Sandip H. Patel, Partner

In a commentary published by Law360, Marshall Gerstein Partner and patent attorney Sandip Patel summarizes several risks and benefits in recently reported value-based fees the U.S. Department of Commerce, through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, may levy on patent owners. While the government has not provided any details, Sandip explains that such a change could ripple across industries, from pharmaceuticals to technology startups to universities, ultimately “reshaping incentives for filing patent applications (and therefore public disclosure of inventions), commercialization, and enforcement.” 

Read Sandip’s article in Law360 here.