In cooperation with POPA, we reached an agreement on a number of significant long-standing issues that will greatly improve quality and give us better tools to recruit and retain a highly skilled patent workforce. Ron Stern, President of POPA also hailed the agreement. In addition, our new working relationship with management will provide a solid basis for jointly solving problems.
Intellectual property is a potent force in the competitive free enterprise system.
Over 6 million patents have been issued since the first patent in 1790 and more than 2.3 million trademarks have been registered since the first in 1870.