Posts Tagged: "Clint Mehall"

What the New USPTO Memo on 101 Means for Patent Eligibility Rejections

In this week’s edition of IPWatchdog Unleashed, I spoke with with Clint Mehall, a partner with Davidson Kappel, LLC, and John Rogitz, who is managing attorney for Rogitz & Associates. Both are prominent voices in the patent world, and they also serve on our ad hoc IPWatchdog Advisory Committee. Our conversation focuses on 35 U.S.C. 101, and in particular, what a recent memo from the Office means for patent eligibility rejections.

AI, Quantum and IP: Are We Ready for What’s Next? | IPWatchdog Unleashed

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we have a conversation that was recorded at the end of our AI 2025 program in front of a live studio audience.  Joining me were Stephanie Curcio, Clint Mehall, and John Rogitz, who make up the new IPWatchdog Advisory Committee. They have all been long-time attendees at our events, they often speak on panels, they often written articles for us, and now they will help advise me with respect to programs and continue to provide content for IPWatchdog.com. To jumpstart our conversation, I asked Stephanie, Clint and John if there was anything that they heard during our AI program that was surprising. This led into an interesting conversation about the possible existential threat presented by AI, quantum computing, data protection and trade secrets. 

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