Speakers

McCabe & Ali, LLP | Partner

Emil J. Ali provides legal representation of professionals across many regulated industries to limit, defend, and deflect liability in regulatory and professional conduct investigations, enforcement actions, arbitrations, and court cases.

Anoff, Ali

Procter & Gamble | Director & Assistant General Counsel - Patents

Ali Anoff is Director and Assistant General Counsel at Procter & Gamble. She is the primary patent attorney for renowned brands such as Olay® skin care, as well as Old Spice®, Secret®, and Native® antiperspirant and deodorants. Ali provides strategic legal counsel to the business to create and protect global intellectual property assets. Her practice focuses on IP strategy development, preparation and prosecution of global patent applications, conducting freedom-to-practice assessments and enforcement.

Bansal, Manu

GE Licensing | Senior Counsel Intellectual Property

Manu Bansal serves as Senior Counsel Intellectual Property - Licensing at GE Licensing. In this position, Manu provides lead counsel on the licensing of standard essential patents (SEPs), including licensing them on Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory terms. He advises on licensing SEPs through patent pools or other collaborative licensing relationships. An SEP and IP strategy expert with deep, hands-on experience advising transaction leaders on legal matters in real time commercial discussions with third parties.

Beck, Russell

Beck Reed Riden LLP | Founder

Russell Beck is a business, trade secrets, and employee mobility litigator, nationally recognized for his trade secrets and noncompete experience. He was invited to the Obama White House to develop guidelines for the proper use of noncompetes, and has been cited as an expert on trade secrets and noncompetes by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the White House, the Treasury Department, National Public Radio, the BBC World News Service, PBS Newshour, Le Monde, and many others.

Berman, Debbie

Jenner & Block | Partner

First-chair trial lawyer Debbie Berman is co-chair of Jenner & Block’s Business Litigation Practice and its Trade Secrets and Restrictive Covenants Practice. She is the lead lawyer for Hetronic in the Hetronic. v. Abitron litigation. She also represents Hetronic and its parent, Methode Electronics, Inc., as international coordinating counsel for a number of related trademark and trade dress matters in EUIPO and courts in Germany, with one of those matters having been heard by the Court of Justice of the European Union. She has a long track record of litigating significant trademark and trade secrets cases, including PepsiCo, Inc. v. Redmond, the seminal Seventh Circuit case concerning the inevitable disclosure doctrine, both at the trial and appellate level.

Binns, Micheal

Meta | Associate General Counsel, Patents, Licensing, and Open Source

Micheal Binns is Head of Patents & Trade Secrets and a Director and Associate General Counsel on the Patent, Licensing and Open Source team at Meta, formerly Facebook. As a registered patent attorney, Mike’s helped protect global copyrights and trademarks in addition to patent rights for a wide range of industries. At present, he advises on global IP portfolio strategy and risk mitigation related the future of AI, social networking, AR/VR/MR, and the metaverse. Micheal has and continues to protect the knowledge, systems, and inventions that are business-critical drivers of revenue.

Boyd, Felicia J.

Norton Rose Fulbright | Partner

Felicia Boyd is a Chambers ranked litigator with extensive experience as a leader in complex IP disputes involving patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade dress both in and out of court spanning a diverse array of industries, including financial and investment services, medical devices (such as pacemakers, heart valves, defibrillators and synchronization devices), software, music, pharmaceuticals and manufactured goods.

Braun, Kerri

Cisco Systems, Inc. | Senior Corporate Counsel

Mrs. Kerri Braun has worked more than 20 years in the field of IP after receiving J.D. and Masters in IP from Franklin Pierce Law Center. She worked in law firms in Atlanta until going in house in 2011, prosecuting patents and trademarks, negotiating license agreements, litigating complex intellectual property matters, and formulating robust trade secret protection programs. Kerri is currently Senior Corporate Counsel, AI/ML, Trade Secrets, and Data Strategy for Cisco Systems, Inc., where she designs and implements solutions for minimizing risk and protecting some of Cisco’s most valuable assets.

Brownstone, Daniel R.

