Madhumita Datta, Ph.D. is interviewed in The Hot Seat about how and why she became a patent attorney, her advice for others entering the field, and the challenges and opportunities facing women attorneys in the technology sector. She also describes her pro bono work on behalf of WANDA (Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics and Agriculture), a non-profit organization that focuses on promoting healthy eating among African American diaspora harnessing ancestral food knowledge. Datta emphasizes the importance of “science/engineering knowledge, ability to pick up a new area of technology fast, and interpersonal skills to connect with the inventors, in-house counsels, and the patent office Examiners” for effective patent prosecution. She also encourages inventors to “envision and communicate to the patent attorney all reasonably possible modifications of their current invention to have a broader scope of patent protection, because technology moves fast, and typical shelf life of a patented product is shortening compared to what it was 20 years ago.”

Elie Honig leverages his SDNY trial and prosecutorial experience to discuss timely legal and government developments across multiple outlets, including: CNN (October 4, 2022:1; October 4, 2022:2; October 12, 2022; October 24, 2022), RawStory (October 5, 2022; October 20, 2022; October 24, 2022), Pedfire, The Washington Examiner, WCYB News 5, KION 46, and Missoulian.