IPO SUBMITS COMMENTS TO USPTO ON BURDENS OF SUBMITTING MORE PATENT ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION -- Yesterday, IPO President RICHARD PHILLIPS submitted comments to the USPTO in response to a Federal Register Notice requesting comments on “Eliciting More Complete Patent Assignment Information.” The comments discussed the burdens that requiring more complete patent assignment information would impose on patent owners. IPO’s U.S. Patent Office Practice Committee assisted with these comments. The committee chair is GARY GANZI (Siemens Corp.). The co-vice chairs are ERIKA ARNER (Finnegan), COURTENAY BRINCKERHOFF (Foley & Lardner), and WILLIAM SMITH (Woodcock Washburn). For more information on this committee, click here. To sign up for one of IPO’s standing IP committees, visit www.ipo.org/committeesignup.