Built for Another Century: The Broken U.S. Patent System... And How to Fix It

Built for Another Century: The Broken U.S. Patent System... And How to Fix It

June 22, 2026 · 46 min · Season 3 · Episode 24

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Gene Quinn interviews former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu about the U.S. patent system and its necessary reforms.

Send us Fan Mail This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, our host and the founder of IPWatchdog, Gene Quinn, speaks with former USPTO Director, Andrei Iancu. The conversation begins with Iancu’s path from engineering at Hughes Aircraft to intellectual property law, including his early years at the IP boutique Lyon & Lyon and his later experience as a leading patent litigator and law firm managing partner at Irell & Manella. From there, Quinn and Iancu examine the cyclical nature of IP prac...

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