USPTO announces additions to Solicitor's Office
Last month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that renowned intellectual property and administrative law scholar and appellate practitioner John F. Duffy joined the agency as General Counsel. John’s successes in scholarship and at both the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court are legendary, as is his dedication to the profession – he identified a constitutional flaw in the appointment of Administrative Patent Judges that Congress sprang into action to immediately remedy, preserving the constitutionality of America’s Innovation Agency’s important work.
John’s unique experience and accomplishments bring both a new dimension and opportunities to the USPTO, particularly to the Office of General Counsel and the Solicitor’s Office, as we weigh in on policy matters, file statements of interest in proceedings, advance the USPTO’s interests in litigation, counsel agency clients, and partner with the Departments of Commerce and Justice and other government agencies.
To reflect John’s increased role and the purview of his duties and responsibilities within the Office of General Counsel and particularly concerning our Solicitor’s Office, John’s General Counsel title also includes “Supervisory Solicitor.”
To further bolster our Solicitor’s Office, today the agency is announcing that Gregory Dolin is joining John as Deputy General Counsel and Solicitor. Greg most recently worked in the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and is on leave from his position as a Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he focused on intellectual property and constitutional studies and served as associate director of the school’s Center for the Law of Intellectual Property and Technology. Greg holds a B.A. from Johns Hopkins, M.A. from George Washington, a M.D. degree from SUNY-Stony Brook School of Medicine, and J.D. from Georgetown.
Greg brings tremendous experience to the Solicitor’s Office, having clerked for Judge Pauline Newman on the Federal Circuit and Judge Hiram Emory Widener on the 4th Circuit and having represented many clients before the United States Courts of Appeals. Greg also served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau.
America’s Innovation Agency continues to be on the march, and we continue to demonstrate we’re the best in the world at we do. Congratulations to John F. Duffy, and welcome Gregory Dolin to America's Innovation Agency!
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