! #sammies2024 https://lnkd.in/gMteNkkC
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This is USPTO leadership! Derrick Brent and I could not be more thrilled to serve alongside you.
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Exhilarating starting the week convening #G7 and European Patent Office to discuss and harmonize around #AI, #innovation and #patents. Work on #copyright happening in parallel.
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International engagement is a team sport. Congratulations to USPTO and The ASEAN Secretariat for 20 years of partnership!
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Happy 20th Anniversary! The USPTO established the first US government 🇺🇸 partnership with The ASEAN Secretariat (20 years ago)! After celebrating our big wins in Brunei 🇧🇳, we now focus on the future in a digital AI-enabled global economy. As Peter Fowler (who envisioned and founded the partnership) declared: We just don’t think big, we act big!