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Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Obama chooses IBM’s David Kappos to head USPTO

I think this is great news for potential patent reform (long overdue). David certainly has experience with open source licensing and IP issues related to open development.

While many will see the press generalizations about David’s views on IP reform, why not listen to his interview with Scoble from August of 2007 and hear for yourself? In the interview David talks about collaborative innovation, open standards and open source which I think many will still find very interesting.

Scoble Interview: http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/3286371/

Ars covered the news here:

The Obama administration’s choice to head the US Patent and Trademark Office, IBM’s David Kappos, appears to be getting rave reviews, which can only partly be attributed to the fact that Kappos has been a prominent advocate of patent reform.

And this is a link to the official announcement.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-6-18-09/