HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – Q. Todd Dickinson, a former under secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has joined IP law firm Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP as a partner.

The firm, in a news release Monday, said Dickinson will assume the role of global chair of its Client Select Strategic Services Group. He will be co-based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and San Francisco/Silicon Valley offices.

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