Fenwick | Partner

Dan pairs his knowledge of computer science and economics with his experience in strategic intellectual property and patent counseling to offer companies of all sizes unparalleled IP guidance. Dan collaborates closely with both established enterprises and emerging startups as they evolve and leverage new technologies, such as quantum computing and artificial intelligence, to ultimately drive growth and success by taking a holistic and strategic approach to their intellectual property portfolios. His diverse client base includes companies in financial and consumer services, fintech, software, and aviation. Software companies like Dropbox and New Relic turned to Dan for their first patents, helping ensure they had a strong footing to grow into the major industry players they are today. Dan also manages large patent portfolios for more mature companies, including working with WhatsApp to strategically grow and manage their portfolio prior to the company’s acquisition by Meta.

Bryant, Robert G.

Technoir, LLC | Founder

Robert G. Bryant holds a BS in Chemistry, and a Doctor of Science - honoris causa from Valparaiso University, and a MS and Ph.D. from the Polymer Institute at the University of Akron. He joined NASA Langley Research Center as a Materials Engineer in 1990 focusing on aerospace polymers and composites, and has held the following positions: Research Materials Engineer, Branch Head, and Chief Engineer for Materials and Structures. In 2012, Dr. Bryant formed a consulting firm, Technoir LLC which has grown in size with members offering subject matter expertise in areas related to materials, processing, structural design, testing and analysis.

Covey, Will

USPTO Office of Enrollment and Discipline | Deputy General Counsel and Director

As Deputy General Counsel and Director for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED), Will Covey is responsible for ensuring that the nation's patent attorneys and agents are of good moral character and sufficiently knowledgeable to practice before the USPTO Mr. Covey's team of attorneys and other professionals develop and administer a registration examination designed to measure applicants' knowledge of patent law and practice. Successful applicants are registered to practice by OED. In addition, OED investigates complaints of unethical conduct made against individuals practicing patent or trademark law before the USPTO.

Dahan, Tal

CyberArk Software | Intellectual Property Manager

Tal Dahan serves as the IP Manager at CyberArk Software, the global leader in Identity Security. As a seasoned patent attorney with more than 16 years of experience in IP litigation and prosecution, Tal Joined CyberArk Software in 2020 to provide comprehensive counsel on a range of IP matters. Positioned within the Product & Technology group, Tal plays a pivotal role in steering CyberArk’s global innovation and IP strategy, encompassing AI-related initiatives.

Durkin, Tracy-Gene G.

Sterne Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, PLLC | Director

Tracy-Gene G. Durkin is the practice leader of Sterne Kessler’s Mechanical & Design Practice Group and a member of the Trademark & Brand Protection Practice. Tracy has a well-earned reputation for excellence in design patent law. Tracy was named one of the "Top Ten Legal Innovators in North America” by Financial Times in 2018, and she has been ranked by Chambers & Partners' as a "recognized practitioners" in the "IP Patent Prosecution, District of Columbia category," since 2017.

Emerson, Lauren

Leason Ellis | Partner

Lauren Emerson co-chairs the Trademark and Copyright Practice Group at Leason Ellis where she helps clients establish and enforce intellectual property rights. Lauren counsels household names and new ventures alike across a diverse array of industries including consumer products, fashion, payment technology, energy, telecom, medical devices, retail, software, automotive, and food and beverage.

Farley, Christine Haight

American University Washington College of Law | Professor of Law

Christine Haight Farley is a Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law where she teaches Intellectual Property, Trademark Law, Contracts, Art Law, and Advertising Law. She serves as Co-Faculty Director of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and previously served as Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs. At American, Professor Farley has received the Excellence in Teaching Award and the Edwin A. Mooers Scholarship Award. She has been a visiting professor at Boston University, the University of Paris West, the University of Puerto Rico, the University of Havana, Monash University, and the National Law University in Lucknow, India, and has given lectures on intellectual property in more than twenty-five countries.

Fink, Katie

Banner & Witcoff | Attorney

Recognized as one of Chicago’s most notable women lawyers, Katie represents clients in litigation and provides counseling on a broad range of issues involving patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights and trade secrets. Katie has significant experience managing and litigating intellectual property matters. Knowledgeable in all aspects of litigation from discovery and motion practice to trial and appeal, she has successfully achieved her clients’ business goals in enforcing intellectual property rights and defending against infringement allegations.

Fischer, Michael

Forresters IP LLP | Partner

Michael Fischer is a Partner at Forresters IP LLP, a European Patent Attorney, a European Trade Mark Attorney, and a German Patent Attorney located in Munich, Germany. As both a European and German Patent Attorney, Michael is often involved in prosecution and oppositions at both the European Patent Office and German Patent and Trade Mark Office. He also has experience in appeal proceedings and is skilled in drafting patent applications. He is also extremely well-versed in German utility model law, particularly branching off utility models from European patent, PCT and German patent applications, and utility model cancellation proceedings.

