The administration’s first intellectual property officer, Victoria Espinel,...
The administration’s first intellectual property officer, Victoria Espinel, stepped down on Friday, said an Office of Management and Budget official on Tuesday. The official said the administration appointed Howard Shelanski as acting head of the Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement…
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Coordinator, effective Aug. 10. Shelanski will balance that position with his current role as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. OMB declined to comment on whether Shelanski’s shared responsibilities present a challenge to either office. Media reports said BSA-The Software Alliance is considering Espinel as the next CEO. A BSA spokesman declined to comment. Espinel was recently named a leader of an interagency effort with the International Trade Commission and Customs and Border Protection aimed at improving CBP’s process for enforcing intellectual property-related exclusion orders (CD June 21 p14).