Vidal Eyes AI Litigation, Policy After Leading Patent Office

Kathi Vidal says her time leading the US Patent & Trademark Office, where she helped lay the groundwork for the IP agency’s approach to artificial intelligence, has set her up to advise clients on the technology’s thorniest legal questions as she re-enters private practice.

Less than a month after departing the patent office, Vidal is back at work at Winston & Strawn LLP, where, she told Bloomberg Law, she’s working on an amicus brief in a case involving AI and copyright law. She’s also on the firm’s AI committee where she’ll help chart its AI strategy guiding technology adoption ...