IPWatchdog Unleashed
Each week we journey into the world of intellectual property to discuss the law, news, policy and politics of innovation, technology, and creativity. With analysis and commentary from industry thought leaders and newsmakers from around the world, IPWatchdog Unleashed is hosted by world renowned patent attorney and founder of IPWatchdog.com, Gene Quinn.
Episodes
39 episodes
Patent System in Crisis: Backlogs, Examiner Layoffs & Judicial Overreach
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, I'm going to talk about an issue of enormous importance. The U.S. patent system feels to me an awful lot like the Titanic right now, and it feels like we're fast approaching an iceberg with d...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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24:22
Engines of Innovation: How Universities Propel America Forward
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we take a dive into the world of university technology transfer with Laura Peter, who is the Executive Director of the University of North Carolina Charlotte Office of Research Commercialization and Pa...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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48:09
Standards, AI & the Data Transparency Imperative
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we take a look at the importance of data transparency and standards for artificial intelligence (AI) and standard essential patents (SEPs). Our guest is Tim Pohlmann, who is the Managing Director for the ...
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Episode 7
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54:51
Patents and the Future of the PTO in Trump's Second Term
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we enter the world of innovation politics with a discussion about what to expect for the patent world during President Trump's second term, what to specifically expect from the Patent Office, what to e...
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Episode 6
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55:57
Bad Patents, Thwarted Patent Reform, and a Failure to Adapt
On this episode of IP Watchdog Unleashed we speak with Scott McKeown, who is a shareholder at Wolf Greenfield. Scott leads the firm’s post grant patent practice, and he is the author of PatentsPostGrant.com, which provides inside views and news...
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Episode 5
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44:18
Building a Better Mouse Trap: How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I had the opportunity to speak with my good friend Louis Foreman. Louis is the Chief Executive Officer of Enventys, which is a full-service product launch company that handles all aspects of product de...
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Episode 4
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52:15
Law & Politics of Drug Price Controls & Pharma Innovation
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we talk about pharmaceutical patents, pharmaceutical patent policy, and innovation. As you may recall, back in 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act passed. And as part of that law, it gave the fe...
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Episode 3
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48:58
What Went Wrong and How do we Fix the Patent System?
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with my long-time friend, John White. Many in the patent community no doubt already know John quite well. Over 30 years ago he created the PLI Patent Bar Review Course that upwards of 40,000 patent prac...
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Episode 2
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59:43
Patent Pools, Patent Dealmaking and Outrageously Good Audio
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed I speak with Heath Hoglund, who until several years ago was Vice President of IP and Standards for Dolby. About 3 years ago Heath left Dolby and became President of Via Licensing Alliance, which we discuss in s...
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Episode 1
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51:41
The Role of Patents in Innovation History, From the Industrial Revolution to Today
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we speak with Arthur Daemmrich, who is the Director of the Consortium of Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University. Arthur is a historian who was previously director of the Lemelson Center for th...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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55:15
How In-Game Experiences Enable New Licensing Revenue for IP Owners
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we are going to dive into the online gaming and game development world in a conversation about gaming, intellectual property, licensing, game development, branding and much more. Our conversation this week focu...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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47:33
Thoughtfully and Intentionally Building and Managing an In-House IP Team
This week my conversation is with Carlo Cotrone, who is a Chief IP Counsel and frequent contributor to IPWatchdog, both our online publication and at our in-person programs. Carlo writes and speaks frequently about setting up, growing and manag...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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54:57
Using Trademarks & Trade Dress to Fight Counterfeits & Copycats
This week my conversation is with Leo White, who is Chief IP Counsel and Associate General Counsel for The Duracell Company. Leo is a patent professional by training, first starting out as an engineer, then like so many in the patent field have...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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49:13
Patents as an Asset
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we speak with Brian Hinman, who is one of the leading IP executives and investors in the world. Brian has held senior execut...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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47:00
False PTO Narratives and the Urgent Need for PTAB Reform
On the heels of the PREVAIL Act passing in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the very next day USPTO Director Kathi Vidal wrote on the Director’s Blog about how wonderful the PTAB has been, saying in part: “Since AIA proceedings began over a deca...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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31:14
Monetizing Streams of Revenue Backed by Intangible Assets
This week I speak with Josh Harlan, who is the founder and managing partner of Harlan Capital Partners, which is a privately held investment firm based in Palm Beach, Florida, and which focuses on asset-based investments, including investments ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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39:54
U.S. National Security and Competitiveness Begin with IP
Walt Copan joins us for a conversation about the role of science, technology and innovation in U.S. competitiveness and for U.S. national security. As many of you no doubt know, Walt is a former Undersecretary of Commerce and serve...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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51:32
The Judge Newman Story in Her Own Words
This week we have a special guest—the Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Judge Newman spoke at our annual Life Sciences program at IPWatchdog Studios on Tuesday, October 29. Her ...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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51:55
Getting to Yes at the Patent Office
In this episode of IPWatchdog Unleashed, we discuss patent prosecution with the director of intellectual property at one of the top five filing companies in the world. Sivon Kalminov is the Director the Intellectual Property Division at Canon U...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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42:57
Helping Small Businesses with Innovation and IP
This week we explore small and medium sized enterprises, often referred to simply as SMEs. And in particular, we take a look at how two different countries are working with their own small businesses to assist them with respect to innovation an...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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45:25
The Most Important Issues Facing the IP Industry
This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we have a special episode. At the end of September we held our annual all-topics conference, which we call IPWatchdog LIVE. This conference brings together some of the top thought leaders and newsmakers from th...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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31:45
Patents, Trade Secrets & AI with WIPO's András Jókúti
This week our conversation takes us on an international journey, more or less. Andras JOKUTI is an intellectual property lawyer with domestic and international experience in public IP policy and university technology transfer. He is the former ...
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Episode 18
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40:12
Is it Time to Abolish the Federal Circuit?
This week we will change things up a bit. Until now our podcast has focused on conversations with newsmakers and interesting personalities. We won’t be giving that format up, but this week we will shift things to allow me to do a little ranting...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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24:44
Perspectives on Patent Trolls and Efficient Infringement
Today we're going to tackle a question that has divided the patent innovation community for a generation. Depending on your perspective, patent trolls have been and continue to be a problem, or complaints about patent trolls have been greatly e...
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Episode 16
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48:40
Problems, Solutions and the Case for Patents
This week the tables are turned. As many of you know Eli Mazour is the founder of the Clause 8 podcast, and the podcast is known by its tagline as “the Voice of IP.” Indeed, for years Eli has been just that… the voice of IP… interviewing numero...
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Episode 15
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59:05
