While we‘re still waiting for the White House to actually nominate a new head of the US Patent and Trademark Office, the other big administration „intellectual property“ job has also been vacant for over a year: the „Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator“ (IPEC) job, frequently referred to as the „IP Czar.“ That job was previously held by Victoria Espinel, who left a year ago and immediately jumped to a lobbying job with the BSA, the copyright maximalist trade group run by Microsoft.