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3:52 am on March 10, 2026 · alexaander graham bell (1), patents (5), USPTO (5), Vint Cerf (106)

Mar 5 2026 – USPTO – Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone Patent: 150 years, a world of connection

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On March 5, 2026, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted a commemorative event ‘Alexander Graham Bell’s Telephone Patent: 150 years, a world of connection‘ marking the 150th anniversary of Bell’s telephone patent (granted March 7, 1876). The program brought together historians, technologists, policy experts, and descendants of the Bell family to reflect on the invention of the telephone, its impact on communications and society, and the continuing role of intellectual property in shaping innovation.

01 Opening Remarks


John A. Squires– Director, USPTO
Dr. Bernard Carlson – Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia
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02 Panel I: From Bell to Broadband — Innovation and Industry Across 150 Years


Edwin S. Grosvenor – President and Editor-in-Chief, American Heritage
Joshua Levy – Historian of Science and Technology, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Brian Wood – Curator, Bell Homestead National Historic Site, retired
Sheldon Hochheiser – Corporate Historian Emeritus, AT&T, retired
Moderator: Jill Gostin – President-Elect, IEEE
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3 Panel II: Protecting Ideas and Shaping the Future — Intellectual Property and the Next 150 Years


Giulia McHenry – Senior Vice President for Public Policy, AT&T
Bob Giles – Senior Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Qualcomm
Christopher Beauchamp – Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
Patrick Coyne – Principal, Coyne Consulting, PLLC
Moderator: Louis Foreman – CEO of Enventys, Professor at Wake Forest
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04 Closing Reflections & Anniversary Tribute


Sara Grosvenor – President, Alexander and Mabel Bell Legacy Foundation
Vint Cerf – Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
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10:56 pm on December 8, 2016 · copyright (81), ntia (34), USPTO (5)

WEBCAST FRI: Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works @uspto #copyright #blockchain

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livestreamOn Friday December 9 2016 the US Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force will hold a meeting – Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works – at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting is convened to facilitate constructive, cross-industry dialogue among stakeholders about ways to promote a more robust and collaborative digital marketplace for copyrighted works. The meeting will focus on initiatives in this space that relate to standards development, interoperability across digital registries, and cross-industry collaboration, to understand the current state of affairs, identify challenges, and discuss paths forward. It will also be an opportunity to explore potential approaches to the future adoption and integration into the online marketplace of relevant emerging technologies, such as blockchain technology and open-source platforms. The goal is to provide a platform for discussion, and to determine in what ways government can be of assistance. One outcome could be to establish working groups to tackle specific issues through a multi-stakeholder process. Plenary sessions will be webcast via the USPTO Livestream Channel with live text transcription.

What: Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works
Where: USPTO HQ, Alexandria VA
When: Friday December 9 2016 8:30am-3:45pm EST | 13:30-20:45 UTC
Agenda: http://bit.ly/2h9Avdt
Webcast: https://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16
Transcript: http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=3128722
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3:12 am on March 27, 2015 · copyright (81), ntia (34), USPTO (5)

WEBEX 4/1: Facilitating the Development of the Online Licensing Environment for Copyrighted Works @uspto #copyright

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USPTOOn April 1 2015 9am-4pm EDT, the Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force, led by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will hold a public meeting – Facilitating the Development of the Online Licensing Environment for Copyrighted Works – In Alexandria VA. In July 2013 the Task Force issued a green paper – Copyright Policy, Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Economy that identified five separate copyright policy issues critical to economic growth, job creation, and cultural development on which the Task Force planned to conduct further work, including the issue of how the government can facilitate the further development of a robust online licensing environment. This public meeting will focus specifically on the development and use of standard identifiers for all types of works of authorship, interoperability among databases and systems used to identify owners of rights and terms of use, and a possible portal for linking to such databases and to licensing platforms. Remote participation will be available via webex. Transcripts and videos of the online environment licensing events will be available after the event at the copyright page of the USPTO website.

What: Facilitating the Development of the Online Licensing Environment for Copyrighted Works
Where: Global Intellectual Property Academy, 600 Dulany St., Alexandria, VA 22314
When: April 1 2015 9am-4pm EST
Federal Register Notice: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-03-13/pdf/2015-05765.pdf
Webex: https://uspto-events.webex.com/uspto-events/onstage/g.php?d=994105735&t=a [passcode 123456]
Agenda: http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/DRAFT-Agenda_for_Efficient_Online_Marketplace_Public_Meeting_for_distribution-2.docx
Twitter: @uspto + #copyright

5:30 am on March 20, 2014 · copyright (81), dmca (6), iptf (1), ntia (34), USPTO (5)

WEBCAST TODAY: #DMCA Notice and Takedown Multistakeholder Forum #IPTF #copyright @NTIA @USPTO

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IPTFToday, Thursday March 20 2014, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force (Task Force) will hold a full day DMCA Notice and Takedown Multistakeholder Forum at the USPTO HQ in Alexandria, VA. The meeting was called for in the Commerce Department’s Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy released in July 2013. This is the first such meeting. Subsequent meetings will take place approximately every six weeks, alternating between the USPTO main campus and Silicon Valley, at a location to be announced. Further discussions on three additional issues identified in the Green Paper —remixes, first sale, and statutory damages — will be held in several cities over the next few months.

From the Federal Register:

The initial meeting will focus on identifying discrete topics to be addressed through the multistakeholder forum. We also intend to discuss and make decisions about the process for the forum’s ongoing work. The Task Force wants to ensure participation by a wide variety of the notice and takedown system’s current users, including right holders and individual creators, service providers, and any other stakeholders that are directly affected—such as consumer and public interest representatives, technical and engineering experts, and companies in the business of identifying infringing content. The Department’s role in the open multistakeholder process will be to provide a forum for discussion and consensus-building among stakeholders. Stakeholder groups convened for this process will not be advisory committees to the government, as neither the Department of Commerce nor any other Federal agency or office will seek advice or recommendations on policy issues from participants.

The meeting will be webcast with the opportunity for remote public participation. There will be live text transcription.

What: DMCA Notice and Takedown Multistakeholder Forum
Where: USPTO HQ, Alexandria, VA
When: Thursday March 20 2014 9am-4pm EDT | 1300-2000 UTC
Agenda: http://www.uspto.gov/ip/global/copyrights/AGENDA_March-20_Multistakeholder_Forum-FINAL.pdf
Webcast: http://new.livestream.com/uspto/CopyrightMarch2014
Transcript: http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=2328548
Twitter: #DMCA | #IPTF | #copyright

3:04 pm on October 5, 2010 · copyright (81), IP (7), NYIA (2), patent (10), trademarks (3), USG (40), USPTO (5)

US Dept. of Commerce launches inquiry into copyright and Internet innovation #freeculture

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US Dept. of Commerce

US Dept. of CommerceThe United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) have issued a notice of inquiry (NOI) into “the relationship between the availability and protection of online copyrighted works and innovation in the Internet economy.”

Comments can be emailed to [email protected]. Deadline is November 19 2010.

Full press release is below:

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