# Andrei Iancu
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andrei iancu (born April 2, 1968, in Bucharest, Romania) is an American-Romanian engineer and intellectual property attorney, who served as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 2017 to 2021. He was nominated for both positions in 2017 by President Donald Trump. He left office January 20, 2021.
"Too much AI regulation threatens competition and jobs," says former USPTO Director
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Arguably the most successful USPTO Director, Andrei Iancu, worries that fear of an AI apocalyps are over blown and that too much regulation could be a bigger threat to the U.S.'s ability to compete than too little
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Engines of Innovation: How Universities Propel America Forward
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This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we take a dive into the world of university technology transfer with Laura Peter, who is the Executive Director of the University of North Carolina Charlotte Office of Research Commercialization and Partnerships and is a former Deputy Under Secret…
From Communist Romania to cutting-edge innovation: Andrei Iancu’s entrepreneurial journey
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Coping with Alice: Strategies for Winning on Patent Eligibility
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This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we dive into patent eligibility waters, with a discussion on how patent attorneys and litigators alike can cope with Alice. Our conversation will triangulate the issue from the political perspective, from the perspective of a patent litigator who …
The Case for RESTORE? Injunctions, Patents, and the Future of Innovation
Join the Federalist Society for a timely and compelling discussion on the RESTORE Act, legislation aimed at overturning the Supreme Court’s eBay v. MercExchange decision and reinstating the presumptive right to injunctions for patent holders. This panel brings together some of the top voices in in…
Ex–USPTO Deputy Laura Peter on How America Benefits from University Research and Proposals to Seize IP
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Join us for a timely webinar examining the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Revision to Rules of Practice Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board,” which proposes significant changes to how inter partes review (IPR) petitions are instituted.…
How Senator Tillis’ Patent Leadership Provides Path for Cementing Recent USPTO Action
In the latest episode of Clause 8, recorded in December 2025, Eli Mazour sits down with Peter-Anthony Pappas, Director of Intellectual Property Policy for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary under Senator Thom Tillis, at a moment when the USPTO’s direction is in significant alignment with w…
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The story of how John Squires became USPTO Director doesn’t start inside the Beltway. It starts on the Appalachian Trail, with Doug Pittman camping under shooting stars the night after Trump won the election.
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Built for Another Century: The Broken U.S. Patent System... And How to Fix It
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This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, our host and the founder of IPWatchdog, Gene Quinn, speaks with former USPTO Director, Andrei Iancu. The conversation begins with Iancu’s path from engineering at Hughes Aircraft to intellectual property law, including his early years at the IP b…
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