USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
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USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
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Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#2Let's identify why she got the job under Obama:
"Lee is the first female director in the USPTO’s history, and one of her priorities is getting more women into STEM jobs." Those two key words are major talking points with his administration. Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration:
https://www.fastcompany.com/3047424/how-former-googler-miche...
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/02/26/uspto-failed-fee-increa...
Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#3Let's identify why she got the job under Obama: "Lee is the first female director in the USPTO’s history, and one of her priorities is getting more women into STEM jobs." Those two key words are major talking points with his administration. Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration: https://www.fastcompany.com/3047424/how-former-googler-miche... ht…
Good call.
Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#4What exactly can USPTO director influence, between legislative and judicial branches actually deciding what to do with the patent law?
Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#5I'm vaguely wondering if this is happening now because the tech industry publicly opposed Trump on the Paris Agreement. It's pretty well known that he makes decisions based on loyalty and payback.
They probably won't even nominate a replacement for six months at the rate we're going, so expect the status quo for a long while.
Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#6Let's identify why she got the job under Obama: "Lee is the first female director in the USPTO’s history, and one of her priorities is getting more women into STEM jobs." Those two key words are major talking points with his administration. Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration: https://www.fastcompany.com/3047424/how-former-googler-miche... ht…
Despite IPWatchdog's hugely pro-patent bias, there's at least one thing I can agree with them on: "...the Patent Office has become more arms dealer than honest broker."
Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#7Let's identify why she got the job under Obama: "Lee is the first female director in the USPTO’s history, and one of her priorities is getting more women into STEM jobs." Those two key words are major talking points with his administration. Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration: https://www.fastcompany.com/3047424/how-former-googler-miche... ht…
>Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration
Well, usually USPTO director changes at the start of a new administration. So the better question is: why was she kept on until now? what changed?
Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#8Let's identify why she got the job under Obama: "Lee is the first female director in the USPTO’s history, and one of her priorities is getting more women into STEM jobs." Those two key words are major talking points with his administration. Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration: https://www.fastcompany.com/3047424/how-former-googler-miche... ht…
It's also possible that her degrees from MIT and Stanford and experience as a lawyer at Google had something to do with it.
Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#9Let's identify why she got the job under Obama: "Lee is the first female director in the USPTO’s history, and one of her priorities is getting more women into STEM jobs." Those two key words are major talking points with his administration. Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration: https://www.fastcompany.com/3047424/how-former-googler-miche... ht…
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Re: USPTO Director Michelle Lee Resigns
#10Let's identify why she got the job under Obama: "Lee is the first female director in the USPTO’s history, and one of her priorities is getting more women into STEM jobs." Those two key words are major talking points with his administration. Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration: https://www.fastcompany.com/3047424/how-former-googler-miche... ht…
>Now what did she say she'd do versus what she actually did that led to this change under the new administration Well, usually USPTO director changes at the start of a new administration. So the better question is: why was she kept on until now? what changed?
They were most likely waiting for the Commerce Secretary to pick and vet a replacement.
Lee's demise was a long time coming. Many small businesses and independent inventors absolutely couldn't stand how the USPTO had pretty much turned against them and become a monster.