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Kushan, Jeffrey
Biotechnology patent examiner in the U.S. Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office (1987-91).
He was an attorney advisor in the Office of Legislative and International Affairs of the Patent and Trademark Office, where he helped develop U.S. patent policy, including thorough examination standards for biotechnology and software inventions, and in the legislative and regulatory implementation of the TRIPS Agreement. He also participated in a wide range of international activities on behalf of the United States, including the negotiations of the Convention on Biological Diversity and various bilateral agreements. He then worked in the office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Geneva, Switzerland, where he represented the United States on intellectual property matters before the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization and in WTO dispute settlement proceedings against India and Pakistan (involving patent term protection for pharmaceuticals) (1995-97), and was part of the U.S. legal team in litigation before the WTO on intellectual property matters, and served as chief U.S. negotiator in the WIPO Internet treaties. (1)
As of 2005 Kushan was a partner in the law firm of Sidely Austin Brown & Wood where he works on intellectual property and TRIPS issues and "represents companies and trade associations on a diverse range of intellectual property matters, including patent procurement and licensing, patent portfolio assessment incidental to investments and acquisitions, domestic and international patent policy and reform, and patent enforcement." (2)
Kushan serves on the U.S. Government Industry Functional Advisory Committee (IFAC-3 on intellectual property issues) and is an arbiter for the World Intellectual Property Organization Domain Name Dispute System. (3)
Endnotes:
(1) Sidely Austin Brown & Wood biography at http://www.sidley.com/lawyers/bio.asp?ID=K830593288 , accessed Jan 14, 2005
(2) Sidely Austin Brown & Wood biography at http://www.sidley.com/lawyers/bio.asp?ID=K830593288 , accessed Jan 14, 2005
(3) Sidely Austin Brown & Wood biography at http://www.sidley.com/lawyers/bio.asp?ID=K830593288 , accessed Jan 14, 2005
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