IP Fridays - Episode 27

Kenneth Suzan of the Minneapolis office, together with his co-host Rolf Claessen of Patentanwälte Freischem in Cologne, Germany, have completed and posted Episode 27 of intellectual property law podcast IP Fridays. This show marks the one year anniversary for the podcast. The show is distributed at www.ipfridays.com, the iTunes Store, and Stitcher.com. This week's episode features an interview with David Gerk, patent attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Policy and International Affairs. The interview focuses on the U.S. accession to the Hague Agreement and issues related to design protection. The podcast also reviews Patentscope, the free patent search tool of WIPO.