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This week on MIP: Vidal to leave USPTO | Design law hopes

Max Walters
November 15, 2024
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USPTO Director Kathi Vidal, who will step down next month

The news that USPTO director Kathi Vidal is to step down early and WIPO’s aims for a design law treaty were among the biggest IP talking points this week

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