USPTO Director Michelle Lee Testifies on UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines
Channel: KEIWashDC
Date: 2016-09-16

On September 13, 2016, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Michelle Lee testified in a hearing before the United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary. In response to a question from Representative Mimi Waters, R-Calif., Director Lee explained the USPTO's position on the United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, which she criticized for its "unjustified assumptions" of policy incoherence between public health goals and the rights of inventors.

A recording of the full hearing is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlwIN0xlAq8