A Chat with the Honorable Eric Jeschke with Guest Interviewer Marie Weiskopf | Virtual Water Cooler Chat Episode 53

Virtual Water Cooler Chat

This episode of Virtual Water Cooler Chat features guest interviewer Marie Weiskopf in conversation with Administrative Patent Judge Eric Jeschke.

Marie Weiskopf is an Associate General Counsel at Meta on the Patents, Licensing, and Open-Source legal team. Marie manages the patent strategy for a number of key technology groups at Meta, including multiple research groups and the Facebook App. Marie is also a co-founder and steering committee member of ADAPT.LEGAL and has been passionate about DEI since the start of her career, having experienced what it’s like to be the only woman in the room too many times. Marie graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and began her legal career at the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a patent examiner, examining patent applications in data processing for navigation and vehicle control systems. Marie also worked as a law clerk at an IP Boutique firm while attending The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude. After graduation, Marie practiced patent law at both IP boutique law firms and general practice law firms before joining Meta.

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Eric C. Jeschke is an Administrative Patent Judge at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Prior to joining the Board in 2014, Judge Jeschke served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alvin A. Schall at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Judge Jeschke also practiced at an IP boutique in Washington, D.C., where he focused on automotive, medical device, and consumer electronics products in litigation before district courts, the International Trade Commission, and at the Federal Circuit. Judge Jeschke began his career in the United States Air Force as an aircraft maintenance officer charged with maintaining a squadron of B-1B bombers, and later as a developmental engineer overseeing various aspects of the Atlas V satellite launch program. Judge Jeschke graduated with honors from Princeton University with a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering, and he received his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School.

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