Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society

Journal Staff

James Choi, Editor-in-Chief
Joshua Schwartz, Executive Director
David Lotter, Managing Editor
David Laux, Managing Editor
Timothy Hsieh, Contributing Editor
Gerard Torres, Financial Director
Jerry Ma, Technology Director

Schyler Sanks, Assistant Director

Article Editors

Daphne Barry
Christopher Braniff
James Choi
Brandi Doyle
Brady Frazier
Esther Goldschlager
Thomas Hong
Oluseye Iwarere
David Laux
Tara Laux
Justine Levy
Kevin Mahne
M. Franco Salvoza
Pinping Sun
Jay Wang

Staff Editors

Luther Behringer
Joan Goodbody
Parikha Mehta
Adil Partap Virk

Board of Governors

Asha Puttaiah, Board Chair
Rachel Highland, Vice Chair
Luther Behringer, Secretary

Society Officers

Rebecca Eisenberg, President
David Lotter, Vice President

The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society is a medium of expression for the exchange of thought in the fields of Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights; a forum for the presentation and discussion of legal and technical subjects relating to the useful arts; a periodical for the dissemination of knowledge of functional attributes of the patent, trademark, and copyright laws, in order to effect a more uniform practice thereof and through which all interested in the development and appreciation thereof may work to a common end.

The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society is also peer-reviewed in that the Editorial Board including the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, Article Editors and Staff Editors possess qualifications and experience as intellectual property attorneys (the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor and Articles Editors must possess at least a Juris Doctorate degree) or patent or trademark examining professionals, making them sufficient peers or experts for reviewing and evaluating the articles and scholarship that are submitted, editing them and ultimately publishing them.

The Journal is published quarterly by the members of the Patent and Trademark Office Society. To see more about the Patent and Trademark Office Society, please click here.

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