Fisher, William "Skip"

Potomac Law Group | Partner

William (Skip) Fisher is a Partner in Potomac Law Group’s Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Technology and IP Transactions practices. His practice focuses on strategic counselling, high-stakes litigation, and complex licensing in all areas of intellectual property, and he has a niche practice in Chinese intellectual property law, practice, and procedure.

Harkavy, David

Ankura | Managing Director, Intellectual Property Practice

David Harkavy is a Managing Director at Ankura based in Chicago. David has 23 years of experience assisting clients with forensic accounting and economic damages issues. His expertise includes economic damages in a variety of litigation settings and valuations of intellectual property assets and businesses. David has testified in depositions, state and federal courts, and arbitration settings on economic damages in commercial litigation matters, including claims of patent and trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, fraud, and antitrust.

Harrier, Jason

IP Copilot | Founder & General Counsel

Jason Harrier is Founder & General Counsel at IP Copilot, an idea management platform powered by AI that is focused on helping innovators discover and share their best ideas faster than ever. Jason previously was Head of IP and Lead AI Counsel for Plaid where he helped develop Plaid's first IP and AI programs and Chief Patent Counsel for Capital One where his team built a new patent program that recently resulted in Capital One owning the world's largest financial institution patent portfolio.

Hastings, James

Rothwell Figg | Partner

James is an intellectual property attorney with Rothwell Figg, a leading United States IP law firm. His insight on intellectual property law has been featured in numerous publications, including Bloomberg Law, Corporate Counsel, and Law.com. He is a speaker at events that focus on technology and innovation, including the UN Digital Health Symposium in New York. He is also a continuing education instructor to attorneys and organizations throughout the country on the subject of intellectual property law. Over the years, James has represented several well-known companies in various sectors, including fashion, health, manufacturing, and higher education.

Iancu, Andrei

Sullivan & Cromwell | Partner

Andrei Iancu was first an aerospace engineer at Hughes Aircraft, then a premier patent trial lawyer, later serving as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO. He is presently a litigation partner at Sullivan & Cromwell and a leading voice on IP policy. With David Kappos, he founded the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) and, with former NIST Director Walter Copan, founded the Renewing American Innovation project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

Jakobsen Osenga, Kristen

University of Richmond School of Law | Associate Dean, Research Scholar, & Professor of Law

Dean Kristen Jakobsen Osenga teaches and writes in the areas of intellectual property, patent law, law and language, and legislation and regulation. Some of her recent scholarship focuses on patent eligible subject matter, patent licensing firms, standard development organizations, patent law reform, and claim construction. She has written numerous law review articles on these and other topics, as well as book chapters and op eds on various aspects of patent law. Additionally, she has spoken on patent-related issues at many academic conferences and bar events. Dean Osenga is an active member of the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Jarvis, Alyssa

Diversity Lab | Director of Mansfield & Strategic Innovations

Alyssa joined Diversity Lab with more than 10 years of experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a Director of Mansfield & Strategic Innovations, she works with over 360 law firms pursuing Mansfield Certification. She has an opportunity to meet with and learn alongside large and midsize firms located in the US, Canada, and the UK. In her previous roles, she managed relationships with corporations that were focused on creating inclusive environments for all employees.

Jochmans, Hilary F.

Jochmans Consulting LLC | Founder

Hilary Jochmans is the Founder of Jochmans Consulting LLC, a boutique government affairs practice assisting clients in advocating for public policy measures impactful to their business. Clients include leaders in the areas of fashion, economic development, financial services, law and social justice. Previously, she was the Director of the NYS Governor’s Office in DC where she served as the Governor’s chief liaison with Congressional leadership and the Administration. Hilary also spent a dozen years on Capitol Hill as senior staff in both the House and Senate. Hilary holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School.

Kahler, Rachel

General Mills | Patent Agent

Dr. Rachel Kahler is a registered U.S. patent agent with General Mills, Inc. in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area. Dr. Kahler joined General Mills in 2013, after working for more than 7 years in law firms preparing and prosecuting patent applications and having support roles in portfolio management, litigation, and freedom to operate investigations. Over more than 15 years, Dr. Kahler has worked with a variety of technologies, but currently focuses on food, biotechnology, and chemistry-related patent prosecution and portfolio management.

