McKool Smith principal Christina Ondrick provided commentary to Westlaw Journal’s article, “Biden’s Choice of Kathi Vidal to Head USPTO Attracts Praise.” Christina said, “Vidal fits with the Biden administration's goals to improve diversity in the innovation industries…. [Vidal] is passionate and outspoken on diversity, equity and inclusion, which will surely find its way into USPTO initiatives to grow diversity in U.S. innovation by encouraging and increasing the number of diverse patent and trademark applicants and make innovation opportunities more accessible to historically underrepresented groups.” Read the article here.

Jump to Page