Analysis

Empty Advisory Boards Have Attys Worried About USPTO

By Dani Kass ( September 4, 2025, 6:33 PM EDT) -- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard W. Lutnick removed all members of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's public advisory committees in March and those seats have remained empty, raising concerns that the agency's leadership is operating in an echo chamber....

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