Kanz, Christine

Hoyng Rokh Monegier | Partner

Dr. Christine Kanz has worked as an attorney since 1998. Although she has primarily focused on international patent litigation in the areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and chemistry, she has also handled numerous cases in the areas of medical devices, mechanics and consumer products. Much of her work involves cross-border litigation with the result that she is highly experienced in planning and coordinating such cases. Christine regularly publishes on patent law matters and speaks at conferences on patent law issues She acts for her clients before the Unified Patent Court, the European Patent Office and the national German courts, including Regional and Higher Regional Courts, the Federal Patent Court and the Federal Court of Justice

Kappos, David J.

Cravath Swaine & Moore, LLP | Partner

David J. Kappos is Co-Chair of Cravath's Intellectual Property Practice. He is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost leaders in the field of intellectual property, including intellectual property management and strategy, the development of global intellectual property norms, laws and practices as well as commercialization and enforcement of innovation-based assets.

Kieff, F. Scott

The George Washington University Law School | Stevenson Bernard Professor of Law

The Honorable F. Scott Kieff is the Stevenson Bernard Professor at GW Law School, founder of Kieff Strategies, and a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. After nomination by President Obama and unanimous confirmation by the Senate, he was Commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission from 2013-2017. He served during the Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations as an SGE in the SES in the national security defense intelligence community as well as on matters of economics, innovation, and oversight and compliance. He was previously a professor of law and medicine at Washington University in Saint Louis and a Senior Fellow at Hoover. A former law clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Giles S. Rich, he is a graduate of Penn Law School and MIT, where he studied molecular biology and microeconomics. He was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2012 and the Academia Europaea in 2024.

Kliebenstein, Heather

Merchant & Gould | Partner

Specializing in intellectual property litigation, Heather served as the chair of Merchant & Gould’s litigation group and now as the Managing Partner. Her work focuses on complex intellectual property disputes involving copyright, trademark, patent, false advertising trade secret and contract claims. Heather is an adept communicator. Focusing on jury trials, Heather connects with juries by simplifying complex concepts and focuses on strategy development at each stage of litigation to prepare the case for trial. Heather graduated from the University of Texas School of Law.

Korn, David

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) | Vice President, IP and Law

David Korn is Vice President, Intellectual Property and Law for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). He focuses on IP and related issues in Congress, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other agencies, as well as amicus briefs in cases of interest to PhRMA. He has degrees in biomedical engineering from Duke and Northwestern and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Kresh, Joshua

George Mason University, Center for Intellectual Property & Innovation Policy | Managing Director

Joshua Kresh is the Managing Director of the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School. He was previously an Associate with DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., where he practiced patent litigation. Joshua received his law degree with honors from The George Washington University Law School, and he holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in computer science from Brandeis University. Joshua is the Chair of AIPLA’s New Lawyers Committee and Co-Mentoring Chair of the Giles Rich American Inn of Court, and he is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Kujak, Angela

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | Senior Director, OSAP Legal Practice

Angela Kujak is the Senior Director and Head of the OSAP Legal Practice at the Broad Institute and a registered patent attorney. She oversees Broad's intellectual property portfolio, guiding the strategic management of its patents and IP assets. Angela leads a team of over 15 legal professionals, structuring, drafting, and negotiating agreements related to Broad’s strategic transactions, partnerships, and new company formations. Before joining Broad, she held senior roles at UCLA’s Technology Development Group and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF).

Landers, Amy

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law | Director of the Intellectual Property Law Concentration

Amy L. Landers is the Associate Dean of Faculty Scholarship and Director of the Intellectual Property Concentration at the Drexel University School of Law. Formerly a partner in the Intellectual Property section of Orrick LLP, practicing primarily in Silicon Valley, Prof. Landers worked on a number of high-profile patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret cases. She has recently published the Fourth Edition of Understanding Patent Law (CAP 2024). Her works have been published in major law reviews, and concern patent law, remedies for infringement, and the interface between innovation and intellectual property law.

Lea, Christy

Knobbe Martens | Partner

Christy Lea is Co-Chair of the Medical Device Litigation group at Knobbe Martens, where she has represented clients in medical device and other industries for over two decades. Christy excels in resolving high-stakes patent and trade secret disputes at both the trial and appellate levels. Recently, she achieved a significant claim construction ruling that led to a stipulation of non-infringement for a major medical device client. Additionally, she led a trial team to secure a complete defense jury verdict in a multi-patent infringement case. In another notable case, she co-led a trial team that won a $70 million jury verdict with $21 million in enhanced damages, in a trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit against a former vendor. The verdict was ranked #6 in IP and #21 overall for that year by The National Law Journal.

