# @penncareylaw_alumni on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-04-15T15:41:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Penn Carey Law Alumni (@penncareylaw_alumni) — https://gondola.cc/penncareylaw_alumni

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Hearty congratulations to Katherine "Kathi" Vidal L'96 who was recently confirmed by the US Senate as Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and as Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)! In her new role, Kathi will lead the USPTO's 13,000+ employees and its nearly $4 billion budget. She will also serve as the principal advisor to the President of the United States and the administration, through the Secretary of Commerce, on all intellectual property policy matters.
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Kathi most recently served as Managing Partner of Winston & Strawn's Silicon Valley office and served on the firm's Executive Committee. One of the country's leading patent litigators, Kathi is nationally recognized for leading and trying high-profile technology- and medical device-focused patent and other intellectual property disputes on behalf of leading companies, small to medium-size companies, and startups. Her work encompasses district court and ITC litigation as well as litigation before the USPTO (specifically, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board) and appeals to the Federal Circuit and Supreme Court. She has also worked to protect U.S. innovation in cross-border disputes and has been involved in policy development in the standard-setting space.
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"I have seen our intellectual property system at its best: incentivizing research and development that leads to new technologies and improvements to existing technology," said Kathi when testifying before the Senate. "I have also seen that we can do better—that we can work together to build an intellectual property system that is more predictable, reliable, and transparent."
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