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Michelle K. Lee


Just as they have over the last 10 years, Google and other technological innovators will continue to break new ground in how we use and share knowledge, connect, and communicate. As tech- nological advancements race forward, patent law must assume a similarly brisk pace to fulfill its promise of promoting and protecting innovation. Achieving the balance between these prospects is what gets Michelle K. Lee, deputy general counsel and head of patents, patent strategy, and partnerships at Google, Inc., up in the morning.


President Obama helped address some of the nation’s


patent-reform issues when he signed into law last year the America Invents Act, which will help American entrepreneurs and businesses bring their inventions to market sooner, reduce costly delays and unnecessary liti- gation, and increase the ability of American inventors to


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