The Denver Post is reporting that the US Commerce Office has selected Denver, Dallas-Fort Worth, and San Jose as the three cities to get a US Patent and Trademark Satellite office. This is mixed news for us – good news that Silicon Valley will get one of the offices, bad news that it’s not in Sunnyvale. But San Jose launched a full-court press to get the office in their city, and they offered significant enticements as encouragement. Congrats to them, and thanks to the US Commerce Office for recognizing the importance that Silicon Valley plays in high-tech innovation.