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US District Court for the Southern District of Texas | Judge

In 1994 when Judge Vanessa Diane Gilmore was sworn in, she was then the youngest sitting federal judge in the nation. The native of Silver Spring, Maryland was also the youngest member of her freshman class at her alma mater, Hampton University in Virginia. Gilmore decided to undertake a career in law after she represented herself and won a minor civil lawsuit. She graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 1981. In 1982, Gilmore began a 13-year tenure at a Houston law firm known as Vickery, Kilbride, Gilmore and Vickery where she specialized in civil litigation. Gilmore also became an active member of the Houston civic community, serving on the boards of a number of civic and charitable organizations including a term as president of the YWCA of Houston. She also became involved in the Texas political arena while serving as counsel and teacher in the area of election law.

Giovannini, Francesca

Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton | European & Italian Patent Attorney

Francesca Giovannini is European and Italian patent attorney with a chemical engineering background. She is registered on the French list of persons qualified in industrial property, patent section. She has been working in IP for more than 20 years in Italy, Germany and France, both in private practice and in-house.

Glenn Gundersen

Dechert LLP

Gluck, Jeffrey

Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel | Partner

Jeffrey Gluck is presently a partner with Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science, a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, and a doctorate in electrical engineering, as well as a law degree. His career in intellectual property was preceded by an eleven year career as an engineering professor and as an engineer. He has been practicing intellectual property law since 1994, initially as a patent examiner, and then, since 1999, as a patent agent and as an attorney.

Go, Adrienne

eBay, Inc.

Adrienne Go leads a team of smart customer-obsessed product lawyers at eBay. Her team advises on core user experiences offered to eBay users around the world, including buying, selling, shipping, AI, focused categories, mobile, and trust. Adrienne and team analyze and advise on a wide range of disciplines, including regulatory, consumer protection, intellectual property, privacy, and contract.

Goepel, James

Fathom Cyber LLC | CEO

Fathom CyberTM makes cybersecurity and data privacy make senseTM for officers, directors, and employees. James ("Jim") Goepel is CEO and General Counsel for Fathom Cyber.

Goldberg, Joshua

Nath, Goldberg & Meyer | Co-Managing Partner

Joshua Goldberg is Co-Managing Partner and the Partner-in-Charge of the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Department of Nath, Goldberg & Meyer. Mr. Goldberg’s practice involves preparing and acquiring U.S. and foreign patents for his clients across a wide range of technology areas. His current practice places a particular emphasis on pharmaceutical, agriculture, and alternative energy technologies. He also advises corporate, university, and independent clients not only in how to obtain patents, but also how to bring new products to market without infringing someone else’s patents.

Goldberg, Mitchell S.

US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Judge

Judge Goldberg was appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on October 31, 2008. Judge Goldberg’s career as a practicing attorney started at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office where he worked in both the trial and appellate divisions. He later joined the law firm of Cozen O’Connor, where his practice focused on commercial litigation.

Golden, John

The University of Texas School of Law | Edward S. Knight Chair in Law

John Golden is the Edward S. Knight Chair in Law, Entrepreneurialism and Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, where he has taught administrative law, contracts, patent law, seminars relating to innovation and intellectual property, and a seminar on disaster and emergency law. From 2011 to 2022, he served as faculty director of the Andrew Ben White Center in Law, Science and Social Policy. John has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University, and an A.B. in Physics and History from Harvard College. After law school, John clerked for the Honorable Michael Boudin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and for Associate Justice Stephen Breyer of the United States Supreme Court. John also worked as an associate in the intellectual property department of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

Goldstein, Thomas

Goldstein & Russell, P.C. | Partner

Tom Goldstein is an appellate advocate, best known as one of the nation’s most experienced Supreme Court practitioners. He has served as counsel to a party in roughly 150 merits cases at the Court. He recently argued his 45th. Only 3 lawyers in the Court's modern history have argued more cases in private practice. He has been counsel on more successful petitions for certiorari over the past decade than any other lawyer in private practice. Over the past fifteen years, the firm's petitions for certiorari have been granted at a higher rate than any private law firm or legal clinic.

