With a unanimous vote of 94-0, the United States Senate voted on February 4, 2018 to confirm California intellectual property litigation attorney Andrei Iancu as the next director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Mr. Iancu is currently a managing partner of Irell & Manella LLP’s Los Anegles office.

Mr. Iancu has a history with U.S. President Donald Trump. Indeed, Mr. Ianu’s firm once defended the President — prior to his term in office — as well as other parties including NBC Universal in a copyright infringement case regarding the hit TV show “The Apprentice,” which Mr. Trump starred in for many years. Notably, Mr. Iancu’s work led to settlements of more then $1.6 billion in payments to TiVo in patent infringement cases against EchoStar, AT&T, Verizon, Microsoft, Cisco,, and Motorola.

The USPTO has been without a director for almost one year, ever since former Director Michelle Lee left the position.

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