Commenting for Law360 on the confirmation of Kathi Vidal to serve as the next Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and what actions the new Director may take in during her term, Washington, DC principal Nick Match said, “…the Arthrex authority is potentially a means to implement substantive changes at PTAB. Ms Vidal can take up any case and issue a decision in her own name saying this is how this issue should come out.” Read the article here.
