Former US Patent and Trademark Office director Andrei Iancu has joined Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property and technology practice.
The firm is also adding former Federal Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley, according to a news release issued Tuesday. Both Iancu and O’Malley join S&C from Irell & Manella LLP.
Iancu was nominated to lead the PTO in 2017 by former President Donald Trump and served as its director from 2018 to 2021. Iancu instituted reforms during his tenure that Jones Day partner Matt Johnson characterized in a blog post as making “the patent office ...
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