David Kappos

David Kappos, who had come from IBM, was the head of the USPTO until 2013. Nowadays he's somewhat of a lobbyist for software patents. He was mentioned in the following past writings.

2018

 * USPTO Will Have a Crisis of Legitimacy If Its Officials Work as Lobbyists and Cooperate With Villainous Think Tanks
 * Andrei Iancu Begins His USPTO Career While Former USPTO Director (and Now Paid Lobbyist) Keeps Meddling in Office Affairs
 * Fake 'Articles', 'Debates' and 'Webinars' From Lobbyists Including IBM's David Kappos, IPO and IPLAC

2017

 * The Mask Falls: Lobbyist David Kappos Now Composes Pieces for the Patent Trolls' Lobby (IAM)
 * IBM and Its Revolving Doors Lobby Are Plotting to Undermine Supreme Court Rulings to Restore Patentability of Software
 * Software Patents Still Promoted by IBM and Its Lobbyist (and Former Employee) David Kappos, in Defiance of Much-Needed US Patent Reform

2016

 * Software Patents Continue to Collapse, But IBM, Watchtroll and David Kappos Continue to Deny and Antagonise It
 * Institutional Corruption Like 'Pay to Play' Still Drives/Steers US Patent Law, Courtesy of Large Corporations and Their Lobbyists
 * Director Lee's USPTO Managed to Drain the Swamp Filled by David Kappos and His Colleagues, But Trump Will Likely Dismiss Her Soon
 * Courts Are Being Showered With Motions to Invalidate Software Patents, Former USPTO Officials Like Kappos and Stoll in a Panic
 * Software Patents Propped Up by Patent Law Firms That Are Lying, Further Assisted by Rogue Elements Like David Kappos and Randall Rader (Revolving Doors)
 * Patent Law Firms, David Kappos, and IAM 'Magazine' Still Shelter Software Patents by Cherry-Picking and Lobbying
 * Good Job, David Kappos, Says the 'Boss' (IBM)
 * Large Corporations' Lobbyist David Kappos Disgraces Former Employer USPTO by Meddling in Their Affairs on Software Patents, Downplaying the Supreme Court
 * Microsoft and Its Lobbyist David Kappos (Former USPTO Director) Are Still Lobbying for Software Patents
 * Software Patents Decreasingly a Threat in the United States, But IBM and Microsoft Lobby for a Rebound
 * US Lobbyist for Software Patents, David Kappos, Uses EPO’s Snubbing of the EPC to Spread Misinformation and Patent Monopolies on Software/Algorithms
 * New Software Patents From Google, Microsoft and Apple, Plus New Lobbying From David Kappos (Paid by Microsoft and Apple)
 * Lobbyists for Software Patents in 'Journalism' and 'Reform' Clothing (With Microsoft Connections)
 * Abolish the Supreme Court and Congressional Take on Patents, Says David Kappos, Just Listen to Mr. Kappos and Reinforce Software Patents
 * David Kappos Whines About the Supreme Court Shutting the Door on Many Software Patents

2015

 * David Kappos From IBM and the USPTO is Still Lobbying for Software Patents, This Time With a New Glorified 'Paper'

2014

 * David Kappos Fatally Killed Quality at the USPTO and Killed Fairness in Industries as a Result

2012

 * USPTO and SCOTUS Abducted by Corporations
 * David Kappos Quits, USPTO is Headless
 * David Kappos Leaves as He Loses the Debate and Software Patents Lose Legitimacy Among Public Figures
 * Kappos/IBM Part of the Patent Monopolies Disease, Enabling Cartels
 * Patents Roundup: Microsoft Front the BSA Promotes Software Patents, Kappos Helps the Rotten System

2011

 * Head of the USPTO is Confused, Defends Software Patents and Patent Trolls
 * Kappos is Granting More Monopolies (or Rejecting a Lot More)

2010

 * Patents Roundup: ACTA Inevitability Claimed, USPTO Patently Failing, China Against Patents in Standards, Monsanto in Court
 * Patent Trolls Still Rejoice and David Kappos is Change We Can’t Believe in
 * David Kappos (USPTO Head) Declines to be Part of the ACTA Treaty Fiasco, Won’t Respond
 * David Kappos Does Not Understand Why the USPTO is Broken

2009

 * David Kappos Can Reprimand IBM for Mocking the USPTO’s Intelligence
 * Patents Roundup: CityWare Under Siege, Kappos for Change We Can Believe in, and Skype
 * USPTO’s David Kappos Starts Blog, Should Read Blogs Also
 * Patents Roundup: IBM Patents Patent Harvesting, Bilski Still in IBM’s David Kappos Hands to Decide
 * New USPTO Director to Be Appointed, Bad News for Freedom