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International Patent Law & Trade Committee
The Committee focuses on developing and proposing IPO positions (with other committees and IPO members), awareness (white papers and education) and monitoring developments in:
- Intellectual property in the context of trade, such providing comments to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for the annual Special 301 Report, bilateral trade agreements (e.g., USMCA/NAFTA), and WTO;
- WIPO and international patent filing including improving the cost efficiency and administrative burden of international patent portfolios;
- Genetic resources and traditional knowledge to develop legal frameworks for access and benefit sharing that will lead to increased international conservation and to effective utilization of genetic resources and traditional knowledge; and
- Procedural harmonization initiatives, including those in the areas of Global Assignment to streamline recording ownership of intellectual property rights around the world, E-signatures projects to explore legal pathways for IP5 offices to broadly accept use of electronic signatures by applicants provided that certain minimum requirements are met, Global Identifier (Global ID), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), with focus on leveraging use of AI to facilitate the patent grant process.
Chair:Dean M. Harts, 3M Innovative Properties Co.
Chair:John Todaro, Merck & Co Inc.
Vice Chair:Serena I. Farquharson-Torres, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
Vice Chair:Mauricio Sámano, OLIVARES
Vice Chair:Lucas Dreesen, SAP SE
Secretary:David Crichton, Johnson & Johnson
Board Liaison:Corey Salsberg, Novartis
Staff Liaison:Astrid Roe, Intellectual Property Owners Association
Members
- Erin K. BowlesBrooks Kushman P.C.
- David CrichtonJohnson & Johnson
- Lucas DreesenSAP SE
- Jacob EwerdtQualcomm Incorporated
- Susi J. FishBoult Wade Tennant LLP
- Jacob GrahamDow Chemical Co.
- Wayne C. Jaeschke
- Guillaume Jaulerry
- Rodrigo Mourão MagalhãesRNA Law
- Sanjeev K. MahantaMerck & Co Inc.
- Maria MalburgDannemann Siemsen
- Carlos R. OlarteOlarteMoure & Asociados
- Kathryn A. PiffatPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
- Brian ScarpelliACT|The App Association
- Gabriel SchlabachApple Inc.
- Henry ShineWilson Gunn
- Philip Soo3M Innovative Properties Co.
- Jay ZakaibGowling WLG (Canada) LLP
- Daniel ZhangAbbVie
- Xiaomin ZHOUYangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Non-Voting Member:Santosh K. Chari, CPST Intellectual Property
- Non-Voting Member:Eddy Kao, ESSEN Patent and Trademark Office
- Non-Voting Member:Toby Mak, Tee & Howe Intellectual Property Attorneys
- Non-Voting Member:Brent George Seitz, Harness IP
- Non-Voting Member:Meredith Struby, Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC