[E-trademarks] Commissioner for Patents resigns (I am not on the patent list-serv, sorry for posting here only, Carl)

[Carl Oppedahl]

Thank you Lara for posting.

On 2/6/2025 9:59 PM, Lara Pearson via E-trademarks wrote:
> Hi TM List friends:
>
> Even though this is the TM list, this may be a harbinger of things to 
> come, so I am sharing here, as I just learned this from a colleague on 
> LinkedIn:
>
>     Commissioner for Patents Takes ‘Fork in the Road’ and Resigns from
>     USPTO https://lnkd.in/gqqYrDuV <https://lnkd.in/gqqYrDuV>
>
>     IPWatchdog has learned that Commissioner for Patents Vaishali
>     Udupa has notified the United States Patent and Trademark Office
>     (USPTO) that she is resigning effective immediately. Udupa has
>     submitted her resignation in order to take advantage of the
>     deferred resignation program —known as Fork in the Road— offered
>     by President Donald J. Trump to federal workers in an email on
>     January 28, 2025."
>
>     "Deputy Commissioner Valencia Martin Wallace will immediately
>     assume the role of Acting Commissioner for Patents."
>
>     In 2007, theU.S. Merit Systems Protection Board
>     <https://www.linkedin.com/company/u.s.-merit-systems-protection-board/>overturned
>     the agency's decision to remove Valencia Martin Wallace from
>     office for
>
>     (1) Conduct unbecoming a federal employee and violations of:
>      5 CFR 2635.502 one of the standards of ethics for employees of
>     the Executive Branch,
>     5 USC 3110 which restricts employment of relatives, and
>     5 USC 230 which designates a violation of 5 USC 3110 as a
>     prohibited personnel practice.
>
>     https://lnkd.in/g3V8Kayz <https://lnkd.in/g3V8Kayz>
>
>
> What's next, I wonder?
>
> Wishing everyone a peaceful weekend,
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