IPWatchdog has learned that Will Covey, who has been serving as Deputy General Counsel and Director for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will be named Acting Deputy Director of the USPTO under Coke Morgan Stewart, who was named Acting Director last month.
Covey has been with the USPTO since 2000 and has held a number of positions. He is well liked internally and “has been just as concerned with helping patent practitioners stay out of trouble and understand where the ethical lines are as he has been concerned with punishing inappropriate behavior,” according to IPWatchdog Founder and CEO Gene Quinn…