Gonell, Fabian

Qualcomm | Senior Vice President, Licensing Strategy

Fabian Gonell is Senior Vice President, Licensing Strategy and Legal Counsel of Qualcomm's Technology Licensing division, where his responsibilities include developing the Company’s licensing strategy, negotiating license agreements, and overseeing the company's compliance with the rules of standards organizations. He has played a major role in structuring and negotiating license agreements with many of Qualcomm’s licensees, including Apple, Samsung, LGE, Ericsson, and Nokia/Microsoft, as well as in Qualcomm’s response to regulatory investigations of Qualcomm’s licensing practices.

Gongola, Janet

Patent Trial and Appeal Board | Vice Chief Judge for Engagement

Good, Ed

Trainer, Author, Editor

Ed Good provides on-site training programs in effective writing to corporations, law firms, and governmental agencies. More than 10,000 professionals have attended Ed's programs in the U.S., Europe, China, and Taiwan. He served as Counsel and Writer-in-Residence at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, in Washington, D.C. At Finnegan, he wrote proposals that resulted in significant legal work at Fortune 50 corporations.

Goodman, Jordana

Chicago-Kent School of Law | Assistant Professor

Jordana R. Goodman joined Chicago-Kent College of Law as an assistant professor in August 2023. Goodman is an expert on gender and race equity issues in STEM fields. Her research explores the intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion and intellectual property law.

Goodrum, Garfield

Garfield Goodrum has over 20 years’ experience in IP, working with internationally known brands and designs. Garfield has cleared and prosecuted registrations for hundreds of trademarks and copyright-protected works, and litigated numerous design, copyright and trademark infringement and inter partes matters. In 2009, Garfield won a $774,000 jury verdict for willful design copyright infringement in U.S. federal court. Garfield is chair of the Industrial Design Committee of AIPLA – the American Intellectual Property Law Association, a member of INTA – the International Trademark Association and the Copyright Society of the U.S.

Gosse, David

Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery | Partner

David A. Gosse represents clients in PTAB and district court litigation, with deposition and courtroom experience in both venues. His practice also includes acquisition of patent rights in the electronic, software, and mechanical fields. Dave is a partner with Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery in Chicago, Illinois; and he is the outgoing chair of the AIPLA PTAB Trial Committee.

Goulart, Joaquim

Dannemann Siemsen | Partner

With over 25 years of experience, Joaquim is a partner at Dannemann Siemsen and is currently responsible for the litigation group. He specializes in patent and trademark litigation, with substantial success in a number of litigations in Brazil. He received his law degree at Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, specialized in Economic and Corporate Law at Fundação Getulio Vargas and received his LLM in Intellectual Property Law from John Marshall Law School.

Gourvitz, Evan

Ropes & Gray | Counsel

Evan Gourvitz has successfully litigated intellectual property disputes and counseled clients on intellectual property protection, as both outside and in-house counsel, for more than 20 years.

Grady, Douglass

Baker & Hostetler | Partner

Douglas (“Doug”) Grady is a 19th year patent litigator at Baker & Hostetler; he has appeared in more than 100 civil actions in courts and tribunals across the United States and internationally. His clients include Fortune 50 companies, technology giants, emerging and fast-growth companies, sole entrepreneurs, and State governments. He has in-depth experience across an eclectic range of technologies including system and application software, electrical digital data, machining elements, subterranean mining, petroleum refining, thin film coating, cellular communications and handsets, integrated circuits, and others. Prior to law, Doug was a Seattle-based high-altitude mountain guide for Mountain Madness, working in the great mountain ranges of North America, the Andes, and the high Himalaya.

Graham, Emma

Mewburn Ellis | Partner

Emma works across all stages of the IP lifecycle from drafting and prosecuting patents to managing offensive and defensive opposition proceedings at the EPO.

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