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HTIA’s David Jones on Winning in DC
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HTIA’s David Jones on Winning in DC

David Jones is the Executive Director of the High Tech Inventors Alliance (HTIA), which advocates on patent policy issues on behalf of some of the largest tech companies in the world. 

When Dave became the head of HTIA in 2019, it seemed that DC was finally turning against the “patent troll” narrative driving patent policy in Congress and the executive branch.  However, that did not last long: efforts to pass Section 101 reform failed to gain traction in Congress; the current administration rolled back efforts to restrain the role of the PTAB under the previous administration; and an unprecedented lobbying effort spurred the Chief Judge of the Western District of Texas to randomly reassign new patent cases filed in Judge Alan Albright’s division.  All outcomes that members of the HTIA supported.

This episode features a wide-ranging and super fun conversation about if (and how) Dave has been so effective as head of HTOA over the last few years and/or if he’s just that lucky.

Prior to taking the helm at HTIA, Dave was assistant general counsel for IP policy at Microsoft and worked for Senator Orrin Hatch on IP issues for many years.  Dave is able to draw on those experiences to provide priceless – and often surprising - insights about how patent policies are shaped.

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