David Kappos

USPTO Director announces January 2013 resignation

USPTO Director announces January 2013 resignationDavid Kappos thinks software patents are just fine, but I’m interested in what his as-yet unknown successor will have to say on the matter.

USPTO director defends software patents

USPTO director defends software patentsDirector of the United States Patent and Trademark Office David Kappos, quoted by Timothy B. Lee at Ars Technica: In a system like ours in which innovation is happening faster than people can keep up, it cannot be said that the patent system is broken. Of …