This episode features Kevin McNish, managing member of the Maine law firm McNish, PLLC. Kevin represents clients in  inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews, ex parte reexaminations, and other proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. With first-chair experience spanning more than 90 IPRs and other post-grant proceedings, he has been repeatedly recognized as one of the most prolific and effective post-grant practitioners in the United States. He also maintains an active appellate practice at the Federal Circuit.

 Outside of his practice, Kevin is a committed member of the PTAB Bar Association, where he serves as Chair of the Technology Committee and the District Court / International Trade Commission Desk Editor for the Association’s biweekly PTAB Roundup newsletter.  He also regularly speaks about practice before the PTAB and Federal Circuit and has spoken at national events hosted by the PTAB Bar Association and the Practising Law Institute (PLI).  Kevin's writing has been published in IAM and The Patent Lawyer, and he has been quoted in IAM, Law360, Bloomberg Law, and Legaltech News on topics such as practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, recent Federal Circuit decisions, and legal technology and practice management.

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