The World Patent System: Circa 20XX A.D.
Gerald Mossinghoff
Thursday, 06 Nov 1997 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Gerald Mossinghoff is the former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and former president of the Pharmaceutical research and Manufacturers of America. He is currently senior counsel to Oblon, Spivak, McClelland Maier and Neustadt, P.C., and visiting professor of Intellectual Property Law at the George Washington University Law School. He has also served as chairman of the Genereal Assembly of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization. Part of the World Affairs Series.Part of the World Affairs Series: Who Owns The World?
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