Name Q. Dickinson | ||
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Education University of Pittsburgh | ||
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Q. Todd Dickinson is the former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He is the current Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and had been mentioned by some sources for possible reappointment to his former post as Director of the USPTO by the Barack Obama administration prior to the appointment of David Kappos to that post.
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- Q todd dickinson on harmonization speech of aipla s executive director at munich conference
- Early career
- Career at the USPTO
- After the USPTO
- References
Early career
Dickinson earned a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Allegheny College in 1974 and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1977. He is a member of the Bars of Pennsylvania, California, and Illinois, and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Dickinson began his legal career as a patent and trademark lawyer with Baxter Travenol Laboratories in Deerfield, Illinois, and then took a job with the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania law firm of Blenko, Buell, Ziesenheim and Beck. From 1981 to 1990, he served as counsel to Chevron Corporation in San Francisco, California, focusing on domestic and international intellectual property matters. In 1990, he was hired as Chief Counsel for Intellectual Property and Technology at Sun Company, Inc., a post he would hold until 1995, when he left to join the law firm of Dechert Price & Rhoads.
Career at the USPTO
Dickinson was nominated for the position of Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by President William Clinton on July 31, 1999, after having served in an acting capacity since January 1, 1999. He served from 1999-2001.
After the USPTO
After leaving the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Dickinson joined the Washington, D.C. office of Howrey Simon Arnold & White, becoming co-chair of its intellectual property practice. He then joined General Electric as Vice President & Chief Intellectual Property Counsel. On 1 September 2008, he was named Executive Director of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He remained in that position with the AIPLA until July 2014, when he resigned. In March 2015, he joined Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP as Global Chair of its Client Select Strategic Services Group. In the Spring of 2016, he joined Polsinelli along with 43 other attorneys from Novak Druce and is currently a Senior Partner in its intellectual property practice.