USPTO Attachés Meet & Greet- Intellectual Property & international Sections
Date:
May 16, 2018
Time:
Location:
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 600
Seattle, WA
Washington State Bar Association offices
The WSBA Intellectual Property and International Practice Sections cordially invite you to an exciting panel discussion and ‘meet & greet’ event with a delegation of Intellectual Property (IP) attachés from The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). IP attachés are U.S. diplomats who work to improve IP systems abroad using their extensive IP knowledge and expertise. Present for this event will be attachés assigned to US embassies abroad to work on IP matters in the WTO, European Union, China, South America, India, and South Asia, as well as Dominic Keating, Director of the USPTO IP attaché program.
Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided.
When: 5:30–7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 16
Where: WSBA Offices, 1325 Fourth Ave., Ste. 600, Seattle
RSVP: sections@wsba.org by Monday, May 14.
IP attaché program participants:
Laura Hammel
IP Attaché – South America
(Mercosur, Guianas and Suriname)
Komal Kalha
IP Specialist and Senior Counsel,
India and South Asia
Mike Mangelson
IP Attaché – China and Taiwan
Susan Wilson
IP Attaché – European Union
Deborah Lashley-Johnson
IP Attaché – Geneva
WTO and WIPO
Dominic Keating
Director, IP Attaché Program