Lichter, Robert

SharkNinja | Associate General Counsel

With over a decade of expertise in intellectual property, Robert Lichter brings a wealth of experience to his role as Associate General Counsel, Global IP at SharkNinja. His diverse background includes serving as a patent examiner and practicing in a Boston law firm, as well as his current in-house position. In private practice, Rob specialized in the prosecution of both utility and design patents for consumer products, blending technical knowledge with strategic insight. He is a passionate advocate who enjoys discussing design patent issues.

Love, Nathaniel

Sidley Austin LLP | Partner

Nat Love is a trial lawyer who helps companies across the life sciences and information technology fields resolve challenging problems presented by patent, trade secret, and other commercial litigation. Nat tackles complex economic issues, including those presented in preliminary injunction proceedings and by patent and trade secret damages claims. He also has extensive experience in patent and breach of contract cases involving patents declared essential to technology standards, and has litigated multiple injunctions in such cases on appeal. Nat leads the drafting of appellate briefs in his matters arising in the district courts and the USPTO and has argued multiple cases in the courts of appeal, including the Second, Seventh, Ninth, and Federal Circuits.

Madison, Tanya

Transamerica | Chief Privacy Officer

Tanya Madison serves as Chief Privacy Officer at Transamerica. With over 20 years of in-house counsel experience, Tanya's career has focused on the lawful collection, use and sharing of personal data with special focus on financial services and FINTECH companies. Tanya and her colleagues focus on developing a principled and holistic approach to privacy legal analysis and engagement worldwide.

Marsh, John

Bailey Cavalieri LLC | Member

John’s commercial litigation practice concentrates on trade secrets litigation and the enforcement of non-competes throughout the United States. John is listed in the 2016, 2017 and 2018 editions of The Best Lawyers of America for Litigation – Intellectual Property and in the 2009-18 editions of Ohio Super Lawyers, and he is AV® Preeminent™ Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest available rating for legal ability and professional ethics. He has been quoted on trade secret law and restrictive covenant issues by The Wall Street Journal, Inside Counsel, Law360, The National Law Journal, Managing IP and Wired; and his blog, “The Trade Secret Litigator” (www.tradesecretlitigator.com), has been cited by publications including The Wall Street Journal.

McCrackin, Ann

UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law | Adjunct Professor

Ann McCrackin is bridging the gap between AI and IP practice. She is the founder of AI-Enabled Attorney LLC, a consulting and training company that helps IP professionals effectively adopt AI technologies and offers AI training for the broader legal profession. Her expertise stems from over a decade of streamlining IP processes with AI as the founding President of Black Hills IP. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law, where she teaches patent prosecution and prepares her students for the evolving role of technology in their practice. Ann's background also includes over 25 years as a patent attorney, including being a shareholder, at Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Mertzel, Nancy J.

Mertzel Law PLLC | Principal and Founder

Nancy J. Mertzel is the Founder of Mertzel Law PLLC, a boutique intellectual property firm with offices in New York and New Jersey. Nancy handles copyright, trademark, technology, and entertainment disputes and counseling. Her litigation practice concentrates on copyright and trademark infringement. On the transactional side, she handles trademark clearance, prosecution and portfolio management and drafts and negotiates IP agreements. She also advises clients on copyright issues including fair use and artificial intelligence.

Michel, Paul R.

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (retired) | Chief Judge

Paul Michel served on the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for 22 years before retiring as chief judge in 2010 to advocate for reviving the US Patent System. Along with Judge Kathleen O’Malley (Ret), he serves on the Board of Directors of C4IP and on the boards of the Chamber of Commerce’s BASIC Coalition opposing misuse of Bayh-Dole march in powers and the Inventors Defense Alliance defending access to third party litigation financing and thus patent justice for smaller companies and individual inventors.

Millar, Sheila A.

Keller and Heckman LLP | Partner

Sheila Millar leads Keller and Heckman’s consumer protection regulatory practices and brings deep experience to a range of public policy and regulatory matters, including advertising and promotions, sustainability and environmental claims, connected products, privacy, cybersecurity, and product safety. She counsels United States (U.S.) and international businesses on compliance questions and processes, represents them in regulatory enforcement matters, and advocates on their behalf before federal and state legislative and regulatory bodies.

