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  • Fink, Benjamin

    Berman Fink Van Horn, P.C. | Shareholder

    Benjamin Fink is a shareholder at Berman Fink Van Horn P.C. in Atlanta, Georgia. His practice focuses on business and commercial litigation with an emphasis on competition-related disputes, including noncompetes and trade secrets. A published author on restrictive covenants, he blogs regularly on noncompete and trade secret topics (www.bfvlaw.com/blogs) and serves as a co-host of the Fairly Competing podcast. In recognition of his thought leadership in the trade secrets arena, he was invited to attend The Inaugural Sedona Conference on Developing Best Practices for Trade Secrets Issues that was held in December 2017. He served on the Sedona Conference drafting team for Principles/Best Practices Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets in Litigation as part of Working Group 12 on Trade Secrets. He currently serves as Chair of the Trade Secrets Committee of the AIPLA.
  • Fink, Karl

    Fitch Even | Partner

    Karl R. Fink has been a partner at Fitch Even since 1995 and is co-chair of the Litigation Practice Group. His practice includes all aspects of commercial litigation and intellectual property litigation, creation, management, enforcement, and licensing, with particular emphasis on patent litigation. Karl has been a full-time first-chair trial lawyer since 1981, handling hundreds of lawsuits in state and federal courts across the country, both at trial and on appeal, as well as in the International Trade Commission. His litigation practice also includes the handling of inter partes reviews in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • 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.
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    McKool Smith | Associate

    Rudolph “Rudy” Fink IV is an associate in McKool Smith's Dallas office.
  • Finnie, Peter

    Potter Clarkson | Attorney

    Peter works with a long and growing list of European start-up companies, advising them on how to develop their IP strategies in a way that will build and support exit value.
  • 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.
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    Lott & Fischer, PL | Founding Partner

    Ury Fischer is a founding partner of Lott & Fischer. Mr. Fischer dedicates his practice to patent and trademark procurement and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Fischer’s patent procurement practice concentrates in the areas of mechanical and electrical arts, software and business methods. Mr. Fischer has represented a diverse group of U.S. and foreign-based clients in patent, trademark, copyright and computer law litigation matters.
  • 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.
  • Fitch, Elizabeth S.

    Righi Fitch Law Group | Attorney

    Elizabeth S. Fitch is a founding member of Righi Fitch Law Group.
  • Fluhr, Michael

    DLA Piper | Of Counsel

    Michael Fluhr counsels and defends companies in a wide variety of complex, commercial disputes. Michael focuses his practice on the financial sector, including the blockchain and digital asset space, where he advises and defends exchanges, issuers, NFT platforms and creators, and related companies. Sought-after for his deep understanding of the space and technology, Michael has been quoted in media and regularly publishes and speaks about issues germane to blockchain and digital assets, including securities analysis, intellectual property rights, and regulation of the NFT space.
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    Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner | Principal

    Brad Forrest is a Principal at Schwegman and is also General Counsel and Chairman. Brad drafts and prosecutes patent applications over a diverse range of high technology, from nanotech and electrical to complex software algorithms, semiconductors, and computer architecture in addition to provide strategic advice regarding patent strategies and opinion work.
  • Franklyn, David

    Golden Gate University | Professor of Law

    David Franklyn is a prominent law professor who is considered one of the nation's preeminent experts on intellectual property and technology law. He joined the faculty of Golden Gate University in 2018.
  • Jennifer-Fraser Fraser, Jennifer

    Dykema Gossett | Member

    Jennifer Fraser is a Member in Dykema Gossett's Washington, D.C. office and is Chair of the Trademark Practice Group. Ms. Fraser represents many Fortune 500 companies and well-known brands across a variety of industries, and her practice includes trademark prosecution, counseling and litigation.
  • Freddie Park

    Park IP Consulting

  • Frederick, Mareesa

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

    Mareesa Frederick, a partner in Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP’s Washington, DC office, focuses on complex, high-stakes intellectual property litigation, with a particular emphasis on Section 337 proceedings before the International Trade Commission (ITC). She was named by The Legal 500 U.S. as a Next Generation Lawyer for ITC patent litigation. Mareesa also has extensive experience counseling clients on trade secret guidance, pre-trial strategy, strategic licensing opportunities, and patent portfolios.
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    Winstead, PC | Of Counsel

    Justin Freeman is a member of Winstead’s Corporate, Securities/M&A Practice Group.
  • Freistein, Andrew

    Wenderoth | Partner

    Andrew Freistein is a Partner in Wenderoth’s pharmaceutical and chemical practice group. His practice includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the chemical and pharmaceutical arts, providing infringement and invalidity opinions, and preparing and filing requests for patent term adjustment (PTA) and patent term extension (PTE). Andrew’s practice focuses on small molecule drugs, pharmaceutical compositions, synthetic preparation, methods of treatment, drug delivery, dosage forms, polymorphs, agrochemicals and glass compositions. Andrew is an active member of the patent bar. He has been a delegate of the AIPLA IP Practice in Japan Committee’s trips to Tokyo and Osaka, Japan, an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School, an organizer and moderator many webinars on chemical and pharmaceutical patent law, and a President of the Patent Lawyers Club of Washington.
  • French_JenniferPhoto200 French, Jennifer

    FBI National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center | Supervisory Special Agent

    Special Agent Jennifer L. French graduated from Boston College Law School in 1990 and practiced banking and bankruptcy law in the Boston area for 6 years, primarily for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. She joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Special Agent in 1996 and was stationed in the Chicago Division for over 20 years. In June of 2019, SA French was selected to join the FBI’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center as a Supervisory Special Agent, which is her current assignment.
  • Frey, Alison

    Dickinson Wright, PLLC | Member

    Alison Frey (Member, Dickinson Wright, PLLC, Austin): Alison Frey focuses her practice on trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property, business technology and emerging business. Ms. Frey regularly advises clients on trademark matters, including trademark clearance and protection, policing, rebranding, licensing and global brand protection strategies, and her practice includes management of domestic and international trademark portfolios across a myriad of industries, including the cannabis industry.
  • Markus R. Frick Frick, Markus R.

    Walder Wyss Ltd. | Partner

    Markus Frick is heading up the Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Competition Team. He specializes in all aspects of intellectual property law with a particular focus on trademark, patent and unfair competition law.