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  • Hamidi - 200 Hamidi, Arash

    Bookoff McAndrews PPLC | Patent Attorney

    Arash Hamidi is an Associate Patent Attorney at Bookoff McAndrews where he counsels clients ranging from global corporate entities to new startups on developing domestic and international patent portfolios.
  • Hampton, Phillip200 Hampton, II, Philip G.

    Polsinelli | Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer and Senior Partner

    Mr. Hampton, a multi-faceted IP law practitioner for more than 40 years, focuses on patent and trademark litigation, patent and trademark counseling, trademark prosecution, and licensing and merchandising agreements based on patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights as well as transactions related to the transfer of intellectual property pursuant to corporate acquisitions.
  • Hannon, Christian

    United States Patent and Trademark Office | Patent Attorney, Office of Policy and International Affairs

    Dr Hannon serves as a Patent Attorney with the USPTO’s Office of Policy and International Affairs (OPIA) in which he represents the United States before UPOV. Prior to joining OPIA, for ten years, Dr Hannon served as a patent examiner in the wireless telecommunications field. During his employment at the USPTO, Dr Hannon has served in the Office of the Secretary and Director as an expert advisor. He has also served on detail to the Office of the Solicitor and in OPIA prior to joining there full time.
  • Hansen, Melissa

    Washington State Wine | Research Program Director

    As the Washington wine industry’s point person on grape and wine research for nearly 8 years, Melissa leads the Washington wine industry’s own competitive research grant program and the statewide research grant program at Washington State University. The industry’s overall research goal is to improve wine quality. She is a board member of the National Grape Research Alliance and chair of the organization’s Integrated Production Systems Committee. She has also held leadership positions with the Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research, a consortium of industry and scientists in the Northwest, and currently is on the steering committee of the West Coast Smoke Exposure Task Force.
  • Hansen_square Hansen, Robert M.

    The Marbury Law Group | Partner

    Robert (Bob) Hansen was a founding partner of Hansen Huang Technology Group, LLP which merged with Roberts Mardula & Wertheim, LLC to form The Marbury Law Group. Mr. Hansen has extensive experience in all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent preparation and prosecution; patentability, validity, and infringement opinions; sale and licensing of intellectual property; strategic patent portfolio development; and litigation.
  • 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.
  • Harlan-200 Harlan, Jim

    InterDigital Communications | Director, Standards and Competition Policy

    Jim Harlan joined InterDigital in 2015, where actively represents the company and its interests before policy makers at governmental agencies, administrations and enforcers, as well as with policy committees for various SDOs, Consortia and Associations.
  • 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.
  • Harris Photo Harris, Jonathan

    Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider, LLP | Partner

    A patent trial lawyer with over two decades of experience, Jonathan Harris focuses his practice on patent litigation and contested Patent Office proceedings.
  • Harris, Phil

    Holland & Hart | Partner

    Phil Harris is a partner, registered patent attorney, and patent practice group leader at Holland & Hart. His practice focuses on client counseling along with preparing and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patent applications (with special focus on cutting-edge technology) for clients of various structures and industries, including wireless communications, network design, machine learning and artificial intelligence, memory and computer architecture, circuit and chip design, methods of manufacturing, medical devices, and other complex technologies.
  • Harris, Savaria

    Johnson & Johnson | VP Law, Patient Engagement & Customer Solutions, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies

    Savaria is Vice President of Law for Patient Engagement & Customer Solutions (PECS) at the Janssen North America Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson. In this role, she advises the PECS leadership team on innovative ways to compliantly support patients starting and staying on therapy. Since joining Johnson & Johnson in 2016, Savaria has advised business leaders on innovative patient assistance programs across all Janssen therapeutic areas.
  • Harrison - Headshot200 Harrison, Robert

    Sonnenberg Harrison | Founding Partner

    Dr. Robert Harrison is a Founding Partner of the technology law boutique firm of SONNENBERG HARRISON. He has a BA in Physics from Oxford University, an M.Sc. in Solid State Physics, and a Ph.D. in Semiconductor Engineering from the University of Sheffield, UK. He has been working in the field of intellectual property since 1987 and started his career as an Examiner in the European Patent Office before joining IBM Germany. He is a registered German, French, and European patent and trademark attorney. His work focuses on advising companies on intellectual property and data rights in the fields of semiconductors, chemical engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, photonics, telecommunications, microtechnology, and biophysics.
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    NYU School of Law

  • Hartwig, Henning

    Bardehle Pagenberg

    Dr. Henning Hartwig’s practice involves prosecution and litigation of IP rights in the fields of trademark, design, copyright and unfair competition law, with a focus on industrial design law, particularly multinational infringement proceedings and invalidity proceedings before the EUIPO and the Court of Justice of the EU, including the landmark case “Nintendo v Bigben”. As the editor of the four-volume casebook “Design Protection in Europe”, the only one of its kind, Henning has unique access to unpublished decisions of Community and national design infringement courts throughout Europe.
  • 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.
  • Dietmar Haug Haug, Dietmar

    KNH Patantänwalte PartG mbB | Patent Attorney

    Advising inventors, universities, small and large industrial companies from Germany and abroad, in particular from the UK, USA and Canada, in all fields that involve the protection of industrial property rights, in particular in obtaining, defending and enforcing patents as well as trademarks and designs. Preparing expert opinions on validity and infringement of industrial property rights. Participation in patent infringement lawsuits in courts in Germany and abroad. Negotiating and drafting patent and trademark license agreements.
  • Hawkins, Brent A.

    Morgan Lewis | Partner

    Brent A. Hawkins is the Managing Partner of the San Francisco office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. Brent A. Hawkins has more than 25 years of experience litigating intellectual property and other complex commercial disputes for clients in jurisdictions throughout the United States. Throughout his career, Brent has served as lead counsel in patent, trademark, copyright, and complex commercial licensing litigations. Brent has experience across a variety of sectors and industries, with a particular focus on the technology, automotive, and consumer product sectors.
  • Emily Hayes Hayes, Emily

    Mewburn Ellis, LLP | Partner

    Her practice focuses on drafting and prosecuting patent applications in these and related fields, as well as handling oppositions and appeals at the EPO. She also has a special interest in US patent law, having spent time on a secondment to a US firm in 2010.
  • Heath, Jacob 200x200 Heath, Jacob M.

    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | Partner

    Jake draws upon his unique blend of experience. He has carried out Internet enforcement actions involving cybercrime, fraud, and deceptive activity; brand violations; intellectual property infringement; trade secrets; and cybersecurity breaches.
  • Heaven, A200 Heaven, Astor

    Crowell & Moring | Partner

    Astor Heaven is a trial lawyer in Crowell & Moring's Litigation group and is located in the Washington, D.C. office. Astor has tried cases in federal and state court and routinely litigates and arbitrates complex commercial, antitrust, and intellectual property cases in the defense, life sciences, and health care industries. A U.S. Naval Academy graduate and former Surface Warfare Officer, Astor brings a unique perspective and discipline to client matters, whether as lead attorney or contributing to a team’s overall success.