Morozova, Yelena

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | Partner

Yelena Morozova is a partner in the London office of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP / Finnegan Europe LLP. Yelena is an experienced patent attorney with technical expertise across different fields of engineering, most particularly in information technology and software, telecommunications, and AI. Being qualified in the US and in Europe, Yelena practices in both jurisdictions, focusing on patent procurement and portfolio development for a diverse range of global clients.

Mossoff, Adam

Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University | Professor

Adam Mossoff is Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, and he is a board member and affiliated scholar at several academic centers, policy organizations, and think tanks. His research on patent law and policy has been relied on by the Supreme Court, the Federal Circuit, Congress, and the USPTO, FTC, DOJ, and other federal agencies. He has been invited numerous times to testify before the Senate and the House of Representatives on patent policy, including in the two Senate hearings on § 101 reform held in 2019 and 2024.

Mueting, Ann

Mueting, Raasch Group | Founding Shareholder

Ann M. Mueting, Ph.D., J.D., is a founding shareholder of the firm Mueting Raasch Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which began in 1995 and represents Fortune 500 companies, biomedical firms, universities, various mid-size and startup companies, as well as individual entrepreneurs. Ann is a patent attorney practicing in the areas of patent prosecution, due diligence, and related opinion work with emphasis in chemical and biotechnology patent law.

Oliver, Tom

Powell Gilbert | Partner

Tom is a partner at Powell Gilbert, one of Europe’s leading patent litigation law firms. He has a particular focus on high-stakes multi-jurisdictional patent disputes. With a master’s degree in chemistry and biochemistry, Tom has a particular expertise in the life science sector, but also regularly represents clients in disputes covering a wide range of industry sectors and technologies, including engineering, telecoms and electronics. Tom has extensive experience in devising multi-jurisdictional patent litigation strategies for clients and often takes the role of lead European counsel, with responsibility for coordinating multi-jurisdictional legal teams. He has coordinated global patent disputes in more than 30 jurisdictions.

Perry, Mark

Weil | Partner

Mark A. Perry is Co-Head of Weil’s Appeals and Strategic Counseling practice and a member of the Firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation practice. He is a veteran U.S. Supreme Court advocate and legal strategist who focuses on complex business cases in trial and appellate courts around the United States. Mark regularly serves as lead outside appellate counsel to major global companies in their most significant matters. His significant appeals have included most areas of business litigation, including securities, intellectual property, employment, and competition law. He has exceptional experience briefing and arguing cases in the Supreme Court of the United States – including winning landmark decisions in Lucia v. SEC, Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, and Janus Capital Group v. First Derivative Traders – and the federal courts of appeals. Mark also regularly represents clients in federal district courts, frequently serving as litigation strategist in class actions and other complex commercial cases.

Pool, Ryan

Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C. | Partner

Ryan Pool is a Partner at MWZB who specializes in chemical and life sciences patent prosecution. He is experienced in patent drafting, patent prosecution, and portfolio management. His practice has involved considerable work in the international patent sphere and he is the current Chair of the AIPLA IP Practice in Europe committee. Mr. Pool is interested in using data to find patent prosecution advantages for is clients to increase both prosecution effectiveness and efficiency. He has authored a number of papers to that end. His works have published in both US and international patent law industry publications. He will be discussing one such work today.

Ram, Jocelyn

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | IP Counsel

With over two decades of intellectual property experience, in both private practice and at USPTO, Ms. Ram brings a unique perspective to her work. As IP Counsel at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Ms. Ram manages a diverse portfolio of cutting-edge genomic technologies and focuses on issues at the convergence of AI and biotech. She utilizes unique USPTO insider knowledge (gained as a speechwriter for USPTO Director Iancu and USPTO Deputy Director Peter and as a patent analyst in USPTO Office of International Patent Cooperation) in strategizing how to quickly acquire valid patents and build a strong comprehensive IP portfolio. Her technology background focuses on biomedical, mechanical, electromechanical, and software technologies, with specialization in the medical device field. Her biomedical engineering degree from Cornell University, and communications & technology master’s from Georgetown University, in addition to her law degree from Boston University, provide a strong foundation for understanding the technical and legal aspects of patent law and for expertly communicating this subject matter to diverse audiences.

Keynote Speakers

The Honorable Shira Perlmutter

The Honorable Kathi Vidal

Dr. Robert Bryant

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