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Swordsmyth
08-25-2017, 07:42 PM
The White House announced Friday that President Trump intends to nominate Andrei Iancu to be the director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Iancu is currently the managing partner of Irell & Manella LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm that focuses on intellectual property law.
At his firm, Iancu has represented TiVo in patent lawsuits over its DVR technology. His work has resulted in settlements worth more than $1.6 billion (http://www.irell.com/professionals-90.html) being paid out to TiVo in patent cases against EchoStar, AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft, Motorola and Cisco.

Iancu’s firm, Irell & Manella, once defended (http://www.irell.com/practices-media-entertainment-litigation.html) Trump, Mark Burnett Productions and NBC Universal in a case involving copyright claims over the reality TV show, "The Apprentice."

More at: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/348062-trump-nominates-los-angeles-lawyer-to-be-uspto-director