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Dave Kappos Testifies at Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on The State of Patent Eligibility in America

June 5, 2019

On June 4, 2019, Cravath partner David J. Kappos testified at a hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property in Washington, D.C. Dave, the former Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, spoke at the hearing, entitled “The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Part I,” about the laws that govern the types of inventions that are considered patent eligible, including the current approach to Section 101 of the U.S. Patent Act and its implications for technological innovation.

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David J. Kappos
Title
Corporate
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Partner
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dkappos@cravath.com
Phone
+1-212-474-1168
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    Education

    • J.D., 1990, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
    • B.S., 1983, University of California, Davis
      summa cum laude

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